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Title
Gala Guild Theater opening
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
The Valley Theatre, later renamed the Valley Guild Theatre, opened in 1938 at 5161 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood; it has since been demolished.
Photograph caption dated April 21, 1955 reads "Officials of Fox West Coast celebrating the opening of the New Valley Guild Theater last night were, left to right, Vaughn Taylor, manager of the Valley Guild Theater; Ernest 'Doc' Sloan, Van Nuys Theater manager; Fred Glass, district manager; Dick Mason, manager of the La Reina Theater; Ralph Wilson, manager of the Studio City Theater; and Lee Wentz, manager of the El Portal Theater. Under a new policy, the theater will show art films from all over the world." "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" was the featured picture attraction of the event.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00142470
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d050_f35_i26
CARL0005743155
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/70859
Subject
Valley Guild Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Men--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture theaters--California--Los Angeles
Marquees--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Neon signs--California--Los Angeles
Handshaking--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles)
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Night photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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