The marquee of the Hollywood Theatre, 6764 Hollywood Blvd., is seen on the right in this footage from the beginning of King Vidor's "Show People" (MGM, 1928). In the lower right that's Marion Davies and her father, played by Dell Henderson, newly arrived by car from Georgia. He's going to make her a star.
The film also features William Haines, Pail Ralli, Tenen Holz, Harry Gribbon and Polly Moran. We get uncredited cameos by John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Charlie Chaplin and others. The cinematography was by John Arnold.
See the page about the Hollywood Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for more information. The house opened in 1913, Hollywood's second theatre. The building survives but it's now a Guinness Book of Records Museum.
A lobby card that appears on IMDb.
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