This attractive building is the Cornell Theatre in Burbank. Julius Shulman photographed it in 1949 - the year it opened. It's his
"Job 619: Clarence J. Smale, Cornell Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.),1949".
A slightly different angle shows a striped beacon on the left.
The building looks considerably plainer from the back.
I can almost smell the popcorn
. Those candy canes are enormous!
A couple of shots of the auditorium.
Any guesses where this last picture was taken? Was this some sort of bar area?
All from
Getty Research Institute
According to
cinematreasures.org, the Cornell Theatre was at 1212 N San Fernando Boulevard. They also say that it closed in 1978 and was demolished in 1980. Historic Aerials seems to be working again, so I checked out the location. The 1980 image shows no trace of the Cornell Theatre. It's there on the 1977 image, but it's blurry, so here's the view from 1972.
Historic Aerials
Today, you'll just find a strip mall where the Cornell Theatre once stood.
GSV