Hollywood Theatre
6764 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6764 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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The station entrance may not end up affecting the theatre. They are proposing two possible options. Option one would be the southeast corner of Hollywood and Highland, resulting in the current Ripley’s museum and the theatre property being affected. Option two would be the southwest corner, affecting the current souvenir shop and rear parking lot area. Option two would involve less demolition/disruption and afford the use of the large open lot running behind the blvd properties for construction equipment (option two makes far more sense, but civic projects aren’t always driven by common sense).
Looks like the new train K line will be coming into Hollywood in the near future and hook up with the Hollywood & Highland Red line station. So long Fox West Coast Hollywood Theatre across the street. Seems they need the space for the new larger rail station. While the old Hollywood Theatre has not been used for many years as a movie theatre and the inside has been changed for other entertainment the classic neon sign and marquee still live on. They use the front for digital advertising these days. If the train people tear down this Hollywood landmark at least we hope they can save the classic popular still working flashing neon marquee and blade sign and put It intact on the outside of the new larger train station. I remember as a kid seeing the combo Jerry Lewis movies ‘The Bellboy’ along with ‘Cinderfella’ at the Fox West Coast Hollywood Theatre. The Hollywood area is very under screened but you will probably never see this former cinema open again showing movies. Maybe they can re open It for a few months and show the movie ‘Silver Streak’ or ‘Bullet Train’ for the visiting tourists before they demolish the building.
The family that owns the Hollywood Theatre is missing out on all the tourists in Hollywood $$$$ Turn It back into a GRINDHOUSE show old classic triple bill movies with plenty of B movie trailers candy snack ads cartoons ect. Put back the curtains and hire old crabby ushers and box office help. Bring back all the refreshment treats. Open the Hollywood Theatre 24/7 on the weekends. The seats will be filled with tourists, street sleaze to give the place some color along with sleepovers. Bring back the GRINDHOUSE movie experience.
The Guinness Museum closed a few months ago and the interior is currently undergoing a significant remodel (looked to be stripped down to the framework). While some listings have it classified as temporarily closed, the owners (same family that runs the Hollywood Wax Museum) have taken down the Guinness Museum website and removed all references to the attraction from their existing website. Whether they are planning to relaunch a new Guinness Museum or looking to create a different attraction is unknown (I believe the family also owns the property).
I saw the trailer for sinbad. Speaking of eye of the tiger, did rocky III play here?
Forty years ago today, the Hollywood zone booking of “Star Wars” was forced out (no pun intended) of Mann’s Chinese Theater because of a previously-scheduled booking (“Sorcerer”) and moved over to this theater, where it played temporarily for six weeks before returning to the Chinese.
moviebuff82: “Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger” replaced “Star Wars” at this theater on August 3rd, 1977.
When star wars moved over to this theater two weeks after its run at the chinese 40 years ago this past thursday, it had to be renovated and retrofitted with 70mm dolby stereo while the chinese showed Sorcerer. Star Wars stayed at this theater until August 3rd, 1977, when it returned to the chinese with a lavish ceremony. What movie played in its place?
Architect Beelman spelled his first name in the English style, without an “e” on the end: Claud.
Dave James, the manager of the Hollywood Theatre during the 70’s is second from the right in the above photo. I worked a couple of matinees at the Hollywood while I was working the evening showing of Fiddler on The Roof at the Fox Wilshire. Talk about a study in opposites. Working the Hollywood at any time of the day was anything but dull.
Anyone out there remember John Stark, Donna Perrot or Sandy Binkley? John was kind of a dork, but I’ve remained good friends with Donna and Sandy over the years. Sadly, Dave James committed suicide in the eighties.
I worked there in 1957 and 1960. Bill Quann was the day manager and Victor Bugliosi was the night manager. Kathy McRae was the cashier. It was open all night with a First run and with a B title. Celebrities came late after the Night Spots on the strip closed. There was no air-conditioning. We had to go up on the roof and open the vents to let the cool night air come in. I liked working nights rather than days. More activity on Hollywood Boulevard. Rocky changed the marquee there and a few other theaters. It was a split owner with the Fox Theater chain. I forget the assistant manager. I named him on another Cinema Treasurers blog for the same theater.
During that time National General booked that type of films into that house. Over the years each theatre on the Hollywood Blvd. got booked with special type of film that pulled in the money.
A HAMMER FILMS theatre,if i ever heard of one only in the super big cities.
You said it LarryD.
For horror/sci-fi fans in the early-‘70s, the Hollywood was a place to catch some great titles: “Dr. Phibes Rises Again” and “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Twilight People” and “The Doberman Gang,” and “Dracula A.D. 1972” and “Crescendo” were among the memorable double-features I managed to get to. And it was at the Hollywood that I caught perhaps the greatest triple-bill a 13-year-old could wish for: Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead,” plus Hammer’s “Horror of Dracula” and “Curse of the Werewolf”! Now, that’s entertainment. (Unforgettable detail: in the one-sheet case out front they had an original poster for the Universal-International double-bill of “Horror” and “Curse of FRANKENSTEIN,” but for this engagement somone, via crayon or paint, actually changed Frankenstein’s monster into a werewolf!) The cost of this day of dark fantasy? A whopping sixty-five cents. Indeed, times have changed…
In ken mc’s post for Mar. 22 2010, you can see the vertical signs for Pix, Iris, Egyptian (playing Mutiny on the Bounty opened Nov. 16, 1962), Hollywood and Warner and Pantages Theatres in the shot.
No trees to get in the way of the view.
If you liked that one take a look at the one posted on 4/1/08.
That’s pretty cool, it’s a super telephoto lens, and it scrunched everything together.
Here is an interesting view of Hollywood Boulevard:
http://tinyurl.com/yhl8eht
Glad I could help.
I received the poster mentioned above. I want to thank Ken mc. It is one of the best posters I have ever seen or bought. Not a flimsy thin one sheet, but a roll up that has no wrinkles and looks wonderful in a Wal-Mart frame. It is so clear and it brings back my memories of when I worked there. The marquee has two titles from the forties and I worked there in the latter ‘50’s. I just stand and stare at it and dream. It is so life like, unbelievable. It’s the most wonderful picture that I have. I wish you knew how much it means to me to have the poster, especially now that it is no longer a theater. I remember having to clean the soffet. Mr. Quann paid me extra and it took several days cleaning around all those light bulbs. Those were the best years of my life.
Here is an April 1977 LA Times ad:
http://tinyurl.com/n67omb
Here is a photo taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/pe3gcv
Thank you for the poster information. I went to the site and saw the photo of the Hollywood. It looks great. I emailed them for the size and cost. Although it is quite a few years before I worked there, the marquee looks great and brings back memories of the fun days of my youth when I worked there. Can’t wait to frame it on my wall.