Warner Beverly Hills Theatre

Here is the May 1969 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2gr4nm

Re: the secret movie from 1969: What a great come on, eh? It turns out that “Succubus” (aka Getraumte Sunden—what does it mean in German?) is the movie in question. I know it’s Succubus because I called the phone number…how could my 11 year old self resist.

All of the b/w photos of this truly beautiful art deco Warner theatre are spectacular.

Holy moley. This chick’s filmography is impressive. I can’t tell which weird film was the secret one in 1969, but here is a sample, from the imdb:

Janine Reynaud

Getraumte Sunden (USA title – Succubus) 1968
Im Schloss der blutigen Begierde (Castle of Bloody Lust) 1968
Rote Lippen, Sadoerotica (aka Red Lips, aka Sadist Erotica) 1969
Kuss mich, Monster (Kiss Me, Monster) 1969
Wie Kurz ist die Zeit zu Lieben (How Short is the Time for Love) 1970
Je suis une nymphomane (no translation necessary) 1970

Quite a place:
http://tinyurl.com/2al845
http://tinyurl.com/24ewvv
http://tinyurl.com/26t7t9

I, too, loved the Warner BH. Saw Lawrence there, of course. The last film I saw there was Swashbuckler, but by then it was in a sad state of affairs.

In ken mc’s first pic, notice the painted sign on the side of the building that says “The Pride of Beverly Hills”. Yeah, right. Once upon a time.

beatleMANIA later The Motown25 Revue with The Four Tops and The Temptations with LIVE performances, performed as many as 4 times a day! We went to every performance. I was co-owner of the Beverly Hills Diner at 206 South Beverly Drive as my Mom and Dad owned the world famous Beverly Hills Liquor Castle at 212 South Beverly Drive, all in Beverly Hills. YES, in 1989, The Stanley Warner Theater (Canon Drive and Wilshire Blvd.) is long gone and most who grew up here, miss it! I worked as an usher, floor manager and later assistant manager under Robert Blankenship (Robert was a VERY kind and caring man!) from age 13-17 1965-1969. I still have my double breasted mustard/green ushers waistcoat with gold buttons. Zsa Zsa Gabor laughed “ You look like a young Jerry Lewis” to me at the Ship of Fools Premiere in 1965 Directed by Stanley Kramer!
The Beverly Theater on Wilshire and Beverly Drive (demolished in Octiber 2005) is another foolish loss on the part of the Beverly Hills community. It was the movie industry that brought the attention, money and celebritie’s/people to Beverly Hills. How easily it ALL was forgotten!!! Shame on those who let this happen! Respectfully; David Harrison Levi Anyone know the whereabouts of Robert Blankenship? He worked at the Beverly Hills Hotel for a time then later went I heard, to Paramount Pictures or Universal Studios.

The unfortunate confusion is compounded by the fact that the Warner (later Pacific) Beverly Hills Theater was indeed known as The Beverly in its last years, as a couple of earlier comments mention. It was a venue for live music acts, and could have continued as a splendid mid-sized concert hall.

I saw Parliament/Funkadelic there in the early 1980s. And though that act wasn’t necessarily representative of the bookings, I can just imagine the civic leaders in a tizzy over the element that the live shows brought to downtown B.H.

IF You grew up in Beverly Hills or remember Beverly Hills in “better times” There’s a great photograph of the Beverly Theater (demolished) note: Thrifty Drug Stores on Canon Drive and Wilshire Blvds, today on Dayton Way and Canon Drive Rite-Aid Stores! Kiddy corner to Thrifty Drug Stores WAS the Stanley Warner Movie Theater! (demolished!) David Harrison Levi here: http://www.yesterdayla.com/Graphics/beverly2.jpg

When I worked the Warner Hollywood (Pacific 1,2,3), late night strange things would happen in the theatre. I was the last regular projectionist to work the theatre before Pacific closed it.

Hello,

I work as researcher for a UK production company called Twofour Productions who produce a series called Dead Famous which is a biographical look into the lives of Hollywood’s most glittering stars we are in our third series and have covered the lives of John Lennon, Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock, Buddy Holly and Howard Hughes to name a few. Our programme is aired on the Biography and A&E channels over in the US and is made for Living TV here in the UK. What sets Dead Famous apart from other shows is that we also focus on the paranormal and actually try to make contact with the person who we are investigating. We are filming in Los Angeles in our next visit in the next few weeks and we are investigating Rita Hayworth and are hoping to film at the Warner Hollywood Pacific Theatre on .

We are looking at locations relating to Hayworthâ€\s films and her time in LA and we also would like to incorporate this with filming at some haunted locations that are also relate to her. Which is why we are interested with in the theatre as it is where the famous stars attended their film premieres and is also apparently haunted by Sam Warner!

Therefore I am emailing Cinema Treasures to see if anyone knows anymore about the history of the theatre in connection with Rita Hayworth, and whether anyone worked there in the past and has had experiences of seeing Sam.

If anyone would like to provide any information please contact me at my email .uk I would be happy to hear from you.

All the Best.