In a chase down Vine St. in "The Falcon in Hollywood" (RKO, 1944) we get a glimpse of the Admiral Theatre on the right after a turn onto Hollywood Blvd.
This comedy, one of sixteen in the Falcon series, stars Tom Conway as an amateur detective trying to solve a death on a studio backlot. Featured are Barbara Hale, Veda Ann Borg, John Abbott, Sheldon Leonard, Jean Brooks and Paula Corday. Gordon Douglas directed. The cinematography was by Nicholas Musuraca.
See the page on the Los Angeles Theatres site about the Admiral / Vine Theatre for a history of this 1940 vintage film house designed by S. Charles Lee. It's at 6321 Hollywood Blvd., just west of Vine St. It got the Vine name after a 1969 remodel.
The film begins at the Hollywood Park track in Inglewood. We spend a lot of time on the RKO lot, later to become part of Paramount. Here it's called the Sunset Studio. There's also a fine scene in the Memorial Coliseum.
A lobby card for "Falcon" that appears on IMDb.
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