I don't believe that the following two 1926 images have already been posted. They are both zoomable at the source. First, a photo of 857 S. La Brea:
USC Digital Library --
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/32299/rec/31
The picture playing at Chotiner's,
The Pleasure Garden, was directed by a young Alfred Hitchcock (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016230/).
The building is now a church:
https://sites.google.com/site/wilshi...es/fox-la-brea
As for the Fox Ritz, which we also saw here
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9808, it was for a time (c. 1926-29) the West Coast Ritz:
USC Digital Library --
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/32299/rec/31
This photo is looking SW at Wilshire and Sycamore. According to this site
https://sites.google.com/site/wilshiremoviepalaces/ritz the Ritz opened October 15, 1926. The picture playing here,
My Official Wife, was released October 16, 1926 (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017185/).
Was there ever a mural on the tall back wall of the theater? Seems like a good place for one.
The theater was torn down in 1977.