The New Beverly Cinema is a historic movie theater located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Housed in a building which dates to the 1920s, it is one of the oldest revival houses in the region.
History
The 300-seat New Beverly Cinema was designed by architects John P. Edwards and Warren Frazier Overpeck and opened in 1929, apparently, as a candy store. Over the years its name and purpose changed quite a lot.
The building began life as a vaudeville theater, hosting acts such as Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, and others. Later, the theater was converted into a nightclub called Slapsy Maxie's, named after the boxer and film actor Maxie Rosenbloom. In the late 1950s, the space was converted into a movie theater, with several incarnations. These include: The New Yorker Theater, the Europa (specializing in foreign films), the Eros (pornographic films) and finally the Beverly Cinema.
1978 Sherman Torgan ownership
The theater was closed in September 1977, and changed management months later. On May 5, 1978, The New Beverly Cinema debuted a new programming format with a double feature of A Streetcar Named Desire and Last Tango in Paris. This double feature format continues to this day. The theater's then new owner, Sherman Torgan, noted, "I've always felt that this neighborhood, which is middle class and predominantly Jewish, should have a theater that is responsive to the community. It wasn't right that a porno theater was here. People in the area have come by and written letters offering congratulations on the changeover." Since that time, the theater has run a continuous series of double features, comprising modern and classic films in a wide variety of genres. It is the last continuous repertory revival house in Los Angeles. Most other American cities and towns closed their last repertory cinemas in the 1980s and 1990s.
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... the hosts of the PureCinema Podcast, the official podcast of Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly cinema in LA, who says the availability of foreign TV dramas has helped acclimatise viewers to subtitles.
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It's December and the holidays are in full swing — as is the relentless consumerism, which always fills me with unease. The way I'm expected to buy, buy, buy in order to make the people I love happy ... Of note ... 8 p.m ... New BeverlyCinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd.
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