Take a look at this photo from 1955. You can see that six years after the 1949 photo, the Venice as well as the rest of the structures on the beach side are gone. I suppose that answers my question: http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009152.jpg
I read your comment above after I posted that. No slight was intended to your fine recap of the theater’s history. I originally posted the USC photo on the Broadway theater page. That’s where Ken Roe mentioned the Broadway entrance. Apologies for my oversight.
Denny, your last line sounds like the beginning of a Mickey Spillane novel…“I worked the day shift out of the Roxie. The walls were red. My eyes were redder, probably because of the cheap gin I had for breakfast. One night, this dame walked into my projection booth…”
I don’t have any outside info as to where the theater was situated, but the 1949 picture would appear to put it on the beach side. Perhaps it was near the Venice Pier and the surrounding amusement area.
Are you referring to the 1949 photo or the 1938 photo? I had a question about the location of the later photo as it appears to be on the beach side of Ocean Front Walk.
This photo shows the Broadway at the north end of the street. It’s a little hard to make out, but it shows you the location relative to the other businesses. The photo of Chicken Boy is a bonus: http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008061.jpg
I doubt if anyone will wax nostalgic when the Wells Fargo building on Bunker Hill is razed fifty or sixty years from now. “That was a great skyscraper, wasn’t it?”
Here are two interior photos from the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015324.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015323.jpg
Here are some additional photos, apparently from 1918 to 1928:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015259.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015261.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015265.jpg
Here are two photos from the LA Library. The first is the gentlemen’s lounge in 1898, and the second is the drop curtain in 1912:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015254.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015248.jpg
Here are exterior and interior photos from the LA Library, both for the 833 S. Broadway location:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015466.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015464.jpg
Here are some more photos of the Dome, from the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015667.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015668.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015670.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015669.jpg
Lobby:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015354.jpg
Grand stairway:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015355.jpg
Auditorium:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015357.jpg
Proscenium:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015356.jpg
Here is an undated photo. It’s hard to make out, but you can see the theater on the right side of the frame:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009138.jpg
Take a look at this photo from 1955. You can see that six years after the 1949 photo, the Venice as well as the rest of the structures on the beach side are gone. I suppose that answers my question:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009152.jpg
This isn’t a great photo, but you can see the Granada marquee down the road:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics01/00020001.jpg
That looks like a “must buy” for me, being from Absecon. Great news.
The western extension of the mall is now closed. A 12 screen Landmark Theater complex is due to open in Summer 2007. I guess we’ve come full circle.
I read your comment above after I posted that. No slight was intended to your fine recap of the theater’s history. I originally posted the USC photo on the Broadway theater page. That’s where Ken Roe mentioned the Broadway entrance. Apologies for my oversight.
Denny, your last line sounds like the beginning of a Mickey Spillane novel…“I worked the day shift out of the Roxie. The walls were red. My eyes were redder, probably because of the cheap gin I had for breakfast. One night, this dame walked into my projection booth…”
Here is a 1968 photo from the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb1/00017157.jpg
Here is another photo from 1926 that shows the marquee on Broadway:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics49/00059101.jpg
This photo shows an advertisement for the Pantages on the side of the building:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008037.jpg
This photo shows Dalton’s Theater:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008051.jpg
This is another LA Library photo from the 1930s:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008028.jpg
I don’t have any outside info as to where the theater was situated, but the 1949 picture would appear to put it on the beach side. Perhaps it was near the Venice Pier and the surrounding amusement area.
This is a photo of the Broadway entrance, which Ken Roe has said existed from only 1923 to 1929:
http://tinyurl.com/jua7f
Are you referring to the 1949 photo or the 1938 photo? I had a question about the location of the later photo as it appears to be on the beach side of Ocean Front Walk.
This photo shows the Broadway at the north end of the street. It’s a little hard to make out, but it shows you the location relative to the other businesses. The photo of Chicken Boy is a bonus:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008061.jpg
This 1938 photo was taken at the same time as William Gabel’s photo at the top of the page:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015712.jpg
Everybody loves a revival:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics50/00059885.jpg
I doubt if anyone will wax nostalgic when the Wells Fargo building on Bunker Hill is razed fifty or sixty years from now. “That was a great skyscraper, wasn’t it?”
Here is a 1946 photo of the Rialto, with the Music Hall a bit north:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics18/00028847.jpg