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Postcard showing off the Earl Carroll
posted by
Dramatrauma
on
September 3, 2010 at 7:40 am
A search around these parts didn’t yield up a listing on the Earl Carroll or the Nickelodeon on Sunset. Was the Earl a live venue? A pretty colorful exterior either way.
Comments (5)
It was a night club, not a movie or legit theatre. It’s now a TV studio (has been for a few decades) used by Nickelodeon. It’s most important show was “Star Search” in the 1980s. iCarly is done there now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_On_Sunset
There is also quite a lot of history about the Earl Carroll in another Wikipedia entry here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Carroll_Theatre
The Earl Carroll just got landmark status.
http://la.curbed.com/2016/12/9/13900422/earl-carroll-theatre-nickelodeon-sunset-landmark
May 2017 Vintage Los Angeles article about the history of the Earl Carroll Theatre by Alison Martino.
http://alisonmartino.blog/2017/05/15/the-aquarius-theatre/
Restoration link.
http://ktla.com/2017/10/16/restoration-of-the-earl-carroll-theatre/