Four Star Theatre
5112 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90036
5112 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90036
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In its final years, this theater ran some of the best films in Hollywood, showing repertory film on a large 70mm screen.
It became a church, but they moved out around 2007 and the building is now the Oasis Theater, available to hire for live performances.
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William Gabel
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Here is an October 1952 ad from the LAT:
http://tinyurl.com/kj2mv8
I’ll bet that alot of people on here remember that one. LOL
Here is a January 1960 ad from the LAT:
http://tinyurl.com/nxh6xo
I went by this place today. Did the church move out as stated above? There is a sign on the side with their web address — the Oasis Christian Center. That site lists “service” times. And there’s still a star (a la Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame) on the sidewalk out front that reads “Jesus Christ the Son of God.”
Great Behind The Great Wall ad – I was, of course, there and saw and smelled the film. And a few weeks later I was at the Ritz seeing and smelling Scent of Mystery.
Here is a March 1977 ad from the LAT:
http://tinyurl.com/nvnhey
Here is a 1984 night shot:
http://tinyurl.com/ybuuvqv
This is a 2009 photo of the Oasis.
There’s some great night footage of the old neon marquee in the 1960s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0lEosbR-Vg
As of January 2012, the building is still a church (Oasis Church), but Oasis has just announced they are leaving the building for another venue, and will be (have already?) sold it. With the new BMW dealership next door, the ritzy apartment complex across the street, and a dying decrepit Burger King next door, I wouldn’t be surprised if the new owners knock it down and start from scratch. As a 500ish-seater theater with no parking, there are few uses left for it as is.