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The Carthay Circle Theater opened at 6316 San Vicente Boulevard on May 18, 1926, with a showing of The Volga Boatman (1926), [1] and was considered developer J. Harvey McCarthy's most successful monument, a stroke of shrewd thinking that made a famous name of the newly developed Carthay Center neighborhood [2] [3] in Los Angeles, California. [4] (.
Carthay Circle Theatre. 6316 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Closed. Demolished. 1 screen. 1,518 seats. 37 people favorited this theater. Overview. Photos. Comments. View larger map →. The Carthay Circle Theatre opened May 18, 1926 with Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Volga Boatman” starring William Boyd.
Mar 16, 2007 · Maybe the oddest part of its existence was its location. When the theatre opened in 1926, there really wasn’t much on San Vicente Boulevard. Even the major thoroughfare, Wilshire Boulevard, which was blocks away, showed few signs of becoming the booming business center it is today.
Sep 28, 2016 · The Carthay Circle Theater first opened its doors in 1926 in Los Angeles, California. The design of theater was a tribute to California’s history with its Mission Revival style of architecture and interior paintings and artwork.
Jul 18, 2017 · The Carthay Circle, built in 1926, was one of Hollywood’s leading theaters in the 1930s and ‘40s with many red-carpet movie openings including “Romeo and Juliet” (1936), “Snow White and the...
The Carthay Circle appears in the 1940 Our Gang comedy "The Big Premiere." Our only views of the theatre's backstage come from the noir drama "99 River Street" (Columbia, 1953). Here John Payne and Evelyn Keyes have just come in the stage door. The film, directed by Phil Karlson, is set in New York and Jersey City.
Description. Architect Archibald Gibbs designed the 1926 Carthay Circle Theatre, located at 6316 San Vicente Boulevard, in the Spanish Colonial Revival Style with Streamline Moderne influences. Fox-West Coast Theatres took over operation of the theatre in 1929.
