Comments about Cecchi Gori F.A. Cinema in Beverly Hills, CA

brianmdunne on May 16, 2012 at 3:16 pm

I am a real estate broker seeking a buyer or a joint venture partner for the Beverly Hills Fine Arts Theater. Please contact me if there is an interest.

Joel71 on June 1, 2011 at 6:51 pm

I did a little research and found out the Cecchi Gori Group sold the Fine Arts to Ferncrest International, INC. back in September 2010. Anybody know what Ferncrest International is? The theatre still looks closed.

Also, found this video of the 1993 restoration on the youtube…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF909MwgKOI

Dublinboyo on January 28, 2011 at 4:00 pm

Will always remember sitting in a packed house to see “Das Boot” in 1981. Was a lovely little theater.

markinthedark on December 9, 2010 at 11:01 am

Sad. Was a great theatre.

shatter on December 9, 2010 at 10:38 am

this kills me. I live a block away and would love to go to this great theater for a film. I used to love coming here when I lived in Santa Monica. oh well…

RevDORK on September 30, 2010 at 5:21 am

It’s back on the market after Cecchi Gori decided it didn’t want to invest the money to get the theatre running on a full-time basis. I was working on a booking/advertising deal with Laemmle when the plug was pulled. I put up the marquee in the last picture.

There was enough money to redo the lobby, just not enough for projection or concession equipment. Or advertising, or booking, or ticketing stations, or a staff, or parking or anything that would help me get the theatre running. But the lobby… looks great.

So, for a record 3rd time, I’m no longer the manager of the Fine Arts.

If anybody needs a theatre manager/ projectionist with 11 years experience, I can be reached at

MagicLantern on July 22, 2010 at 3:11 am

So what’s the latest, RevDORK?

Chuck1231 on May 8, 2010 at 10:54 am

2009 photo of the Fine Arts Theatre.
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William on May 6, 2010 at 2:15 pm

works now. Nice shot

monika on May 6, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Oops! This should work:
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William on May 6, 2010 at 12:59 pm

Your link is coming in as Private page on flickr.

monika on May 6, 2010 at 12:36 pm

Here is a photograph I took of the Fine Arts in March 2010:
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RevDORK on December 10, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Howard, thanks for the help.

Simon, no Joseph Musil wasn’t hired for the recent renovations. They were fairly minor touches to get the theatre back in working condition after the last tenant. We are planning a major renovation in the near future and will contact him.

Simon Overton on December 9, 2009 at 10:08 pm

Has theater designer JOSEPH MUSIL, who was previously involved in the Fine Arts renovation, been hired with this recent renovation?

HowardBHaas on December 9, 2009 at 3:07 pm

Rev, your name request makes sense to me, and I’ve sent it in to the right person. Within 24 hours, it will likely get done unless a problem emerges.

RevDORK on December 9, 2009 at 2:52 pm

Joe Vogel, great link! I have an article from when the theatre opened in 1937 and photos from a premiere in the 1950’s. I got them from the Beverly Hills libray a while back. I hope to get them up on the web soon.

RevDORK on December 9, 2009 at 2:42 pm

Mark, It’s Cecchi Gori.

Can I have the name at the top of the page read “Cecchi Gori Fine Arts Theatre”? Just like it used to be. I need to talk to our website guy about changing it on the CecchiGoriUSA.com website.

Thanks.

DonSolosan on December 9, 2009 at 11:04 am

There is an “h” in Cecchi Gori, please take another look at the link posted on Dec 4 2009; the mistake at the top of the page is an additional “h.” “Checchi” is wrong.

HowardBHaas on December 9, 2009 at 5:30 am

All the website links above have an “h” as do my own notes from attending a movie in 1998. Is there a photo link or other link that you can point to that didn’t have the “h” for this cinema?

meheuck on December 8, 2009 at 10:45 pm

There is no “h” in Cecci Gori (though it is pronounced with one) – the spelling should be corrected.

Joe Vogel on December 8, 2009 at 1:47 am

Boxoffice of September 24, 1938, had a small photo showing the marquee of the Regina Theatre, looking much as it does now. The accompanying article is about a trend of creature-feature double bills the Regina set off when they booked “Dracula” and “Frankenstein” for a three-day run and ended up holding it over for four weeks.

RevDORK on December 4, 2009 at 5:37 pm

The link Lost Memory put up is for the former tenant of the building. The closet thing we have to a website right now is this page and http://www.CecchiGoriUSA.com . We’re working on a bright shiny website in the near future.

Anybody interested in being our booker or want to rent the theatre for a event/screening, drop me an e-mail and I’ll get back to you.

Thanks.

lostmemory on November 21, 2009 at 5:57 pm

Here is a 2009 night photo.

lostmemory on November 21, 2009 at 4:42 pm

This is a working link for the Related Websites above.

RevDORK on November 16, 2009 at 1:24 pm

I can be reached at

Cecchi Gori F.A. Cinema

8556 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

8556 Wilshire Boulevard,
Beverly Hills, CA 90211