"Shockproof"

We get a peek at the stagehouse of the Mason Theatre on the right beyond the old City Jail on 1st St. in this promotional still for Douglas Sirk's "Shockproof" (Columbia, 1949) with Cornel Wilde. Patricia Knight and John Baragrey co-star. The Mason's entrance was at 127 S. Broadway. But it was a long building -- the auditorium and stage were almost over on Hill St. That's the L.A. Times building on the left of the photo.

The photo appears in several collections. Thanks to Noirish Los Angeles contributor Nathan Marsak (aka Beaudry) for featuring it along with two images of the jail building in his Noirish post #7413.

See the Mason Theatre page on the Los Angeles Theatres site for many photos. The theatre was demolished in 1956.

Although this shot doesn't appear in the film, we get other treats including many scenes up on Bunker Hill with views toward downtown. Wilde's office is in the Bradbury Building so we see a lot of that. Also of interest are scenes near the end in a cabin in the middle of an oil field. 

On IMDb: "Shockproof"