1915-06-15 - Theatre Interior and Pipe Facades (Photograph from the collection of Jim Lewis/Database Manager)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2013-03-11 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Jim Lewis, based on information from Photograph. -- -Database Manager
2022-08-09 - From cinematresures.org: One of many independent theatres in the S. Main Street section of downtown Los Angeles, this old 700-seat movie house was situated next to the Art Theatre and across the street from the Burbank Theatre. The Optic Theatre was opened by August 1915. It was equipped with a Murray M. Harris 2 manual organ which was opened by organist J. Whaley Ford. It was listed as operating in the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook. It was still open in 1979. In its last years, it ran a grind policy of four films and was open all night until about 4-5 in the morning. Now a parking lot has taken the place of all three of these theatres. William L. Coale, Ph.D.William L. Coale, Ph.D. on December 21, 2021 at 10:12 pm: "Fischer’s Optic Theater was open prior to August 1915, when the Fischer took it over and installed a $10,000 pipe organ, played by organist J. Whaley Ford. I’ll post photos of an article and an advertisement." -Paul R. Marchesano
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