Tally's Broadway
Tally's Broadway, also known as Tally's New Broadway and Kinemacolor Theatre, was a movie theater located at 833 South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
History
Tally's Broadway was built in thirty days and opened on May 2, 1910. Thomas Lincoln Tally was the owner, having previously owned Tally's New Broadway which this theater was also briefly named before adopting the name Tally's Broadway. This theater had a capacity of 900.In 1912, Tally's Broadway was renamed Kinemacolor Theatre after the kinemacolor process it used to show color films. Through this theater, Tally became the first proprietor to show a color movie in Los Angeles. The theater, however, soon returned to its previous name.
In 1915, the theater's least expensive tickets cost $0.10, with the more expensive tickets costing double or triple. Tally's son Seymour managed the theater as of 1916.
The building was demolished in 1928 and replaced by an expansion of the Hamburger's Department Store to its north.
Architecture and design
Tally's Broadway featured an unimposing Classic Revival design with an electric sign on the roof and the word "Tally's" engraved in stone above the building entrance. The entrance was centered in the building and had storefronts on either side.Inside, the theater featured high ceilings with four large stained glass panels in its center. Sixteen billikens in faintly illuminated bluish-green windows were on either side of the theater. Above the screen was a green curtain, with additional curtains over the windows located at the sides of the theater. Four pendant lamps were located on each side of the theater, hanging from a low-roofed arch. Additional light was provided by twenty-eight indirect ceiling lamps.