Comments from kencmcintyre

Here is the website for the discount theater. Status should be open and function should be “movies-second run”.
http://www.brookhurst4.com/

Here is an aerial view from a few years ago. The building at the northwest corner of 30th and Main is new as it doesn’t show up in aerial photos from the 1940s and 1950s. The remaining three buildings have been there going back to the 1940s. I’m not sure which one was the theater building at this point.
http://tinyurl.com/ybhctum

The Arden was last advertised in the LA Times in March 1974. By the way, chain should be “unknown” as opposed to independent.

The entire block across from the Home Depot has been razed, and something is being built there. Status should be closed/demolished.

Here is a view of the screen from drive-ins.com:
http://tinyurl.com/ya838ee

Here is another 1986 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ydrfuvl

The realtor on the ground floor has an address of 519 Broadway, so this may be the Community building:
http://tinyurl.com/ye5co99

Here is another 1982 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yafhq23

This drive-in was also in Mt. Carmel. I would add it but there seems to be no confirmation that it actually existed other than a sketchy bio on drive-ins.com.
http://tinyurl.com/y9retdd

That one doesn’t work for me-got an error message.

Here is a 1932 newspaper ad:
http://tinyurl.com/ydq6h92

Using the address of 556 Union Boulevard, this is an aerial view circa 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/yacd4ld

Here is a 1963 aerial view:
http://tinyurl.com/y96scku