Comments from kencmcintyre

Here is a photo from 1918, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015260.jpg

Here are some pictures, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014929.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014933.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014938.jpg

One more, apparently towards the end:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032555.jpg

Here is a picture of the Mayan in shabbier days, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics18/00028706.jpg

The end of vaudeville at the Orpheum, 1949, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036874.jpg

Here is an artist’s conception of the Encino Theater, courtesy of the LA Library. Does it look like the real thing?

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics47/00043106.jpg

Here is a picture of the Meralta, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics32/00035851.jpg

Here is a picture, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics18/00028723.jpg

I hear that this theater had meters on the seats – 25 cents for each ten minutes…

I think it may have just been good marketing. Motion picture exhibition was in its beginning stages in 1909, so I think anything that suggested “new” or “modern” would appeal to the potential customer.

Here is the picture, courtesy of the LA Library. This was an interesting looking building, to say the least.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014235.jpg

Here is a picture of the Arcade, circa 1983, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics21/00030133.jpg

Here is a picture of the orginal Belasco, circa 1920, courtesy of the LA Library. You can see that is the same building as the Follies, obviously before some major renovation.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015226.jpg