I grew up in 60’s going to two theaters primarily: the Leimert and the Baldwin. The Leimert was the older, more austere theater at that time (now a church I think), but the Baldwin, now that was where you always wanted to see your movies! It seemed so modern back then, with its neon-lit arches and long sloping overhang. I recall watching Sean Connery kill Odd Job in Goldfinger, the Beatles race around England in A Hard Days Night and Help!, and Sidney Poitier bring home a white girl in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, all while glued to my seat at the Baldwin. I fell in love with Raquel Welsh, Jordan Almonds, and Debbie Blackwell (altho I doubt she ever knew it), at the Baldwin. Sorry its gone now. Long live the Baldwin Theater!
I grew up in 60’s going to two theaters primarily: the Leimert and the Baldwin. The Leimert was the older, more austere theater at that time (now a church I think), but the Baldwin, now that was where you always wanted to see your movies! It seemed so modern back then, with its neon-lit arches and long sloping overhang. I recall watching Sean Connery kill Odd Job in Goldfinger, the Beatles race around England in A Hard Days Night and Help!, and Sidney Poitier bring home a white girl in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, all while glued to my seat at the Baldwin. I fell in love with Raquel Welsh, Jordan Almonds, and Debbie Blackwell (altho I doubt she ever knew it), at the Baldwin. Sorry its gone now. Long live the Baldwin Theater!