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Title: Exterior of Uptown Theatre
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: The Fox Uptown Theatre was located at 1008 So. Western Avenue in Los Angeles and was built in 1925. It ran first-run movies for Fox, seating 1,600 people, and had a large roof-top sign. It was demolished in 1963.
Shows exterior of a long building name West Coast Uptown Theater in very large letters on the roof. Three placards set in the entranceway of the theater. The marquee advertises: Raymond Griffith and Marion Nixon in "Hands Up", Charles Nelson & his Playboys, comedy and news. The rest of the building to the left and right of the entrance houses other businesses. Architect: L.A. Smith.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00015497
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Theaters-Uptown Theater.; S-006-251 4x5
CARL0000004171
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/90160
Subject: Fox Uptown Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motion picture theaters--California--Los Angeles
Smith, Lewis A

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