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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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I happened upon this snapshot earlier today on eBay.
Seller's description:.. "STREET SCENE MALTED MILK MAYFAIR THEATRE LOS ANGELES"
But I'm not so sure this is Los Angeles.
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I just found this photograph on the losangelestheatres blog.
Note the Malted Milk sign.
"Majestic / Mayfair Theatre, 214 Santa Monica, CA."
So maybe the seller is correct about the location. ..Do you think this is the theater in question?
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Those people look a bit too wamly dressed for Los Angeles? Doubt this is Santa Monica, the builings seem too tall.
...the sign in the middle says [VE]RNAL HOURS AHEAD - nope,
Mackerm corrects me: JOURNAL HOURS AHEAD. This is an ad for the
Oregon Journal, which was Portland's daily afternoon newspaper from 1902 to 1982. They were "hours ahead" of the competition, one presumes.
The lower picture doesn't look like it's in the same neighborhood as the upper one. It can be dated to 1929, as the theater is showing
The Sacred Flame, starring Pauline Frederick, Conrad Nagel, "and a Big Cast" per the marquee. The pre-code plot, says Wiki, involves a mother euthanizing her wheelchair-bound son, so he won't find out his wife has been cheating on him with his own brother. Whew.