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World premier, Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles, California
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Description
Identifier
clloy_169
Title
World
premier
,
Carthay
Circle
Theatre
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1940
Subject (Topic)
Motion
picture
theaters--California--Los
Angeles
;
Motion
picture
industry--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Carthay
Circle
Theatre
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
Wilshire
Boulevard
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Tichnor
Art
Company
Place of Publication
L.A
.
[i.e
.
Los
Angeles]
Language
eng
Description
A
nighttime
view
looking
across
the
street
at
Fox's
Carthay
Circle
Theatre
in
Los
Angeles
,
California
during
a
premier
. The
building
facade
is
brightly
lit
, and
several
colored
searchlights
point
in
various
directions
.
Crowds
of
people
stand
on
either
side
of the
road
.
Historical Background
The
Carthay
Circle
Theater
,
built
in
1926
and
located
just
off
of
San
Vicente
Boulevard
near
Fairfax
, was
part
of an
area
developed
by
J
.
Harvey
McCarthy
during
the
1920s
.
McCarthy
developed
136
acres
just
south
of
Wilshire
Boulevard
with an
emphasis
on
aesthetics
, and
thematic
elements
drawn
from
California
history
.
When
McCarthy
encountered
difficulties
in
luring
merchants
away
from
Wilshire's
Miracle
Mile
shopping
district
, he
instead
built
the
Carthay
Circle
Theater
, an
iconic
building
with its
whitewashed
mission
revival
style
architecture
,
tall
bell
tower
and
bright
neon
sign
. The
interior
featured
bronze
busts
of
Native
American
leaders
,
photographs
of
famous
actors
and
actresses
,
forty-foot
paintings
of
historic
scenes
, and the
curtain
in its
auditorium
was
decorated
as an
homage
to the
Donner
Party
. The
theater
became
a
prime
location
for
movie
premiers
,
including
Disney's
"
Snow
White
and the
Seven
Dwarfs
" and "
Fantasia
" and
MGM's
"
Gone
with the
Wind.
" By the
1960s
,
business
was
waning
due
to
competition
from
multi-screen
theaters
. The
Carthay
Circle
Theater
was
demolished
in
1969
.
Publisher's Identifier
Publisher's serial number: 62697; Series number: T-376
Additional Notes
Printed
on
linen
textured
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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