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GatoVerde Jun 14, 2019 2:32 AM

That dance hall is, of course, the much already mentioned Flores Magón anarchist hall located near Mott and Cesar Chavez (Brooklyn.) Later, Communist bakery (I think,) mural contained within painted by Pollack's brother, and later 70s and 80s punk club. So much more to this building, too much to rehash.

I feel like you threw this one at me, ER, just to check if I was still roaming the noir.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8604778)
...and here's one more.

Original 35mm slide, Los Angeles [1980s]

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/gkrmhN.jpg

If you look closely, the two story brick building on the right appears to be an old dance hall.




FredH Jun 14, 2019 4:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Charles (Post 8602954)
PS:

In the foreground of the photo you can see the Magnolia Theater, which appeared in the 1954 noir film (with Fred MacMurray), Pushover:

https://i.imgur.com/TX4i05s.jpg

Image source, and background on Pushover and the Magnolia Theater: http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com...locations.html



Kim Novak had her first credited role in Pushover

https://i.postimg.cc/XJ3x27qM/pushover3.png
Pushover, Columbia pictures, 1954


Also appearing in the movie was Dorothy Malone. Eight years before, she was sharing "a bottle of pretty good rye" with Bogart.

https://i.postimg.cc/pLwsFBtL/malone.png
The Big Sleep, Warner Bros., 1946


Ben's was next door to the Magnolia Theater

https://i.postimg.cc/7YQsxks7/bens.png
Pushover, Columbia pictures, 1954


Street scenes:

https://i.postimg.cc/Zq6VFyTF/pushover1.png
Pushover, Columbia pictures, 1954


https://i.postimg.cc/MTD5g2fn/pushover4.png
Pushover, Columbia pictures, 1954

Scott Charles Jun 14, 2019 5:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FredH (Post 8605156)
Also appearing in the movie was Dorothy Malone. Eight years before, she was sharing "a bottle of pretty good rye" with Bogart.

That Dorothy Malone sure was easy on the eyes. Same goes for her Big Sleep co-star, Martha Vickers:

https://i.imgur.com/jnWCmrM.jpg

Yowza!

Flyingwedge Jun 14, 2019 5:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8604878)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/G7nAnn.jpg
UMC......for search purposes: Japanes restuarant on N. San Pedro St. City "Yachiyo" los Angeles Calif.

Has anyone heard of Yachiyo? I take it that's the name of the restaurant (the restaurant appears to be the small shack-like building behind the larger building in the front.
The building at the end of the block appears to be a hotel. (there's a small sign)

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I hadn't heard of Yachiyo, e_r, but this c. 1952 image shows the same corner building in your photo on the NE corner of
N. San Pedro and Jackson Streets (Jackson was one block north of 1st Street). The three-story building down the block
seems to match the one in the UMC photo, and the two smaller buildings in between might be the same, too:

https://i1165.photobucket.com/albums...ps2nwfhi7o.jpg

gpf.6975 @ Seaver Center

sopas ej Jun 14, 2019 5:44 AM

Question for you guys...

24 seconds into this clip, where you see Anouk Aimee pull up to the stoplight... is that Beverly and La Cienega?

Video Link

sadykadie2 Jun 14, 2019 5:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillinGlendaleCA (Post 8596775)
They look more like oleander than bougainvillea. Now if you want to see bougainvillea, head on out to Glendora.

https://live.staticflickr.com/8560/2...17cf03f1_b.jpg_8260142-1_001 by BillinGlendaleCA, on Flickr

Love it here in Glendora (lived here a couple of years) and drive past the Bougainvillea often

Otis Criblecoblis Jun 14, 2019 6:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sopas ej (Post 8605211)
Question for you guys...

24 seconds into this clip, where you see Anouk Aimee pull up to the stoplight... is that Beverly and La Cienega?

The shot of Lola stopped at the intersection I recognize as looking south on La Cienega from Beverly towards Third, but I don't know about the shot with the Shell station.

ethereal_reality Jun 14, 2019 2:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 8605200)
I hadn't heard of Yachiyo, e_r, but this c. 1952 image shows the same corner building in your photo on the NE corner of
N. San Pedro and Jackson Streets (Jackson was one block north of 1st Street). The three-story building down the block
seems to match the one in the UMC photo, and the two smaller buildings in between might be the same, too:

https://i1165.photobucket.com/albums...ps2nwfhi7o.jpg

gpf.6975 @ Seaver Center

Thanks for finding this photograph FW. :tup:


I've been trying to figure out what the sign says on the side of the building I thought might be a hotel in the UMC photograph

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/mBDh9k.jpg
DETAIL


At first I thought it said "produce"...on closer inspection, it's products. At the top (of the sign) says..."LEE - TEX.

I found Lee-Tex in the 1941 city directory (it's the only directory it shows up in)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/hPnCt5.jpg
lapl

but it doesn't give the address of the plant...or the v-pres' address.

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ethereal_reality Jun 14, 2019 3:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GatoVerde (Post 8605089)
That dance hall is, of course, the much already mentioned Flores Magón anarchist hall located near Mott and Cesar Chavez (Brooklyn.) Later, Communist bakery (I think,) mural contained within painted by Pollack's brother, and later 70s and 80s punk club. So much more to this building, too much to rehash.

