Joe, almost all of these photos from the Dick Whittington studio were taken in 1939. I only posted the ones relevant to CT, but there are 2840 photos in the USC collection showing LA during this period. Go to the USC archive search engine and enter “Whittington” to see the entire collection.
I thought in the first photo they were comparing the Carthay to a church in Glendale, but as you can see in the second photo, they are geographically challenged: http://tinyurl.com/cfh2ef
Advertised as the Realart Theater in a 1923 Paramount ad, so that should be another AKA.
Joe, almost all of these photos from the Dick Whittington studio were taken in 1939. I only posted the ones relevant to CT, but there are 2840 photos in the USC collection showing LA during this period. Go to the USC archive search engine and enter “Whittington” to see the entire collection.
I think the Gaiety is the theater farthest north on Main in this 1930s photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/d6c6uo
The Star can be seen next to the Optic in this late 30s view from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/d6c6uo
Here is a nice view of the Optic in the late 1930s. The Star is next door. There is another theater a bit north.
http://tinyurl.com/d6c6uo
Another photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/cu28ta
Here are some photos from the LAPL:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015216.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015217.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015214.jpg
Here are some more photos from the LAPL:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015220.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015221.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015218.jpg
Here is the same view today:
http://tinyurl.com/cnoeb7
Here are some photos taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/ck5qxs
http://tinyurl.com/d9pll2
http://tinyurl.com/d8xaj9
Take Sunset instead.
The theater is about mid block on the right in this late 30s photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/cv2xyd
Here is a late 1930s view from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/c6ww9w
Tower is the white building on the next block.
An older vertical blade can be seen on the left in this late 30s photo, as well as the Tower further down on Broadway:
http://tinyurl.com/djv75x
This USC photo from the late 1930s shows the back end of the theater, looking from Eighth Street:
http://tinyurl.com/d9ssbz
I gave them the benefit of the doubt the first time, but when I saw the second caption I had to put the hammer down.
I thought in the first photo they were comparing the Carthay to a church in Glendale, but as you can see in the second photo, they are geographically challenged:
http://tinyurl.com/cfh2ef
This is a circa 1930s photo from the USC archives:
http://tinyurl.com/cepmhh
Here is a 1939 night shot from the USC library:
http://tinyurl.com/c569pz
An ad for the Newsreel can be seen on the back of the theater building in this 1939 photo from USC:
http://tinyurl.com/ccvlp6
Here is an undated interior photo:
http://tinyurl.com/dcqn7q
Ok, Fifth Street. Thanks.
If there is a Col. Libertad street in TJ, the photo may allude to that. I wasn’t sure.
Esta bien.