PCAD - Florence Theatre, Florence, Los Angeles, CA

AKA: Fox Florence Theatre, Florence, Los Angeles, CA; Fox Florence Theater, Florence, Los Angeles, CA

S. Charles Lee designed this Spanish Colonial Revival Style theatre; it had a large pylon that supported a blade sign reading "Fox." On one side of the front facade, a narrow arched porte cochere led cars through to a parking lot in back. A sign over the arched entrance read "Free Auto Park Entrance.". This theatre had a large entry patio and a curving, external stairway leading to a main lobby. External courtyards were unusual for California movie theatres but not unheard-of.

The Florence Theatre had approximately 1,800 seats when it opened in 1932.

Demolished.

PCAD id: 3353

Publications

Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 141, 143, 219, 1981. "Florence Theatre preliminary plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 50, col 2, 04/25/1930.

Florence Theatre, Florence, Los Angeles, CA (1930-1932)

Publications