We get a fine shot of the El Capitan Theatre in "Scatterbrain" (Republic Pictures, 1940). The theatre is located at 6838 Hollywood Blvd., across from the Chinese.
The film stars Judy Canova as a girl rounded up in the mountains who is brought to Hollywood and becomes an unlikely movie star. Also featured are Alan Mowbray, Ruth Donnelly, Eddie Foy Jr, Wallace Ford, Billy Gilbert and Isabel Jewell. Gus Meins directed. The cinematography was by Ernest Miller.
Later in we get a look down Vine St. Or is it another Hollywood Blvd. shot? It needs another viewing.
See the pages on the El Capitan on the Los Angeles Theatres site for the history of this Hollywood legit and film house along with hundreds of photos.
On IMDb: "Scatterbrain"
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