What happened to the zoom function? I wish I could zero in on the next block in this 1932 photo. The Rex/Lux would have been on the left and the Tunnel on the right, assuming the Tunnel was still around by then. http://tinyurl.com/27bq8x
I see where the Lux is now, after looking at the 1965 photo. It’s on the northeast corner of Figueroa and Third, just before the 110 onramp. I thought it was after the freeway. There is a large apartment complex on that corner now.
No, I took pictures of the Wesley Little in June. There wasn’t anything further east that looked like a theater. What was interesting was a building at the intersection of Vernon and I believe Avalon, a few blocks west. It’s now an AT&T building, but it looks to me like it was an immense theater at one time. I would be curious to know that was.
The Wesley Little theater was in the same block, on the same side of the street, but that theater opened in 1942. The Movie Show might have been long gone by then.
So if the Lux at 827 W. Third was after the tunnel and close to the Beaudry intersection, then presumably 712 West would be before the tunnel, per your USC photo above. I imagine they just pick up where they left off with the street numbers once you get through the tunnel.
Here are some photos from August 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/2o9o5m
http://tinyurl.com/337lyj
http://tinyurl.com/2lsg8b
http://tinyurl.com/2ksmxe
http://tinyurl.com/2ujkmp
http://tinyurl.com/2n2k7x
http://tinyurl.com/2t8sc7
http://tinyurl.com/2k6ps5
http://tinyurl.com/36ln6r
http://tinyurl.com/32md86
Here are some photos from August 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/3xlrmd
http://tinyurl.com/39gkfn
http://tinyurl.com/352o2z
http://tinyurl.com/37gvwt
http://tinyurl.com/399aov
http://tinyurl.com/2vm66j
http://tinyurl.com/3332jo
http://tinyurl.com/2pfvyc
http://tinyurl.com/2qqnbu
This is the building at the location today. I’m not sure if this is the theater or a replacement:
http://tinyurl.com/386a6l
http://tinyurl.com/399pqe
http://tinyurl.com/38xckb
http://tinyurl.com/32ye5t
The Inglewood Theater was listed at 142 N. Market in the mid seventies, per the LA Times adult film ads. Here are two photos of the location today:
http://tinyurl.com/36kb2c
http://tinyurl.com/365oks
Here are some photos from August 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/24dmdw
http://tinyurl.com/2dubcz
http://tinyurl.com/yvtaey
http://tinyurl.com/2b8qof
http://tinyurl.com/2x72oj
http://tinyurl.com/yrxrjc
http://tinyurl.com/2y8o5e
http://tinyurl.com/2h5uww
http://tinyurl.com/ytrrp9
http://tinyurl.com/ypshql
Here is a photo from the USC archive, circa 1930:
http://tinyurl.com/27fgfv
Here are two photos from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/2xjxyx
http://tinyurl.com/22pv7j
What happened to the zoom function? I wish I could zero in on the next block in this 1932 photo. The Rex/Lux would have been on the left and the Tunnel on the right, assuming the Tunnel was still around by then.
http://tinyurl.com/27bq8x
I see where the Lux is now, after looking at the 1965 photo. It’s on the northeast corner of Figueroa and Third, just before the 110 onramp. I thought it was after the freeway. There is a large apartment complex on that corner now.
So you’re living in Iowa and someone from LA calls you and says “Buy my theater for $20,000”. How does that work?
The Rex is listed as the Lux on CT.
No, I took pictures of the Wesley Little in June. There wasn’t anything further east that looked like a theater. What was interesting was a building at the intersection of Vernon and I believe Avalon, a few blocks west. It’s now an AT&T building, but it looks to me like it was an immense theater at one time. I would be curious to know that was.
The Wesley Little theater was in the same block, on the same side of the street, but that theater opened in 1942. The Movie Show might have been long gone by then.
By the way, Joe, you forgot the Anita as an aka for the Lux.
So if the Lux at 827 W. Third was after the tunnel and close to the Beaudry intersection, then presumably 712 West would be before the tunnel, per your USC photo above. I imagine they just pick up where they left off with the street numbers once you get through the tunnel.
Listed as the Alpine in the 1938 city directory. Address was 834 Alpine.
I don’t think it’s listed. Is that one also called the Florencita?
Here is the 1938 city directory. The Rio is listed at 5421 S. Vermont.
http://tinyurl.com/39kgmx
http://tinyurl.com/35qpj8
Listed as the Rio in the 1938 directory, so it’s Rio, Capitol and then the Round Up, I believe.
The Jade was listed at 313 S. Main in the 1938 city directory. By 1942 the Jade is no longer listed, and the Wonderland appears at 315 S. Main.
It was the Gaiety by 1938, so perhaps that was the last incarnation.
Listed as the Fox West Coast in the 1938 city directory.
A year before the Union was listed as the Continental in the city directory, so that should be an aka.
Listed as the Columbia at 1013 E. 7th in the 1939 directory, so that’s another aka.
Listed as the Arrow in the 1939 city directory at 251 S. Main. Note that in 1942 it was the Azteca at 249 S. Main.