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Category Archives: Theaters
November 12, 1941: Crowds Line Broadway for Armistice Day Parade
November 12, 1941: Crowds line Broadway in downtown Los Angeles for the annual Armistice Day parade, which marked the end of what used to be called the Great War or the World War – until we had another one. Continue reading
Posted in 1941, A Kinder, Simpler Time, Art & Artists, Columnists, Comics, Downtown, Film, Hollywood, LAPD, Streetcars, Theaters, Tom Treanor, Transportation, World War II
Tagged #Carole Landis, #John Huston, #Walter Huston
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October 21, 1947: Firefighter Sits Through Movie With Dead Friend to Avoid Audience Panic
October 21, 1947: Walter Saul and his wife had just settled in for a movie with his friend Aloysius Bollin when he felt Bollin’s head on his shoulder. Saul, a firefighter, realized that Bollin had no pulse. He was dead. But rather than created a disturbance, he waited until the double feature was over. Then told Bollin’s son Joseph to go get his mother because his father was sick. Continue reading
October 15, 1907: Fire Threatens Orpheum
October 15, 1907: Fire breaks out in the four-story building housing the Orpheum Theater and the Elks Hall. Entertainer Minnie Seligman made the smoke and sound of fire engines part of her act. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, Downtown, Fires, Spring Street, Theaters
Tagged #Orpheum, #Spring Street, 1907, Fires, Minnie Seligman, theaters
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October 14, 1897: ‘La Boheme’ Receives American Premiere in Los Angeles
October 14, 1897: Puccini’s “La Boheme” receives its American premiere in Los Angeles, performed by the Del Conte Italian Grand Opera Company of Peru. Continue reading
October 12, 1947: Father Charged With Beating Son, 2, for Talking During Movie
October 12, 1947: Sheppard W. King III is jailed on charges of child abuse after hitting his 2-year-old son in the lobby of the Pantages because the boy talked during the show. Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Crime and Courts, Film, Theaters
Tagged 1947, crime and courts, film
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September 27, 1907: Child Welfare Officer Cites Ringling Bros. for Underage Performers
September 27, 1907: A child welfare officer cites Ringling Bros. for having underage performers — on the circus’ last day in town. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, LAPD, Theaters
Tagged 1907, circus, crime and courts, Gerry Society, Ringling Bros.
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September 18, 1933: Bandit Killed, LAPD Officers Wounded in Burlesque Theater Shootout
September 18, 1933: Jack Keating, 30, and John Melvin Early, 35, had a plan to rob the Girlesque Theater at 510 S. Main St., but when the shooting was over, Keating was dead and Early and two men who helped plan the robbery were in jail. Continue reading
Posted in 1933, Art & Artists, Comics, Downtown, Hollywood, LAPD, Main Street, Theaters
Tagged #Main Street, 1933, burlesque, comics, lapd, theaters
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August 13, 1947: ‘Cuando Lloran los Valientes’
August 13, 1947: The Times reviewed Mexican movies, like Cuando Lloran los Valientes. Continue reading
July 30, 1947: Peaches Strange at the Follies Burlesque
July 30, 1947: Peaches Strange, an ‘artistic’ stripper at the Follies Burlesque, is a modest woman who used to teach Sunday School. Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Main Street, Theaters
Tagged 1947, Follies Burlesque, Peaches Strange
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Midnight Show at the Follies Burlesque — July 29, 1939
July 29, 1939: Someone caught the midnight show at the Follies Burlesque and saw Betty Rowland, the “Ball of Fire.” Continue reading
Posted in 1939, Downtown, Theaters
Tagged #EBay, 1939, Ball of Fire, Betty Rowland, burlesque
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – ‘The Loves of Pharaoh’
Photo: Dagny Servaes in “The Loves of Pharaoh.” Credit: American Cinematheque. Note: This is an encore post from 2011. To celebrate the 89th anniversary of the opening of Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre, American Cinematheque screened the 1922 restored Ernst Lubitsch film … Continue reading
Posted in 1922, Film, History, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Photography, Preservation, Theaters
Tagged #Egyptian Theatre, #film, #The Loves of Pharaoh, American Cinematheque, Preservation
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – the Photoplayer
Photo: Joe Rinaudo with his Fotoplayer. Credit: Joe Rinaudo. Note: This is an encore post from 2011. For a short time in the 1920s, 8,000-10,000 photoplayers ruled the roost at medium-sized motion picture theaters. Basically organs with player piano rolls … Continue reading
Posted in 1912, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Music, Stage, Theaters
Tagged #Fotoplayer, #Photoplayer, #player piano, #Silent Films, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: T.L. Tally – L.A.’s Pioneer Film Exhibitor, Part 2
“The Great Corbett Fight” at Tally’s theater. Note: This is an encore post from 2017. Former Texan T. L. (Thomas) Tally pioneered early film exhibition practices in the film metropolis of Los Angeles, catering to the needs of his audiences. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Broadway, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Theaters
Tagged Architecture, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, theaters, Thomas L. Tally
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: T.L. Tally – L.A.’s Pioneer Film Exhibitor, Part 1 (Updated)
T.L. Tally, Moving Picture World, 1915. Note: This is an encore post from 2017. Los Angeles has stood at the forefront of not only motion picture production, but the fields of exhibition and distribution as well. Former Texan T. L. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Broadway, Downtown, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Main Street, Mary Mallory, Theaters
Tagged Architecture, film, Fires, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, theaters, Thomas L. Tally
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Mack Sennett, Theater Owner
The Woodley Theatre, from Motography, July 14, 1917. Comedy king Mack Sennett recognized the self-promotion power of owning his own movie theater long before film studios owned theater chains or Netflix looked to acquire the Egyptian Theatre. In 1917, savvy … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Downtown, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Theaters
Tagged #Mack Sennett, #Orpheum, Architecture, Broadway, film, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, theaters
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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: TCM Film Festival Walks on the Dark Side
Humphrey Bogart in a Warner Bros. ad for “All Through the Night.” TCM threw a wild party for its 25th Anniversary on air and 10 years of honoring classic films with its just concluded TCM Classic Film Festival, a packed … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Film, Hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Mary Mallory, Theaters
Tagged 2019, hollywood, Hollywood Heights, Kevin Brownlow, Mary Mallory, Pre-Code, TCM Classic Film Festival
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Jan. 3, 1959: Russia Winning Space Race! Bulla Leads L.A. Open!
The Soviets are winning the space race! Moral Re-Armament stages “Turning of the Tide” and “The New American!” French Foreign Legion rifles, only $9.88! Johnny Bulla leads the L.A. Open! The entire post from the 2009 Daily Mirror via Archive.org.
Posted in 1959, Film, Sports, Theaters
Tagged 1959, golf, Johnny Bulla, L.A. Open, Moral Re-Armament, space race, sports
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October 1947: Firefighter Sits Through Movie With Dead Friend to Avoid Audience Panic
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Moviegoers Walter Saul of Cincinnati and his wife had just settled into their seats for a double feature with his friend Aloysius Bollin and son Joseph … Continue reading
October 15, 1907: Fire Threatens Orpheum
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. October 15, 1907 Los Angeles On a rainy night in Los Angeles, a fire broke out in the four-story brick office building at 235 S. Spring St. housing the Orpheum Theater and … Continue reading
Posted in 1907, Downtown, Fires, Spring Street, Theaters
Tagged #Orpheum, #Spring Street, 1907, Fires, Minnie Seligman, theaters
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