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The Baist map is fascinating. No triangle for Carl's yet. The area marked "Zobelein" north of 38th plus the "Zobelein's Grand Ave and Figueroa Tract" south of 38th St make a rather grand triangle themselves along Figueroa. Would these two combined properties approximate 350 acres, or do you think parcels were sold off before the date of the map? And , LOL, there's an adjoining "Rindge Tract". Those Rindges were everywhere. I like them too. |
"Beauty Parade, Venice Ca."
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/choZKL.jpg It took me a moment to realize the 'girl' on the right is a papier-mâché hood ornament. I believe the emblem on the car says Jordan (?) with an arrow head (?) I like the guys (and the sailor) hanging onto the building trying to get a better view. __ |
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I couldn't resist posting this slide of the Warner's Theatre at 7th and Hill - be sure to scroll right. The seller dates it at June 1958.
By a strange coincidence, I watched the DVD of the movie being shown only a few days ago, so I recognized it just by the lead actors' names (it's 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...l.jpg~original ebay Can someone please explain the logo above William Holden's name? The "W" is a mirror-image of the current Warner Bros' "WB" logo, and the shield is the same, but it says "SW". Was this normal on their theaters, or am I missing something? |
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...or was, for a time anyway: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-x...25823%2BPM.jpg http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/491 |
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I'm not sure how the Stanley company figures into the scene at that late date. I see that SW in only one photo of the theater....1958. Nothing makes sense..... any answers?. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psraidf0zg.jpg Historic LA theaters. Ref: https://sites.google.com/site/downto...arner_downtown |
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Maybe "SW" was the logo for Warner's theater division, even though Stanley was old history? But, I cannot explain why "WB" was used in '54 & "SW" in '57 |
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I'm glad it's not just me who's confused by this. Of course the shield is still there, but now has a diamond in it. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rs7thHill2.jpg GSV |
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PS: Here you go, "Early in 1953, Warner's theater holdings were spun off as Stanley Warner Theaters; Stanley Warner's non-theater holdings were sold to Simon Fabian Enterprises, and its theaters merged with RKO Theatres to become RKO-Stanley Warner Theatres." http://books.google.com/books?id=eT_...page&q&f=false http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.#cite_note-140 It was Stanley, AKA Stanley V. Mastbaum http://scripophily.net/stcoofamde.html |
photo bomb
"Me in the back." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...905/YVp5Bz.jpg eBay Los Angeles 1934 reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/LnaxnW.jpg Marion & Billy 6/11/34 |
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He married Brigida Alvarex in 1861 in the Plaza Church in Los Angeles, when she was 14 and he was 38. Graff died in 1870 and Zobelein, who was friend of Graff's, married Brigida a few months after that. She had inherited the property from her first husband. When they first married Zobelein ran a grocery store located at Sixth and Spring before moving to Lone Pine in the Owens Valley for a time. They came back to Los Angeles and in the 1880's had a house at 147 Spring which is now part of the City Hall property. When he separated from Meier and began his own brewing business he sold part of the property in about 1907, to raise some capital. When the business was doing well, he built a house on the property. Brigida died in 1912 and is buried in Rosedale Cemetery. George continued to live in the house and raised their seven children there until his death in 1938. This information came from an article by Greg Fisher in the Downtown News dated May 24, 2013, and some information in the censuses. http://www.ladowntownnews.com/arts_a...9bb2963f4.html |
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Thank you oldstuff, except Zobelein died in 1936 as his modest memorial attests: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j...30941%2BPM.jpg find a grave - angelus rosedale cemetery Joseph Maier (1851-1905), on the other hand, was pretentious until the last, and beyond: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o...23224%2BPM.jpg find a grave - angeles rosedale cemetery I wonder how three 35-acre parcels turned into a 350-acre ranch? And which is correct? Just how big is the combined Zobelein property on the 1921 Baist map? I cannot work it out. There's this article too, from my post yesterday: http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/07/local/me-29791 |
"Hazel and Frank's Wild Ride"
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/dgh8XN.jpg eBay reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/H4Tl2v.jpg [for search purposes] "The driver of this car, Mrs. Hazel Ufer, and her husband, Frank, were injured when the car collided with one driven by Seymour Siskind at San Marino and Ardmore Streets, Los Angeles Calif. After the crash the car hurtled on to knock over a tree. The white place in the windshield was made when Ufer's head struck it." 4/15/36 I believe the white house (or apartment building) in the vintage photo is 927 Ardmore. (see below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/MK57y6.jpg GSV ....and one of these houses might be the dark house on the right. (but the side windows differ...so maybe not). http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/qjQj1Y.jpg GSV This would place the empty lot, where the accident occurred, on the northeast corner of San Marino and Ardmore Streets. __ |
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While perusing past issues of Hollywood Filmograph I came across this striking photograph of Marie Prevost.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/PMKcUG.jpg https://archive.org/details/hollywoodfilmogr91holl :previous: It's hard to believe this photograph was taken 86 years ago in 1929!! She looks quite contemporary with her tousled spiked hair and make up. Alas, Marie Prevost died tragically of heart failure due to acute alcoholism at age 38 (a mere seven years after the above photograph was taken). __ gsjansen first posted about Ms. Prevost back in 2011. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...st#post5265907 |
Bel Air Sands Hotel
Previously, Michael Ryerson had posted an interior pic of the Bel Air Sands Hotel. Now known as the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel, it is located at the intersection of Brentwood and Bel Air on seven scenic acres.
Although not nearly as famous as its neighbor, the Bel Air Hotel, the old Bel Air Sands Hotel was also frequented by the rich and famous, and perhaps the rich and infamous. When I had the privilege of working there for a short time after its sale in 1978, I heard stories from numerous sources about mobsters who lived there. (Tangentially, it was the site of a Godfather scene with actor Alex Rocco portraying Morris "Moe" Greene.) I believe that the history of this hotel would rate highly in the noir category. So, if anyone has any photos or personal recollections of this hotel please share them. P.S. Studying these pages has triggered many wonderful memories. Thank you, ER! BEl AIR SANDS HOTEL http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...skxcbsjvj.jpg? |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/WxSI9v.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/VCT7HB.jpg https://www.cardcow.com/421663/bel-a...es-california/ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/nyMHdp.jpg __ |
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Marge Champion? |
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What's ''European service"? Do I want some and could I afford it? See all you fab Noirsters at the Pool Side....Sunday.:D;) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps0lbrv0fu.jpg MatchKing |
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Marge Champion was born 1919 and today is 95. Ref. link of the film: https://youtu.be/RPdSFB9T-GQ |
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