Mann Westwood 4

This building opened as a Safeway market. In the mid 70's it was converted into the Mann's Westwood Triplex theatre. At that time Mann theatres had only the Village, National, Bruin theatres, so the triplex was going to be a move-over house for them.

This building has certainly come full circle. Maybe in another 20 years it'll be a theater again.

This was my 1st job back in 1985 and I had a great time!

The Uclan Theater in Westwood was advertised in the LA Times on 1/22/50. It looks like an art house as the features were "Donizetti's Opera" and "This Wine of Love". Any UCLA grads circa 1950 are welcome to add more information as there is no listing on CT as of yet.

ken mc; the Uclan Theatre is now known as the Westwood Crest Theatre. It is listed here: http://cinematreasures.org/theater/34/

OK, thanks. I figured it was listed somewhere.

1050 Gayley Avenue today:
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This was always the most uneventful theater in Westwood even during Westwood's heyday in the 1980's. On the corner, just up the street from this theater was Malone's, which was a very popular night spot. Even that place has changed names. The loss of Mann Westwood 4 was not quite lamentable, but the loss of other theaters in Westwood, i.e. National, is regrettable.

I saw the mid 80s version of Godzilla at this theater. I remember the scenes were Raymond Burr was spliced in, pretty much just standing there talking like Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers films. The audience had a good time.

Did extra here. Knatcal, how sad, the National is gone???

Here is a January 1982 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/ks77o3

I only went here twice - the first time was to see "Pulp Fiction." It was Christmas 1994 and I was visiting home during winter break at college in Louisiana. By that time, "Pulp Fiction" had already gripped major cities in a frenzy but, with me being in Boondockville, LA, I only read about it in the paper. So I hauled myself on down to this theatre where it played in its largest auditorium. The place was (still) packed and the Dolby Digital was in full effect. 2 hours later, I was caught up in the frenzy like the rest of the world. To this day, this was one of the best movie theatre experiences of my life. Unforgettable!

And it happened at an uneventful moveover house. :)