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The Majestic Crest Theatre is featured in the opening montage of “The Tonight Show” with Conan O Brien!

Majestic Crest Theater is for for sale and is currently on the market.

Even though the flashing marquee could cause seizures at night, the interior of this Westwood theatre makes you feel like you slipped on a banana peel and ended up smack dab in Golden Age Hollywood. With an enormous screen and great sound (that’s right – one screen), Majestic Crest Theatre hosts new release independent films with vim and vigor. When you’re sitting in your comfortable seats, don’t forget to look up and watch the stars, just don’t let them distract you.The theater is currently operated by the existing owner, who would consider leasing back and continuing to operate the theater after a sale. Property has been just approved as a Historical monument and approved for The Mills Act Historical Property Contract Program which allows for the property tax reduction down to $17,500.00+/– per year.

One of the countries longest running and last single screen movie theatres. Westwood' s Crest Theatre was originally built as a live theatre in 1939 by Frances Seymour Fonda, wife of Henry Fonda and mother of Peter and Jane Fonda. This unique venue is known for its landmark, hand painted murals depicting establishments from Westwood and Hollywood during the 1940s.
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The Crest is already letting Julie & Julia go. Begining Friday they have what appears to be a group of documentaries.

It’s hard to be optimistic about the closing of the Festival, but I guess one good thing is that it means the Crest is more likely to get good bookings. For instance, on Friday, they open JULIE & JULIA, which is the first high-profile first-run film they’ve gotten in a long while. Yeah, it’d be nice for SOME of us if they would keep running the indie stuff—and second run is often a great help to catch up—but if bigger movies mean bigger crowds, I’m all for it. After all, this is at least the second best theater in Westwood.

As a side-note, when I was at LAFF, I tried to park at the AMPCO garage one day and noticed it was closed. Is this a permanent thing? One distinguishing thing about the Crest was always the cheaper-than-standard parking when Westwood was at meter-saturation.

The Majestic Crest Theatre is featured in the opening montage of “The Tonight Show” with Conan O Brien!

Majestic Crest Theater is for for sale and is currently on the market.

Even though the flashing marquee could cause seizures at night, the interior of this Westwood theatre makes you feel like you slipped on a banana peel and ended up smack dab in Golden Age Hollywood. With an enormous screen and great sound (that’s right – one screen), Majestic Crest Theatre hosts new release independent films with vim and vigor. When you’re sitting in your comfortable seats, don’t forget to look up and watch the stars, just don’t let them distract you.The theater is currently operated by the existing owner, who would consider leasing back and continuing to operate the theater after a sale. Property has been just approved as a Historical monument and approved for The Mills Act Historical Property Contract Program which allows for the property tax reduction down to $17,500.00+/– per year.

One of the countries longest running and last single screen movie theatres. Westwood' s Crest Theatre was originally built as a live theatre in 1939 by Frances Seymour Fonda, wife of Henry Fonda and mother of Peter and Jane Fonda. This unique venue is known for its landmark, hand painted murals depicting establishments from Westwood and Hollywood during the 1940s.
The best restaurants near Majestic Crest. Tengu , Sprazzo Cucina Italiana, Attari Sandwich Shop , JuJu Cereal Bar, Soleil Westwood, Jamba Juice, Palomino Euro Bistro, Westwood Thai Cafe, Isshin, Noah’s Bagels.

Hello, my name is Eric Chavez and I am the President/Broker for Chavez & Associates REBF, Inc., and please Email me at: for a detail marketing packet.
or follow the link to:
http://tinyurl.com/df7xp7

Did you see that the Crest Theatre is featured in the opening montage of “The Tonight Show”?

Also, I hear the theatre is for sell….

http://cinematreasures.org/news/20973_0_1_0_M5/

I hope it manages to survive. It is a beautiful place to see movies!

hopefully they can get some better bookings.

Majestic Crest Theater is for for sale and is currently on the market.
Hello, my name is Eric Chavez and I am the President/Broker for Chavez & Associates REBF, Inc., and please Email me at: for a detail marketing packet.

Seller may provide finance/Owner may Carry back a Note (AITD)!

Hey, does anyone know where I could find a list of movies the Crest has played over the years, since it was built?
Thanks!

I wrote the following here July 16, 2007: “Despite Bucksbaum’s best efforts, it seems clear to me that the Majestic Crest’s days as a single-screen movie theater are numbered. Shouldn’t someone RIGHT NOW be working with Bucksbaum to form a non-profit to buy it, or convince the City of Los Angeles to make it a performance venue, or do whatever the things a community does when a theater closes and they try to save it? Why wait? Isn’t it easier to do it now with a bit of time rather than at the last minute?”

Of course, that’s easy for me to write. Perhaps he HAS been doing this all along. What so disappointing to me — and it happens time after time — is that once the wrecking ball is in the air everyone springs into action forming committees and lobbying legislators. Shouldn’t it be clear to us that every single-screen theater with historic value in an area where real estate is expensive needs a non-profit organization with a long-range plan for it? Do we need to wait for the owner to give up, or die, or a developer make a bid before it’s clear that something needs to be done?

(Sorry. Just venting.)

Here is the story that goes with the photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5l3n34

From “Los Angeles Conservancy News,” May/June 2008:

On March 20, the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted unanimously to recommend the Majestic Crest Theatre, located at 1262 S. Westwood Blvd., for designation as a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The nomination was submitted jointly by Friends of the UCLAN/Crest Theatre and the Westwood Homeowners Association after the theatre was listed for sale.

The theatre was originally built in 194) in a simplified Moderne style and was called the UCLAN Theatre, in reference to the nearby university. The structure underwent a complete interior and exterior remodeling in 1987-88 under the direction of interiors specialist and set de-signer Joseph Musil. Significant features of the themed Art Deco Revival makeover include the intricately stepped facade, the auditorium cyclorama depicting Los Angeles circa 1939, and an elaborate sunburst light fixture and hand-painted ceilings in the lobby.

Before completing the Majestic Crest Theatre, Musil had been an artist under contract for Disney. He would later consult on a number of theatre restoration projects, including the Alex in Glendale and the El Capitan in Hollywood. The Majestic Crest, however, is Musil’s only theatre project in Southern California that was not a restoration project, but an entire re-creation. Since very few structures built after 1960 have been locally designated, the commission’s vote on the Majestic Crest Theatre sets an important precedent for properties of the recent past by formally recognizing the significance of Musil’s 1987 modifications.

Although the owner initially objected to designation of the theatre, the Conservancy worked closely with Council District 5 and the county assessor’s office to quantify the potential economic benefits of HCM designation, including property tax relief under the Mills Act, and ultimately persuaded hint to withdraw his opposition. The nomination must still be approved by both the city’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee and the City Council.

Advertised as the Crest Cinema in October 1973, per the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2vlkgd