Built in 1942 by a maverick film preservationist, this small Los Angeles theater championed silent film at the very moment when the Hollywood studios across town were busily destroying their nitrate inventories. With hard chairs, phonograph-record accompaniments, and mostly original vintage prints, the dingy mom-and-pop operation was nonetheless a palace to the fanatical few who became its loyal audience.
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- Released
- Production
- Cardoza Pictures
Keywords
- biography
- cinema history
- movie theater
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Top Cast
Laurence Austin as Self (archive footage)
Michael F. Blake as Self
Mike Hawks as Self
Charlie Lustman as Self
Douglas S. Matthews as Hitman
Robert Mitchell as Self
Dean Mora as Self
David Slaughter as Self
Top Crew
Iain Kennedy · Director
Benedikt Brydern · Composer
Marty Mullin · Cinematographer
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