Sources for information about the RKO Hillstreet Theatre...
The thumbnail images below are generally from searches on either Yahoo! or Google Images. Click on the image to see how the search engine found it in context.
We also give you a link to the site itself (or sometimes a specific article) for your further research.
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California State Library
www.lib.state.ca.us A view of the Hillstreet looking back toward the rear of the auditorium from the State Library collection.
A view of the balcony house right wall.
Also in the State Library collection: rear balcony/booth view
Los Angeles Movie Palaces
www.geocities.com/los_angeles_coast
This great site's Los Angeles Movie Palaces page has this nice 1945 exterior view of the RKO Hillstreet.
An interior view of the Hillstreet from the back of the balcony.
An early exterior view.
Also on this site: 1937 exterior
A view from the stage of the RKO Hillstreet looking back into the house in 1922.
L.A. Public Library Photo Collection
From the Library's collection: A view of the proscenium and sidewall.
A lobby view from the LAPL.
Also in the LAPL collection: ceiling dome | 1937 exterior | 1950 sign view |
Uncanny
www.uncanny.net/~wetzel This site has great tours of interurban rail lines and the downtown area near the Subway Terminal Building.
Here you can see the Hillstreet (advertising "RKO Radio Pictures" behind the rail car on Tom Wetzel's tour of the Venice Short Line. full size view
For more information on downtown Los Angeles theaters near the RKO Hillstreet see the Theaters West of Broadway page and the Broadway Theaters Los Angeles page.
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