When Spanish-language cinema flourished in Los Angeles

It is impossible to tell from the outside, but the Downtown Independent movie theatre on Main Street in Los Angeles was once called the Aztecaa nod to the Spanish-language films it used to play in the 1940s.
It was not the only such venue. Across the city, a network of more than 60 playhousesincluding the Million Dollar Theatre, today a national landmarkregularly screened movies for Latin American audiences, many of whom emigrated from Mexico or fled from the Mexican Revolution (1910-20). In 19