Vine Theatre
6321 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6321 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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The Vine Theatre opened in 1937 as the Admiral Theatre. During its later years, the venerable movie house showed second-run movies at a bargain price. After seventy years, though, the Vine Theatre ended its daily movie programming in October 2007.
The theater then was used for church services, private screenings, and location shooting. In 2009, it became a Lazerium, which closed in December 2009. Since then the Vine Theatre has been used for special events, for hire and occasional movies.
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Hi Adrian M your post should go under the Ricado Montalban Theater listing on this site. This Vine Theatre opened in 1937 as the Admiral Theatre. On the second program picture it says located between Sunset and Hollywood Blvd..
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William, thank you so much. Sorry for the confusion.
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Here’s a night view of the Vine from 1992
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I have never been in the Vine so I will be attending the Slaughter Cinema festival on 6/25. Not a fan of these types of movies but I did see the last Saw movie at the Majestic Crest.
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This theatre shouldn’t be listed as closed. It still shows movies occasionally. It’s a dump but at least it’s still surviving and hasn’t become a retail store or nightclub yet.
I was suffering from a viral infection, but dragged myself to the Vine around 6:30 on 6/25. Wow, the seats are the worst(easily tops the gravity defying seats at the Beverly Cinema in the 80s-90s). No wonder Lazerium closed-you can’t have a tourist attraction with worn bedspring like seats. Some dim bulb decided to put slip covers over every seat(they now slip down to the floor); the seats are not torn and the covers do not add any comfort!
I liked the goth lady outside with a bullhorn trying to entice pedestrians to come in. A single movie was only $5 and the whole day with in-and-out privileges $10. Sadly, only about 65-70 were in attendance. The highlight was a panel discussion including horror meister Willam Lustig, who came in from New York. He was presented with an award in the form of a real looking machete. He joked “How do I get this past airport security!”
Fascinating item: According to Google, 56 year old Jewish Lustig ia a nephew of 89-year old Italian boxer Jake LaMotta(I would imagine through a marriage). Both are Bronx natives.
Looking nice in this photo! I watched second run double features here in the 90’s. The place was in bad shape then.
Does anyone have any idea on what their rental rates are like. I spoke to some old guy answering the phone years ago and it was a joke. Hopefully he’s not there anymore.
The theatre still has the same owner. And still thinks he can get top dollar on the place.