txfilmfan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 The Pacific Theater/Arclight chain is shutting down. They operate the Cinerama Dome on Sunset Blvd. It has been used several times as a venue for the TCM Classic Film Festival. Let's hope it stays open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSueApplegate Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 The latest to save the Cinerama Dome here.... And the L.A. Conservancy here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eucalyptus P. Millstone Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 I grew up in Los Angeles. Born in Hollywood. On Sunset Boulevard, in fact. I moved away from "La La Land" 30 years ago, but still consider myself a Los Angeleno. I shall always fondly remember and regard my hometown. That said, I never understood why L.A., in general, and Hollywood, in particular, did not preserve historical landmarks. I was born long after the golden days of The Ambassador Hotel and the Cocoanut Grove. Nonetheless, whenever I entered that 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, to attend conventions, I was always awed by the hotel's elegance, if not entirely aware of its glamorous and notorious history. I never went into The Brown Derby (located nearby The Ambassador Hotel), a familiar site whenever I trekked to Hollywood from my residence in "The South Bay." After The Brown Derby was demolished, some cretin had the insolence and audacity to name the establishment that replaced it "The Brown Derby Shopping Center." To see a crummy Brown Derby picture on a storefront marquee along with a listing of Jack in the Box was a disillusioning and depressing sight. And now you tell me the Cinerama Dome (where I saw its premiere feature It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and, much later, a reissue of 2001: A Space Odyssey) is on the chopping block? Thomas Wolfe was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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