Title supplied by cataloger. The theater was was built in 1925 and razed in the late-1960s. Exterior view of the Figueroa Theatre, located at 4011 S. Figueroa Street at Santa Barbara Avenue in South Los Angeles. The corner entrance is for McColloch Drug Co., offering perfumes, prescriptions, stationary, cigars, candy, and an array of goods. Two entrances for the theater are visible on either side of the building, each with a box office and marquees advertising Cecil B. DeMille's 1925 drama film, "The Road to Yesterday", starring Joseph Schildkraut.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 24 cm. Photographic prints
McColloch Drug Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) Figueroa Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Motion picture theaters--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Drugstores--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Theaters--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Streets--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Marquees--California--Los Angeles Santa Barbara Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Figueroa Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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