Forum Theatre
4050 W. Pico Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90019
4050 W. Pico Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90019
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The Forum is the most refined example of a Beaux Arts theatre still standing in Los Angeles. Two pedimented porticos enclose a six-columned entrance porch. The Corinthian columns, the cornices are all richly decorated. At one time a fountain was located near the corner on the left side of the above picture.
When the Forum Theatre opened 1924, they installed a Kimball (opus# 6644) 4/37 theatre organ. Which would later be transfered to the Wiltern Theatre. Which has since been removed from that theatre. When that theatre organ was shipped it took 3 railroad boxcars.
This oddly located theater had a brief stint as a legit house in the late 1940’s with a musical review called “My LA”,
The ads read: “Forum Theater – Every Seat an Orchestra Seat"
( This was a precursor of today’s "stadium seating !)
Located at 4050 West Pico Boulevard, this theater opened on May 14, 1924. Architect was Edward J. Borgmeyer.
All Cinerama booth equipment has been removed since the 1970’s. All equipment was placed in storage, but was sent to scrap in the early 90’s.