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Opened: February 14, 1935 with "What Every Woman Knows" and "Babes in Toyland." The theatre is on the east side of the street three blocks north of Hollywood Blvd. The opening night photo appeared in the March 9, 1935 issue of Motion Picture Herald with an article titled "New Theatres From Old: The Front." Note the original array of cascading lights. The tower was later modified. Architect: Clifford A. Balch. He was credited in the caption of the opening night photo when it appeared in the June 29, 1935 issue of Boxoffice. Thanks to ace researcher Joe Vogel for spotting it there. The caption in Boxoffice:
"The Los Feliz Theatre front is an excellent example of how color and motion can be combined to present an effective advertising appeal. The tower, representing a fountain in appearance, is given a mobile effect by the use of amber and green lamps on alternate circuits located behind the silhouette letters and behind the conical sections.
"The attraction sign, made up of silhouette letters on a smoothly luminous flashed-opal background, is modern in appearance. Designed and installed by Luminous Structures, Incorporated, Los Angeles, Calif. C. A. Balch, architect."
Seating: 780 originally as a single screen house. The big house of the triplex, the front of the original theatre, has 144 seats. The smaller ones in the rear of the original auditorium seat 60 and 55.
The 1935 Motion Picture Herald article also included this diagram of the "fountain that actually overflows with colored light." Note that they have credited S. Charles Lee as the architect, evidently an editing mistake. The article also featured a sketch of Lee's Studio/Holly Theatre in Hollywood. The sketch and specifications for the project were credited to General Electric Laboratories. Thanks to Bob Foreman for finding the article. See his Vintage Theatre Catalogs site for a vast trove of tech and theatre history information that he has collected.
Variety noted the theatre's opening date in their March 20, 1935 issue. They also mentioned that the original lessee was Herman Lewis. Thanks to Bob Foreman for finding the item.
The venue was a second run family oriented single screen theatre for decades. Later it was an art house running for years under Laemmle management. Kurt and Max Laemmle had started their Laemmle Theatres chain in 1938 when they took over the Franklin Theatre in Highland Park. They later added the nearby Dale and the Park theatres as well as the Ritz in Inglewood. Kurt left the operation in the 1950s when business plummeted due to television and the chain dwindled until only the Los Feliz remained under Laemmle management. The circuit didn't begin growing again until the 1960s with the expansion into Westwood and other areas.
Under Laemmle management the Los Feliz became one of the premiere foreign film venues in L.A. The theatre was triplexed in the early 90s after the Laemmle circuit lost their lease.
Status: The theatre continues to do well as a triplex offering first run releases on the two smaller screens. Since August 2021 the larger house has been programmed by American Cinematheque with new releases and revivals. They have installed 35mm equipment in that one. The theatre is operated by Lance Alspaugh's Vintage Cinemas, who also had the Vista Theatre before its 2021 sale to Quentin Tarantino.