Tujunga Theatre
6721 Foothill Boulevard,
Tujunga,
CA
91042
6721 Foothill Boulevard,
Tujunga,
CA
91042
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Edwards Cinemas
Architects: Simeon Charles Lee
Functions: Banquet Hall
Styles: Art Deco
Previous Names: Hilltop Theatre, Rainbow Theatre, Canyon Theatre
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The Tujunga Theatre was opened on October 31, 1938 with Tyrone Power in “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”. On July 13, 1966 it reopened as the Hilltop Theatre and closed in 1979. In recent years the former Tujunga Theatre was used as a nightclub. Today, it is a banquet hall, with most of the facade removed.
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William Gabel
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Here is photographic evidence of an earlier theatre in the Tujunga area.
Here is a January 1980 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/3cq2or
6719-6723 Foothill Blvd is now a nightclub called Caesar’s.
Thank you, LM. My friends and I guessed nightclub because of the sheer size of the place. There are some subtle details that seem to point at this building’s theatrical origins, like a shape out front that looks remarkably like a marquee. Also, the building looks like it heads underground at the far end (to slope the floor for seating?), and there are escape exits at the ends with ramps that come back up to ground level.
Otherwise, you’d never guess that this had been a theater.
Large gallery at their website:
http://www.thegreatcaesarbanquethall.com/
But I don’t know if any of that opulence is from the theater. Official word — it’s a banquet hall!
Here is a 1982 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/dmcjnk
The banquet hall on the Google photo doesn’t match the 1982 photo at all.
As Knatcal noted above, the entire facade was removed. A few bones show through, like the position of the doors and the frame of the marquee. But yes, they’ve remodeled the heck out of this place.
This reopened as the Hilltop theatre on July 13th, 1966 and closed in 1979.
The Tujunga Theatre appears to have opened in October 1938, as the Los Angeles Times began showing showtimes to the Tujunga Theatre beginning on its October 31, 1938 edition, screening “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (unknown if extras added).