What bugs me is that I was in LA for a year before it was torn down and never checked it out. Lost opportunity. Same for the Hippodrome on Main Street.
They were doing work on this building today, so I took a look. I assume this new building replaced the theater building, which was demolished. I don’t think there was any reuse of the old building. http://tinyurl.com/3rlecc http://tinyurl.com/4ga9uk
My first Paul Newman film was Towering Inferno. I saw it at the Towne 4 in Egg Harbor NJ in 1974. Newman was the architect and Steve McQueen was the fire chief. Other eclectic casting was Fred Astaire as a con man and OJ Simpson as a security guard who rescues a kitten.
I recommend “Nobody’s Fool” (1994), which is said to be the closest Newman ever came to playing himself in a film.
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This article discusses the life of Agustin Jereza, who was involved in the construction of the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/4hvz6d
Fair enough.
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/4cnlch
Here are before and after photos regarding the conversion:
http://tinyurl.com/47x9jz
http://tinyurl.com/52oj6y
Here are two photos before and after the conversion to the movie theater:
http://tinyurl.com/4p9u5g
http://tinyurl.com/3qkwy7
This architectural website has some photos:
http://tinyurl.com/4ot4yr
It was the Raulf in 1963 as part of Marcus Theaters.
Some background information here:
http://tinyurl.com/456r5a
Still showing first run films. Amazing. Must be hotel guests only.
I’d like to know how Placido Domingo’s agent pitched his role as the voice of a dog in this film. Maybe La Scala was booked.
http://tinyurl.com/5x5ffh
This photo is circa late 1990s:
http://tinyurl.com/3tc7x6
Status should be changed to closed/demolished.
Some vitage photos here:
http://tinyurl.com/3g45tw
I think status should be closed, as opposed to unknown.
Two photos of the theater as market here:
http://tinyurl.com/4j3r4x
There is a photo of the Roxy in disrepair on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/3hneez
Here are two September 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/3t3hkh
http://tinyurl.com/3u56yc
What bugs me is that I was in LA for a year before it was torn down and never checked it out. Lost opportunity. Same for the Hippodrome on Main Street.
They were doing work on this building today, so I took a look. I assume this new building replaced the theater building, which was demolished. I don’t think there was any reuse of the old building.
http://tinyurl.com/3rlecc
http://tinyurl.com/4ga9uk
Paved over since 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/4sz7q6
Reminds me of the Star in Oceanside.
Some additional information here. I don’t know why there’s a discepancy in the two addresses, though.
http://tinyurl.com/3jfp38
This 1944 map shows the Pico and Bundy area before much of it was obliterated for the Santa Monica Freeway:
http://tinyurl.com/4bqm37
My first Paul Newman film was Towering Inferno. I saw it at the Towne 4 in Egg Harbor NJ in 1974. Newman was the architect and Steve McQueen was the fire chief. Other eclectic casting was Fred Astaire as a con man and OJ Simpson as a security guard who rescues a kitten.
I recommend “Nobody’s Fool” (1994), which is said to be the closest Newman ever came to playing himself in a film.