University Village 3

3323 S. Hoover Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90007

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Operated by the independent Flagship Cinemas since 1996, the University Village 3 is located close to the University of Southern California. It underwent renovations in 2003.

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scottneff
scottneff on February 21, 2012 at 9:23 pm

Who ran this before Flagship?

Chris Utley
Chris Utley on February 22, 2012 at 11:34 am

More observations about this (ahem) theatre:

  1. It is right across the street from the USC Campus
  2. It was independently owned before Flagship took them over.
  3. On a personal note, this particular movie theatre brings back memories…and not in a good way. I lived in South Central LA in the mid-late 80’s through the 90’s. This was the closest (and SAFEST) theatre in the area. Due to both an overprotective parent as well as my own fears of learning LA area bus routes, 90% of the movies I saw were here. So while the rest of LA was Chinesing, Doming and Pre-Split Avcoing in glorious 70MM THX 6 Track Dolby Stereo, I was here spending Saturdays, Sundays and summer breaks with 3 puny movie choices a week, mono sound, fixed width screens, center aisle split seating arrangement with torn up seats, and, if I was lucky, the smell of marijuana enhancing my theatrical experience.

Once I got a driver’s license in the fall of 1990, I ditched this dump and never looked back! When you CT regulars see me ranting about top masking, inferior sound and shoebox auditoriums, this theatre is the reason why.

Memories. Painful painful memories.

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on February 22, 2012 at 11:42 pm

Thanks Chris. It is so good to know just how much our historic cinema gems are truly “treasured” and how fondly people recall their childhood movie theaters.

Chris Utley
Chris Utley on February 23, 2012 at 11:45 am

Sarcasm? :)

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on February 23, 2012 at 1:59 pm

Now I am laughing. This site was created so we could “treasure” our historic cinemas. You were doing the reverse, so yes, I was deadpanning appreciation. Of course, I realize there are some not so good, usually post 1960s, movie houses here, too.

Danny Baldwin
Danny Baldwin on February 23, 2012 at 6:25 pm

The facilities aren’t as bad nowadays, save for the graffiti on the seats and general griminess. They have surround sound and (I’m pretty sure) movable masking. But the audiences are just as bad as Chris explained.

Chris Utley
Chris Utley on February 24, 2012 at 12:03 pm

Howard: So the right thing for me to do was to keep my mouth closed about my wasted years watching movies here?

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on February 24, 2012 at 12:47 pm

No, Chris, I was having fun. I thought about doing the same with Danny’s comment, i.e. I should book a flight right away! Fortunately, there are many greatly positive memories on this site, too, albeit none yet for this one!

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on February 24, 2012 at 2:58 pm

aTriple theatre,a rare find.

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on February 24, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Also known as a Triplex

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