Here is a September 1973 ad from the LA Times. Two features plus short subjects. No newsreel or cartoon, though. Proofreading extra: http://tinyurl.com/2w933a
That’s it, Joe. I was a block away, too. I’ll check it out next time. Thanks for the photo of the Dominguez building as well. The lobby when you first walk in is spectacular. Great murals on the ceiling.
The El Rey looked great last night. I took a batch of pictures with my phone, but this is the only one that turned out: http://tinyurl.com/34jhc4
I kept thinking that we had a theater in the 5400 block of Wilshire that was now a church. There’s a great old Art Deco building at 5410, but that was never a theater as far as I could tell. There was also the Fox Ritz at 5214, which is gone. If I’m imagining this theater, let me know so I can stop looking for it.
They found the statue of the miner that used to be in front of the theater, stolen recently. He was in a scrap yard, cut in half and waiting to be melted down. He will be restored to his old spot, it appears.
It’s odd that I can’t figure out what happened to this theater, unless it had some other name later on. It seems like kind of an imposing structure just to fade away.
Here is a photo from the Mansfield Collection at the University of Montana. The date is given as 1949, which may or may not be correct. The first version of “The Ten Commandments” was released in 1923, while the second was released in 1956. The car in the photo looks more like mid fifties than late forties, so my hunch is that the photo is circa 1956: http://tinyurl.com/2wgxpg
The double feature on the right was advertised as showing at the Orange Mall 6 in October 1973:
http://snipurl.com/205zn
Everybody inhale. September 1973:
http://tinyurl.com/25qbc3
Here is a September 1973 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/2xpcwk
A couple of classics from September 1973, per the LA Times. Rev up the Pinto, Ma:
http://tinyurl.com/ytnj9a
http://tinyurl.com/2y9v79
Here is a September 1973 ad from the LA Times. Two features plus short subjects. No newsreel or cartoon, though. Proofreading extra:
http://tinyurl.com/2w933a
Liz plays the Palace, per an August 1973 ad in the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2seqlx
Here is an August 1973 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2kpake
The Gold Cinema was advertised in the LA Times in August 1973:
http://tinyurl.com/2xqlbv
Here is a September 1973 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/33y73a
Here is a photo, circa 1978:
http://tinyurl.com/27o9e3
Perhaps the same intrepid architect who designed the Lux in Los Angeles?
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015375.jpg
Per the photos taken in October, it’s not a church anymore.
That’s it, Joe. I was a block away, too. I’ll check it out next time. Thanks for the photo of the Dominguez building as well. The lobby when you first walk in is spectacular. Great murals on the ceiling.
The El Rey looked great last night. I took a batch of pictures with my phone, but this is the only one that turned out:
http://tinyurl.com/34jhc4
I kept thinking that we had a theater in the 5400 block of Wilshire that was now a church. There’s a great old Art Deco building at 5410, but that was never a theater as far as I could tell. There was also the Fox Ritz at 5214, which is gone. If I’m imagining this theater, let me know so I can stop looking for it.
They found the statue of the miner that used to be in front of the theater, stolen recently. He was in a scrap yard, cut in half and waiting to be melted down. He will be restored to his old spot, it appears.
It’s close to the beach, and Ventnor is a nice town (or used to be, when I was living in that area), but I think 2 mil is a stretch.
Current name is West Wind Las Vegas 5 Drive-In. See the last photo posted on 2/17/08.
Also down to five screens.
There are some 2007 photos of the concession area on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2575v9
Here’s an interesting article from the NY Times dated 11/14/07:
http://tinyurl.com/38chul
This article about the current use of the theater is dated February 13, 2008:
http://tinyurl.com/ysvmkl
Here is an article about the church dated 12/23/07 from the Statesville Record & Landmark:
http://tinyurl.com/2emtl3
There are some photos on drive-ins.com:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/catnimi
It’s odd that I can’t figure out what happened to this theater, unless it had some other name later on. It seems like kind of an imposing structure just to fade away.
Here is a photo from the Mansfield Collection at the University of Montana. The date is given as 1949, which may or may not be correct. The first version of “The Ten Commandments” was released in 1923, while the second was released in 1956. The car in the photo looks more like mid fifties than late forties, so my hunch is that the photo is circa 1956:
http://tinyurl.com/2wgxpg