If you look at the 1942 photo and the one from April 5, you can see that the current building shows more of the original design. I was confused because I only remembered those flat panels behind the marquee, like you see in Lost Memory’s photo of 9/22/07. I guess they took those panels down, which revealed the original design.
I saw “Mr. Baseball” here in the early nineties. This mall always has bad luck no matter how many times they remodel it.
OK, thanks. I will be back there next month. I will try and take some pictures.
Here is the 1937 photo;
http://tinyurl.com/6h77bw
Ziegfeld’s daughter died recently. There was an obit in today’s LA Times.
If you look at the 1942 photo and the one from April 5, you can see that the current building shows more of the original design. I was confused because I only remembered those flat panels behind the marquee, like you see in Lost Memory’s photo of 9/22/07. I guess they took those panels down, which revealed the original design.
I drove by there last week, and the sign says California 2 Theatres. I guess they lost a screen sometime in the past few months.
Here is a 1927 photo from the UCLA collection;
http://tinyurl.com/6fwqbm
Here is a repost of the 1963 UCLA photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6jcgcf
OK, my mistake.
Here is a 1988 photo from the UCLA collection:
http://tinyurl.com/56qtwe
Here is a 1959 photo from the UCLA collection:
http://tinyurl.com/6z9usl
Here is a 1949 view of the gym, from the UCLA collection:
http://tinyurl.com/6rxoxn
Here is a 1955 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5683ce
Here is a 1955 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5683ce
Here is a repost of my May 2007 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/68bzne
Here is a photo circa 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/5l49fq
The LA Harbor International Film Festival is this weekend. I am going to see “Unsinkable Molly Brown” on Saturday. I’ve never been inside the Warner.
That’s an interesting site. He really gives you the flavor of LA a hundred years ago.
I don’t know that much about architectural design, but I don’t think the style is art deco.
This postcard shows a theater on Central Street, but the theater is part of the Hotel Henderson.
http://tinyurl.com/6mg7aj
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6eu8tp
Here is another article about the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/6jsxvs
This photo shows some of the owners since the 1940s:
http://tinyurl.com/5ays3y
Here is a photo, undated, from the LAPL. The UA is in the center, more or less:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics45/00072447.jpg
Here is a photo dated 1906 from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/5qbkjv