In going through my photos, I realized I never posted the shots I took on my one and only "visit" to North Hollywood for a photo shoot two years ago. How about that entry sign? There's a lot of stuff going on there!
I immediately zoomed in on the El Portal Theatre.
Wish it had been a night shoot; I really need to return to capture this neon when it's all lit.
Did you know the Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night" played here in 1964? More than a thousand screaming fans lined up to watch it here.
Beatles aside, I was in Art Deco heaven.
Looking above, I also fell in love with the plaster details:
My shoot was at a nearby junkyard with actor David Brackett.
Very different vibe.
More North Hollywood photos at my main website.
Wow -- the El Portal!! I grew up in North Hollywood (Lankersheim and Victory Blvd) and enjoyed several movies at the El Portal. In 1953, my mom dropped my brother and I off so we could see Disney's latest offering "Peter Pan." My poor memory was that admission for kids was thirty-five cents and one could even afford Milk Duds without taking out a loan.
ReplyDeleteMy much better memory was that we LOVED "Peter Pan"! during the intermission (yes, two features) I phoned home to ask mom if she could pick up us later so we could see Peter Pan a second time. Yeah, 35cents and you could stay all day at the movies.
Thanks for the great photos of a great memory theater.