Right, but we’re talking about north/south numbers that get bigger as you go downtown, or south. Since the theater was in the middle of the block, more or less, you wouldn’t be concerned with any east or west numbers starting in the beach block and going westward.
My school was a couple of blocks south on Pacific and North Carolina and had a 1216 address. I think the Beach would have been between 1200 and 1300, on the east or even side of the street. The Googlemobile skipped AC, it looks like.
This photo is supposed to be at a theater in downtown Los Angeles. I thought the marquee most closely matched that of the State: http://electricearl.com/dws/movie.html
If you enter the address on this site, you can see the drive-in back in 1972 and the 1950s. It was set back from Firestone Boulevard, as I suspected. http://tinyurl.com/ddtd55
“Crossed Swords” was playing at the Rossmoor in March 1978, according to this LA Times ad. Click on the ad for a better view. http://tinyurl.com/d3j9p9
Right, but we’re talking about north/south numbers that get bigger as you go downtown, or south. Since the theater was in the middle of the block, more or less, you wouldn’t be concerned with any east or west numbers starting in the beach block and going westward.
I never saw the V on the marquee as my first recollection of the Virginia is in the early 1970s.
My school was a couple of blocks south on Pacific and North Carolina and had a 1216 address. I think the Beach would have been between 1200 and 1300, on the east or even side of the street. The Googlemobile skipped AC, it looks like.
Here are some photos taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/d9ou3f
http://tinyurl.com/d74ojr
http://tinyurl.com/cx68fl
Photo taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/cn8gs7
Here is the Vogue and the tree, taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/cw8esx
Here are some photos taken yesterday. The old ads are gone from the back wall.
http://tinyurl.com/ce5pnf
http://tinyurl.com/d5zwyp
http://tinyurl.com/c87obw
Here is a photo circa 1940s:
http://tinyurl.com/c58hfl
This 1914 photo shows an unidentified theater in Pittsburg:
http://tinyurl.com/cdxj3v
Here is a postcard, perhaps late twenties or early thirties:
http://tinyurl.com/cvna7r
Here is a 1944 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/clh2z8
Here is a 1942 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c2njac
The theater is visible on the right in this undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/djmw9f
The site mentioned on 5/13/08 has added some new photos to its collection:
http://tinyurl.com/ca7ovq
This photo is supposed to be at a theater in downtown Los Angeles. I thought the marquee most closely matched that of the State:
http://electricearl.com/dws/movie.html
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cl4k5g
Here is another view of the Fox:
http://tinyurl.com/catpr7
Here is another view:
http://tinyurl.com/djjyyp
Here is a photo taken last year:
http://tinyurl.com/dl2nvk
This is the marquee from the first theater, at closing:
http://tinyurl.com/dn6jju
Here is another view:
http://tinyurl.com/cfre46
If you enter the address on this site, you can see the drive-in back in 1972 and the 1950s. It was set back from Firestone Boulevard, as I suspected.
http://tinyurl.com/ddtd55
“Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox” was playing at the drive-in back in March 1976, per this LA Times ad:
http://tinyurl.com/d8sb6c
“Crossed Swords” was playing at the Rossmoor in March 1978, according to this LA Times ad. Click on the ad for a better view.
http://tinyurl.com/d3j9p9
Here is an opening day ad from drive-ins.com:
http://tinyurl.com/dzqfrb