Pacific 1-2-3
6433 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6433 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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Great !! Im looking for it now, hope to find one. I just ordered it from Amazon.com, looking forward to its arrival :) Thanks ken mc
“An Illustrated History of Hollywood”, by Gregory Paul Williams. I don’t have any more photos to scan.
what book are you scanning from?
Premiere, 1941:
http://tinyurl.com/35c76o
Here is a photo of the marquee, circa 1930s:
http://snipurl.com/1tc4b
William, I would like to talk with you off line. Can you please email me at with contact details?
Denny
William, thanks for the info.
Kirk on some TODD-AO installs they placed the screen in front of the smaller stage openings. So that the original stage opening would not be destroyed if the format did not fly. In 1969 the UA Egyptian installed the D-150 screen. They tore out the whole front stage area to place that screen almost to the back wall of the stage house in that theatre. For Cinerama in the Warner Hollywood Theatre they covered the pit and cut the front lip of the stage for the curved screen. If you go behind the screen and look at the front half of the stage you can see the curved cut in the wood.
Wow, there was no riff raff back then.
Here is a 1928 photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/327b8n
Here’s a picture I took in August 1998 of the Pacific: View link
Here’s the postcard of the Warner showing Cinerama Holiday that has been mentioned before, with the Iris (Fox) on the right:
View link
I would have thought that the front of the Egyptian auditorium would have been destoryed in 1955 when Todd-Ao was installed for “Oklahoma”. D-150 didn’t arrive until the end of the 1960s, so I’m a bit puzzeled. Iknow when I first went to the Egyptian in the 1980s, the wide screen was there. But I assumed it had been in place since ‘55.
If one looks at Google Earth or Google Maps in Satellite or Hybrid mode, is it the building to the immediate east of the main Egyptian auditorium and just north of the eastern side of the parking lot? (and then I will give this thread back to Pacific!!)
They’re not there anymore – if memory serves the buildings were combined and it’s now the Egyptian Arena Theater, a 99 seat waiver house.
The twins were on the Las Palmas side of the property. There were still there the last time I was there.
Bruce, where did the 2 small screens used to be at the Egyptian? I have been to the Cinematheque and for the the life of me can’t figure out where they were.
William, the Egyptian looked much better in the 1980’s which was after the D-150 and UA’s lazy maintenance care, than it does today. They completely left out the wow factor created a blah screening room and a theatre half the size. If I had imput at the time I would have restored the main house and used the two small screens that UA used for programming art type films. Could you imagine if the Egyptian had been restored properly combined with there great film programming what a draw it would have been. Look at the Castro in San Francisco which has the wow factor and is a much bigger theatre and then look at the current state of the Egyptian. With all the money that they spent and what they did to the Egyptian why did they even bother they could have used the Vogue across the street.When they retore or renovate a great theatre such as Grauman’s Egyptian people should walk in and go wow what a beatiful theatre and not what did they do to this theatre.I haven’t been with anyone who likes what they did to this theatre. What makes this even worse is the fact that the restored/renovated Chinese,El Capitan and Pantages are on the same street to compare it. I thank god for the Disney company they not only helped Hollywood but helped Broadway. They seem to be the only movie studio left that has any clue about showmanship. Time Warner if they had any class should have taken the lead on the Pacific Warner a long time ago since its in there own backyard and Warner Bros built it.brucec
The most of the problem with the Egyptian goes back to UA and the install of the D-150 screen. They jackhammered the whole front area of the auditorium for that install. Leaving alittle of the original decor.
I think the mandate is to restore it to its former glory, not totally make it look like a meat locker – I hate what those people did to the Egyptian.
Sounds great. Let’s all pray it doesn’t end up like the Egyptian down the street.
I spent a few years running the booth. It’s a wonderful theatre to work in.
Actually money wise, if Oakland can afford to restore the Fox, I would think L.A. could restore the Warner. And since as they say in real estate, location is evrything, well the Warner is in the heart of Hollywood.
Certainly issues such as asbestos, wiring, even enlarging the stage are faced by most theatre restoration projects.
Once the house is returned to the Warner name and original marquee, it would indeed be a competive venue for special film events, premieres and a location for commercials.
Money can buy a new theatre, but money can’t buy the mystique that surrounds a legendary theatre like the Warner. To quote Bograt “it’s the stuff that dreams are made of”.
I was over the moon when I heard it.
That’s Great news, Bruce. If it all pans out for the Pacific.
Don’t ask me for any details, because I cannot give them, but I was at a meeting the other night and someone in the know tells me that it looks like things are finally in place for a restoration and for the Pacific’s to become some sort of performing arts place.