Mann Westwood 4
1050 Gayley Ave,
Westwood,
Los Angeles,
CA
1050 Gayley Ave,
Westwood,
Los Angeles,
CA
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Opened as a triplex in 1975 showing art house films, it was later turned into a move-over house. In 1985 the largest auditorium was split in half to make a 4-plex.
After over 25 years of delighting Westwood audiences, the theater closed in April 2002 to make way for a Whole Foods Market.
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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: /theaters/34/
OK, thanks. I figured it was listed somewhere.
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. :)
Is that Whole Foods a complete rebuild or did they use the original structure? I hope someone will come up with a picture of the theater back in the day. I saw a few films there in the late 1970s (“Fedora”, “Airplane”) but I’m totally blank on the way it looked.