I was in this theater today. The cashier was nice enough to let me walk around and take pictures. The interior shots are not too good, but some of the others came out OK. Interestingly enough, just a block down the road was a building that I swear was a theater at one time. I will post those photos as well in case someone recognizes it.
I drove by this location today. It’s heavy industrial, and looks like it has been for some time. I’m not sure where the drive-in would have been, unless it was off to the back somewhere.
I did see part of the Chipmunk movie last week while killing time in a doctor’s office. Interesting shots of the Orpheum, but not worth renting this horrendous film.
This is a 1934 photo, newly arrived on the LAPL site. Besides the theater at the top left, the photo is interesting as it maps out the route that Wilshire Boulevard will take when it cuts through the lake. Some authors have suggested that the decline of the area followed this division. I don’t think that they followed that exact route during the construction, however. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073526.jpg
OK, then I’m still arguing that it’s easier to find a theater in East LA as opposed to LA proper, given the disparity between the numbers of theaters in the two areas. Subsequently this theater should be listed in East LA.
Here are some April 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/4tuz5a
http://tinyurl.com/4lhbqh
http://tinyurl.com/4f3quz
Here is the location today:
http://tinyurl.com/5zy5u5
Here are some April 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/6knzk9
http://tinyurl.com/6es8hn
http://tinyurl.com/6qbzw3
http://tinyurl.com/58o43k
http://tinyurl.com/6rxf4c
Here are the photos:
http://tinyurl.com/6akopb
http://tinyurl.com/5o8zmj
http://tinyurl.com/62ot3w
http://tinyurl.com/5z2ahc
http://tinyurl.com/5fscaq
http://tinyurl.com/59m45j
http://tinyurl.com/5t4yh8
http://tinyurl.com/58zlzq
http://tinyurl.com/64ohjq
http://tinyurl.com/6o6evf
It was still there today, baking in the 101 degree heat. Photos to follow.
This location is now a very large shopping mall just east of the 710 Freeway. The theater has been obliterated.
No trace of the theater remains today.
I was in this theater today. The cashier was nice enough to let me walk around and take pictures. The interior shots are not too good, but some of the others came out OK. Interestingly enough, just a block down the road was a building that I swear was a theater at one time. I will post those photos as well in case someone recognizes it.
I drove by this location today. It’s heavy industrial, and looks like it has been for some time. I’m not sure where the drive-in would have been, unless it was off to the back somewhere.
The Allen is closed. I will post some photos later.
Here is an article that was in today’s LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/65ze8d
Architect should be Robert G. Kitts, as noted in the introduction.
Here is another photo from the LAPL. No signage on this one:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics21/00060494.jpg
Here are two photos from the LAPL, circa 1921:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015680.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015681.jpg
This 1961 photo by William Reagh shows the same detail as the 70s photo posted on 3/20/08:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014679.jpg
Here is another LAPL photo, no date given:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics07/00023255.jpg
I did see part of the Chipmunk movie last week while killing time in a doctor’s office. Interesting shots of the Orpheum, but not worth renting this horrendous film.
Here are two LAPL photos, circa 1928:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics41/00070164.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014717.jpg
This is a 1934 photo, newly arrived on the LAPL site. Besides the theater at the top left, the photo is interesting as it maps out the route that Wilshire Boulevard will take when it cuts through the lake. Some authors have suggested that the decline of the area followed this division. I don’t think that they followed that exact route during the construction, however.
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073526.jpg
Sure, Joe, whatever you say. Maybe you should cut down on the horror movies.
OK, we’ll leave it at that.
Here is a 1960 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6cmojd
OK, then I’m still arguing that it’s easier to find a theater in East LA as opposed to LA proper, given the disparity between the numbers of theaters in the two areas. Subsequently this theater should be listed in East LA.
Here is a 1922 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/4zlcy8
Here is a 1925 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6nfug6