"The Falcon's Alibi"

We get a look at the Olympic Theatre, on 8th just west of Broadway, when we go "uptown" in "The Falcon's Alibi" (RKO, 1946). The treat in this film is getting to see Jane Greer do two numbers as a nightclub songstress. But her ending isn't a happy one after she's discovered two-timing her boyfriend Elisha Cook, Jr.

This film, one of sixteen in the Falcon series, stars Tom Conway as an amateur detective trying to solve a society jewelry robbery and multiple murders. Also featured are Paula Corday, Vince Barnett, Emory Parnell, Esther Howard, Jean Brooks and Jason Robards Sr. Ray McCarey directed. The cinematography was by Frank Redman. Thanks to anonymous tipster about the Olympic's appearance in the film. There's a similar shot in the 1945 Columbia film "Boston Blackie's Rendezvous."

 

 

 Another look at the Olympic. This time we're looking west from Hill St.

See the pages about the Olympic Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of the building along with many photos.   

 

 

In this murky view north on Hill St. it's the Warner Downtown on the left, at the corner of 7th.

See the pages about the Warner Downtown on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of the building as well as several hundred photos. The theatre, now used for selling jewelry, opened as the Pantages in 1920. 

On IMDb: "The Falcon's Alibi" 

A comment on the site notes that one of the songs in this film advertises the "new picture 'The Bamboo Blonde,'" also from RKO. It featured Jane Greer and Jean Brooks and was released three months after "The Falcon's Alibi."  

A poster for the film appearing on IMDb.