I feel like you threw this one at me, ER, just to check if I was still roaming the noir.

You caught me, GV. ;)


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Bristolian Jun 14, 2019 3:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 8602356)

Brew 102 pops up again:

https://i.imgur.com/PjWATZ2.jpg?2

GaylordWilshire Jun 14, 2019 4:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8605449)
Thanks for finding this photograph FW. :tup:


I've been trying to figure out what the sign says on the side of the building I thought might be a hotel in the UMC photograph

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/mBDh9k.jpg
DETAIL


At first I thought it said "produce"...on closer inspection, it's products. At the top (of the sign) says..."LEE - TEX.

I found Lee-Tex in the 1941 city directory (it's the only directory it shows up in)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/hPnCt5.jpg
lapl

but it doesn't give the address of the plant...or the v-pres' address.

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The sign says Lee-Tex RUBBER products...maybe Lee-Tex Oil morphed into Lee-Tex Rubber...


https://i.postimg.cc/3JhnwffM/leetexpic1-bmp.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/NfVF4S3S/leetextext-bmp.jpg
LAT June 13, 1954

Looks like it was in the building that's still at the nwc of Western and 132nd...designed by no less than S. Charles Lee



And from the LAT August 14, 1955:

https://i.postimg.cc/J4knnKgL/leetex3-bmp.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/jdP79sRP/leetex4-bmp.jpg

ethereal_reality Jun 14, 2019 9:55 PM

:previous: Thanks for digging up the old newspaper clippings, GW.


Get a load of this....Lee-Tex made balloon shoes. (I laughed when I read "balloon shoes" :lmao:)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/No3wMU.jpg
ebay

They, no doubt, made the balloons too. ...I mean, it is a rubber company.




EDIT: I see (now) that ballooons are mentioned in GW's first clipping.

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ethereal_reality Jun 14, 2019 10:36 PM

I saw this photograph a few days ago on ebay. ...... (I just checked...it's still listed. Go HERE)


Have we seen, or discussed, the "Harvey Trip" on nla?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/BaliyT.jpg
ebay



The photograph is actually a postcard.

Here's the back. (1912 postmark)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/AqZ1dO.jpg



It appears to be more than a fly-by-night business. If you look closely, the driver's hat has the company's name stitched on it.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/BTGRL8.jpg
detail


I searched through the city directories and came up with zilch. :(


P.S. Did you notice his speaking horn? (in the top pic)


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FredH Jun 14, 2019 11:10 PM

:previous:

E.R. - Doesn't it seem like there are way too many people in that vehicle?

Also, I think there is another person driving. I bet that guy with the bullhorn hangs on the running board and calls out the interesting locations.

I think I would pass on the Harvey Trip. Seems like it would be a hot, dusty, and probably smelly ride.

ethereal_reality Jun 14, 2019 11:25 PM

You're right about there being another driving, FredH. I see him now.

The man standing must have been the narrator of the tour.




I see that the postcard is going to Kansas. Fred Harvey was originally from Kansas. I wonder if there is any connection between the two. :shrug:

CityBoyDoug Jun 14, 2019 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FredH (Post 8606076)
:previous:

E.R. - Doesn't it seem like there are way too many people in that vehicle?

Also, I think there is another person driving. I bet that guy with the bullhorn hangs on the running board and calls out the interesting locations.

I think I would pass on the Harvey Trip. Seems like it would be a hot, dusty, and probably smelly ride.

Worse part would be the solid rubber tires.

Lorendoc Jun 15, 2019 6:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FredH (Post 8605156)


Street scenes:


https://i.postimg.cc/MTD5g2fn/pushover4.png
Pushover, Columbia pictures, 1954

Agree we're in Burbank. There was a Newberry's at 3610 Magnolia, and a McCoy Shoe store at 3604.

https://i.imgur.com/bl1Uq65.jpg
GSV

The Vega Food Center was across the street in the next block at 3713 Magnolia.

CaliNative Jun 15, 2019 9:13 AM

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CaliNative Jun 15, 2019 9:26 AM

[QUOTE=Martin Pal;8602356]Looking forward to the next batch, E_R!

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5087...7b0b0_XXXL.jpg

^^^
Wow, Brew 102, gasometers and an old vic--real old tyme L.A.! A building like that would now go for at least a $million in S.F. unrestored, and several million restored.

BDiH Jun 15, 2019 4:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lorendoc (Post 8606310)
Agree we're in Burbank. There was a Newberry's at 3610 Magnolia, and a McCoy Shoe store at 3604.

https://i.imgur.com/bl1Uq65.jpg
GSV

The Vega Food Center was across the street in the next block at 3713 Magnolia.

There was an Akron on Hollywood Way, across from Albin's Hobbies & Toys, which is now the Train Shack.

I remember going to the grand opening of Newberry's in the early 1950s. The California Theatre opened around the same time. I saw The Day the Earth Stood Still and Rhubarb at the Magnolia in 1951 and later The Birds and the Bees and Sing Boy Sing. Has anyone heard of these movies, much less seen them? I know everyone has seen The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Magnolia Park was, and is, a great neighborhood.


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