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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » California » Los Angeles » Mann Plaza Theater
Also known as Plaza Theater

Mann Plaza Theater

Los Angeles, CA
1067 Glendon Avenue
, Los Angeles, CA 90024 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 650
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Plaza Theater was a 650-seat single screen theater located in Westwood Village. It was a Laemmle theater up until 1981 when Mann took over the lease. It once showed first run films but ended showing move-overs from Mann's larger WestWood theaters (i.e. Village, Bruin, National).

This theater was once a beloved movie house of residents and nearby UCLA students who flocked to its midnight screenings of classic films like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and more which were held on Friday and Saturday nights at the low price of $5.

The midnight shows stopped in 1999 and the theater closed in October 2004. It was demolished in 2005 to make way for a development project.

It's a sad end for a nice neighborhood house.
Contributed by B, Erickson, Cinema Treasures

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One of the funny things about the comment below is Laemmle's ran the theatre and Pacific theatres did some of the bookings for this theatre till Mann took over.
posted by William on Oct 2, 2002 at 1:26pm
It really wasn't Mann that brought the Plaza down. They booked it respectfully with titles like The Unbearable Lightness of Being and such. It was the emergence of the 3rd street Promenade and AMC in Century City and all the trendy people who rather sit in closets to watch a movie than real movie theatres. The Fact that Mann has kept if open so long is amazing to me. I wish someone would take it seriously and keep it open. It is a nice screen with space and a big screen.
posted by bradley on Oct 14, 2002 at 5:46pm
i think that this theatre is located in the best possible place. its quiet environment makes you come back again and again. (great for dates)
posted by princess on Mar 14, 2003 at 12:26pm
The plan may be to close it down, but so far, the theatre is still open, thankfully.
posted by meheuck on Mar 26, 2004 at 2:07am
official webpage / showtimes
http://mann.moviefone.com/showtimes/theater.adp?theaterid=54
posted by G.E. Nordell on Jul 13, 2004 at 2:57pm
Sad news-I work at the Plaza and as of now, October 14 will be the last day. It is set to be demolished and a shopping center will be built in it's place(Just what Westwood needs)!

The staff is bumed about this little gem closing. If you haven't seen a film here yet, please do, or make one last trip to the Plaza to see one last film here. The small but cosy balcony is a must!
posted by member on Oct 5, 2004 at 1:41pm
It survived one more week. The official closing has been pushed back a week to Thursday, 10/21. Napoleon Dynamite will be the last film for The Plaza. I will keep everyone updated if anything should change!
posted by member on Oct 15, 2004 at 12:06pm
I was lucky enough to catch the 4:30 show of Napoleon Dynamite at The Plaza during its last day, Thursday 10/21/04. I just moved to Los Angeles, so it was my first and only visit. I got to sit by myself in a very awesome balcony and watch the Norelco humming away in the booth project one last time. The setup and presentation were great; unfortunately it is situated next to a quite large vacant lot. Construction is supposed to begin soon on a retail/ condo complex on the site. I walked by it on Monday, and they were taking the poppers out of the stand.
posted by santo26 on Oct 28, 2004 at 11:29am
As of the end of May 2005, the Plaza Theatre is no longer standing.
posted by dyban on Jun 4, 2005 at 11:50pm
I went to this theater many times in the late 1980s when Westwood Village was the place to see movies for people from miles around. I would even drive down to Westwood from the San Fernando Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley because the large concentration of single screen theaters ensured I would be able to see something. In the 1980s the eastern side of Westwood Village along Glendon Avenue where the Mann Plaza Theater was located was just as busy as any other street in Westwood Village. However, the eastern side of Westwood Village was the first area of Westwood Village to feel the pinch as theatergoers and visitors moved to other areas beginning around 1990. There were many stores, including a Tower Records on Glendon Avenue. The Tower Records moved west to Westwood Boulevard (and is now closed) and many other shops on Glendon Avenue closed. This left Glendon Avenue and the eastern side of Westwood Village as something of a ghost town in recent years.
posted by Knatcal on Aug 30, 2005 at 1:55pm
I went to this theater many times in the late 1980s when Westwood Village was the place to see movies for people from miles around. I would even drive down to Westwood from the San Fernando Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley because the large concentration of single screen theaters ensured I would be able to see something. In the 1980s the eastern side of Westwood Village along Glendon Avenue where the Mann Plaza Theater was located was just as busy as any other street in Westwood Village. However, the eastern side of Westwood Village was the first area of Westwood Village to feel the pinch as theatergoers and visitors moved to other areas beginning around 1990. There were many stores, including a Tower Records on Glendon Avenue. The Tower Records moved west to Westwood Boulevard (and is now closed) and many other shops on Glendon Avenue closed. This left Glendon Avenue and the eastern side of Westwood Village as something of a ghost town in recent years.
posted by Knatcal on Aug 30, 2005 at 2:00pm
Even though it is demolished, I would, for the record,clarify the seat count. It was 650,not 500, since there was a balcony. It will be missed.
posted by mannr on Oct 6, 2005 at 1:16pm
The theatre is gone. I was in Westwood Village the other day and couldn't help but notice the huge hole in the ground where the Plaza once sat. The whole block of Glendon to the north of where the theatre was located is being redeveloped.
posted by Michael Coate on May 15, 2006 at 8:22pm
http://www.wftv.com/news/11010356/detail.html#

Another case of a car ramming into a movie theater.

I add this, because in the late 1970s (1978?) a car rammed into the north side of the Plaza.
posted by neeb on Feb 14, 2007 at 8:25pm
Has a new building been erected on the site of the Plaza yet? If so, what is in the new building?
posted by Ron Newman on May 14, 2007 at 4:05pm
They're building a luxury apartment complex over there now. I think it's called The Palazzo; it actually takes up both sides of the street.
posted by Mister Topps on Jun 12, 2007 at 4:24pm
"Rocky" was in its initial run at the Plaza in December 1976. The ad is from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2qv5an
posted by ken mc on Oct 1, 2007 at 7:59pm
Looking north and south on Glendon today:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff204/hollywood90038/PlazaGlendonFeb23200801.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff204/hollywood90038/PlazaGlendonFeb23200802.jpg
posted by hollywood90038 on Feb 23, 2008 at 8:23pm
Wow! Those are huge complexes. I wonder how many apartment units there are in all? It seems like it has taken the forever to build these.
posted by BradE41 on Mar 4, 2008 at 5:25pm
Status should be closed/demolished.
posted by ken mc on Mar 4, 2008 at 7:06pm
It took forever because of the zoning in the area and the neighbors on the east side of the property.
posted by William on Mar 5, 2008 at 10:45am
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