Saturday, August 13, 2016

Ahab Hunting the White Whale in Downtown Los Angeles

Exhibitors Herald--World, October 18, 1930:



"The six large banners shown in the photograph above were used on the Warner Brothers Downtown theatre in Los Angeles with striking box office success. They were visible for several blocks. At the time this picture was taken lines converged from two streets to the ticket office. The film exploited was the Warner production, 'Moby Dick,' with John Barrymore."


Moby Dick

Warner Brothers Theatre





Legendary theatre historian, Cezar Del Valle is celebrating 20 years of theatre talks and walks, 1996-2016. Currently accepting bookings for historical societies, libraries , senior centers, etc.  Details of independent walks will be published this fall.
Del Valle is the author of the Brooklyn Theatre Index, a three-volume history of borough theatres. The first two chosen 2010 OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR by the Theatre Historical Society. Final volume published in September 2014.
Currently editing and updating the third edition of the Brooklyn Theatre Index, Volume I.


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