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Happy Birthday to the Cameo Theater
Today the Cameo theater at 528 South Broadway celebrates its 100 birthday.
As an electronics store.
It orginally opened on October 10, 1910 and was the first building in Los Angeles built as a movie theater.
The Cameo ran movies from 1910 until December 3, 1991 and has been used as an electronics store ever since. When I toured the theater last year the screen and the speaker behind it were still there, which is very uncommon.
Just makes me sad every time I pass it.
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Bob Baker A living Treasure
One of L.A.'s amazing living treasures is Bob Baker, who discovered his purpose in life that the age of 7 (he is now 86) by entertaining kids young and old through the art and magic of marionettes. It was not until I was in my 40's that I saw any of his shows that he presents at his little theater near the border of downtown and Echo Park. (actually I may have when I was younger but my memory may be fading) Now only does he produce these amazing shows but makes all the puppets himself.
His group will be giving a free performance at the Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena tomorrow at 7PM and will probably give a performance at the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park as well (but I don't have that date yet).
So please come and see the amazing marionettes!!!
