Million Dollar Theatre
307 S. Broadway,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
307 S. Broadway,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
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“The booth of the Million Dollar was apparently an afterthought, as it was located at the front center of the balcony.”
Gordon made this comment back in 2003, but the recent “All About” presentation by LAHTF addressed this issue:
The position of the booth was well considered. For one thing, it meant the projectors were closer to the screen, so the image was brighter. Also, they were square on to the screen, so there was no keystoning to be corrected.
Yes, it’s a small booth in an odd place — but that does give it certain advantages.
Here is a 1999 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics41/00040198.jpg
Here is a photograph I took of the Million Dollar lobby on 1/31/09:
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I’m looking for anyone who would like to share memories of the Million Dollar Theatre from the 70s or earlier.
This is for a potential radio piece.
You would have to live in the NY or LA area to make this happen.
My email is eveclax at hotmail dot com
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Here is a January 2009 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/7p7zup
There are some interior photos on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/83yuac
And your point would be ??
You posted the same photo Dec 29!!
A mid 1970’s postcard image of the Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles.
Say what you will about political correctness and conformity, but I’m glad the Los Angeles Times hews to higher writing standards nowadays. One could imagine from this piece that there may have been a journalistic race to the bottom back in the good old days when the Herald was a serious competitor.
“Byzantine-Gothic-East Los Angeles architecture”? Give me a break.
Interesting, too, that the Million Dollar is called “old” at the ripe old age of 36.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 10/6/54:
Amid the Byzantine-Gothic-East Los Angeles artchitecture of the Million Dollar Theater, a lusty band of Mexican vaudevillians are doing their stuff these days, with comedians Manolin and Schillinsky the chief twinklers.
Dancing gets a whirl on the bill. Los Colegiales are two men and a girl. One of the boys is a real comic, doing eccentric stepping for tops in laughs. The boys do buck-and-wing and tap, also jitterbug with the girl, and she helps out with a fairly comic sketch.
Tonsil artists are too many and too mal. Even Hermanos Martinez gang up on the mike with thunderous result. Tony Moro’s singing of “I’m in a Mood for Love” puts one pretty much in a mood for murder, what with the mike’s malice. As for Lupita Moran, pretty and graceful, probably the rafters of the old theater never have wrung or been wrung with anything quite so harrowing as her voice.
Thank you all for your comments regarding the issue of Flickr and photo credits. While useful, the discussion is off-topic and was threatening to take the page off the rails.
I am happy to reconsider the removal of these posts if you think the discussion will resolve similar debates.
Thank you.
Here are excerpts from an LA Times article dated 8/31/50:
Mexico made a proud showing last night when the Million Dollar Theater reopened under the management of Impresario Frank Fouce. Official representatives of nearly every Central and South American country appeared and took bows, including Consuls from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay and other countries as well as Mexico.
It all recalls that first opening on February 18, 1918 when Sid Grauman brought myriads of stars to the theater, including Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, Mabel Normand, Roscoe Arbuckle, Alla Nazimova, Douglas Fairbanks and scores of others to see William S. Hart in “The Silent Man”.
Here is a January 1953 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/49l7ry
Here is a December 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/54u99u
Here is a 1940 photo from a new collection of Life Magazine images on Google:
http://tinyurl.com/5ww73s
MEXICAN REVOLUTION COMMEMORATION
TOWARDS THE CENTENNIAL 1910 – 2010
milliondollartheater.com/MexicanRevolution.html
From the LA Times, dated July 21, 1960:
A masked bandit, speaking in Spanish and armed with an icepick, held up the cashier and manager of the Million Dollar Theater, 307 S. Broadway, last night and escaped with $200, police reported.
Don, I will be in Seattle that weekend. I hope it goes well.
Hey, Ken — are you going to attend or volunteer for the LAHTF’s Spooktacular show Halloween weekend? If you do, ask around for Don — it would be nice to meet another theater photographer!
Here are some photos taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/5pqzbw
http://tinyurl.com/67fxtk
http://tinyurl.com/5mlqv4
http://tinyurl.com/6fuox2
Here is a 1988 photo from the LAPL. This was a Disney parade of some kind:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00077/00077794.jpg
Here is a January 1947 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/4xdgdb
Here are two September 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/3t3hkh
http://tinyurl.com/3u56yc
Here are some July 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/6y3amx
http://tinyurl.com/62n6t8
http://tinyurl.com/6zoold
http://tinyurl.com/67w4z7