Here is an interesting “before” picture, probably from the teens. The home on the northeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard is the predecessor of the theater: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011251.jpg
There is still an oil pump behind the old Vons on the southwest corner of Vermont and Sepulveda. I think the one you are referring to was closer to the drive-in.
I’m a little confused by this photo. I understand that Loew’s ran the theater for a while, but did they sell furniture out of the building as well? By the way, the El Capitan was where Richard Nixon broadcast his Checkers speech in 1952: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011400.jpg
Here is an interesting “before” picture, probably from the teens. The home on the northeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard is the predecessor of the theater:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011251.jpg
Joe, you missed an easy one. “Song of the Islands”, a 1942 film starring Victor Mature and Betty Grable. It was a big hit.
I agree, Joe. The movie theater should be kept separate and apart from the auditorium.
Here is an undated photo which shows part of the marquee:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics14/00006946.jpg
You can see the top of the marquee above the streetcar:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics14/00006748.jpg
That is Beverly Boulevard.
I will be passing through Grants on my Route 66 trip starting this Saturday. I am bringing my camera.
Thanks for the info, gentleman.
There is still an oil pump behind the old Vons on the southwest corner of Vermont and Sepulveda. I think the one you are referring to was closer to the drive-in.
So what about the furniture? The public wants to know…
Here is a photo of the Bijou from July 1930:
http://tinyurl.com/hcpmp
Here is an early photo of the Apollo:
http://tinyurl.com/ed9wy
Here is a photo of the Ambassador and the adjacent Lyric:
http://tinyurl.com/gw3b7
Here is a photo of the Lyric and the adjacent Ambassador:
http://tinyurl.com/gw3b7
Forgotten-ny.com has a photo of the current storefronts on this page
http://tinyurl.com/gtjjz
There is a picture of the library and former theater on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/nt9bt
I’m a little confused by this photo. I understand that Loew’s ran the theater for a while, but did they sell furniture out of the building as well? By the way, the El Capitan was where Richard Nixon broadcast his Checkers speech in 1952:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011400.jpg
Here is a photo of the theater and the adjacent ice skating rink. The photo is by Julius Shulman:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics06/00012582.jpg
The herbal store has moved. The windows on the second floor are boarded up, and the building looks pretty shabby.
Here is a photo of Warners/KFWB from the 1930s, via the LAPL:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011252.jpg
That’s interesting. I always understood that the park went downhill after the renovation in the fifties. Now I know to blame Travelin' Sam.
I like the apartment building up the street in the 1941 photograph. The “Finkle Arms”…not exactly the prestige of living in the Waldorf.
I guess if they were already advertising cars in 1928, the whole theological issue is a moot point:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011032.jpg
Here is a better photo of the Hill Street entrance:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011007.jpg
Here is the Pershing Square carnage that I mentioned above:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011017.jpg