Comments from kencmcintyre

Ken, I enjoyed your comments concerning the Ken.

Ken

If you don’t know the answer, here is a better picture:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015018.jpg

Here is a photo from 1918, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015260.jpg

Here are some pictures, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014929.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014933.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014938.jpg

One more, apparently towards the end:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032555.jpg

Here is a picture of the Mayan in shabbier days, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics18/00028706.jpg

The end of vaudeville at the Orpheum, 1949, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036874.jpg

Here is an artist’s conception of the Encino Theater, courtesy of the LA Library. Does it look like the real thing?

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics47/00043106.jpg

Here is a picture of the Meralta, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics32/00035851.jpg

Here is a picture, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics18/00028723.jpg

I hear that this theater had meters on the seats – 25 cents for each ten minutes…

I think it may have just been good marketing. Motion picture exhibition was in its beginning stages in 1909, so I think anything that suggested “new” or “modern” would appeal to the potential customer.