(1930s)^*^# - A postcard image of the Carthay Circle Theatre with Henry Lion's sculpture of a prospector in the foreground.Īlso known as the Daniel O. (1930) * - Looking south from McCarthy Vista towards Henry Lion's 'Pioneer Fountain Group' statue just beyond it, across San Vicente Boulevard, is the Carthay Circle Theatre. San Vicente Boulevard runs from left to right in the foreground. Oil derricks can be seen in the distance (upper-right). 1930) *# – View looking northeast on McCarthy Vista toward the Hollywood Hills as seen from the top of the Carthay Circle Theater. (1939) ^.^ - Preparations for the Decemwest coast premiere of "Gone With the Wind." Photo by Virgil Morris. The theater's name meant "the Circle Theater, by Fox, located in Carthay", but became incorrectly interpreted as "The Fox Theater, located in Carthay Circle." The misinterpretation has stuck, and now the region is more or less officially known as Carthay Circle, even as its theater namesake has been gone for half a century.*^ The theater became better known than the development in which it was located, and this has led to confusion in the name of the area. Initially developed by Fox, it was called the Fox Carthay Circle Theater. (1930s)*^*^* - Another premier night at the Carthay Circle Theater. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was laso known as “Disney’s Folly” because everyone thought Walt was mad for making a feature-length cartoon. (1937) ^x^ – Flood light illuminates the arrivals at premiere of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, December 21, 1937. 1937)^^ - Crowds are overflowing in the stands as celebrities pull up for the premier of "Wee Willie Winkie". (1937) ^^* - Fans gather outside the Carthay Circle Theater for the premiere of “The Life of Emile Zola.” Photo date: Sept. The Carthay Circle Theatre hosted the official premieres of some of the more notable films of the 1930s including: The Life of Emile Zola (1937), Romeo and Juliet (1936), Walt Disney's first animated feature length film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Gone with the Wind (1939), among many others.įor Disney's Fantasia (1940), the most elaborate audio system in use at the time, Fantasound, a pioneering stereophonic process, was installed at this theatre.*^ (1936) ^^* - The premiere of “Lloyds of London” at the Carthay Circle Theater, formerly located near the intersection of Wilshire and San Vicente boulevards. Harvey McCarthy's most successful monument, a stroke of shrewd thinking that made a famous name of the newly developed Carthay residential district in the Mid-City West district of Los Angeles.*^ It opened in 1926 and was considered developer J. The Carthay Circle Theatre was one of the most famous movie palaces of Hollywood's Golden Age. 1930s)* - Premiere night at the Carthay Circle Theater located at 6316 San Vicente Boulevard. Fox-West Coast Theatres took over operation of the theatre in 1929. (1926)* - Artist's conception of the beautiful new Carthay Circle Theatre in Carthay Center in the heart of the exlusive Wilshire residential district of Los Angeles.Īrchitect Archibald Gibbs designed the 1926 Carthay Circle Theatre, located at 6316 San Vicente Boulevard, in the Spanish Colonial Revival Style with Streamline Moderne influences.
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