Comments about Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, CA

When I was a young teen in the late 70s, early 80s I would attend the “double bills” with my dad at this theater. They would show a lot of exploitation and second rate features. Lots of Charles Bronson and Cannon movies. I saw some pretty terrible movies here like “Gas” and “Cabo Blanco” — films that lasted about a week. As I recall two of the auditoriums were horrible but one was fairly good — for some reason I rarely saw films in the good auditorium. So it lasted til ‘94?

KenRoe on January 24, 2007 at 2:51 pm

I photographed the Kirk Douglas Theatre in January 2005, soon after it opened. This is a night-time view with all the neon fully operational (the letters C U L V E R flash, so I had several attempts at photographing them all lit together):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/368517965/

RitnFool on June 6, 2005 at 6:58 am

Regarding the Culver script above: Julie Cerra, Culver City Historian, stated that after removal, the script was documented and put into storage.

Marky on May 5, 2005 at 5:42 pm

Thanks, William.
I wonder who got the two signs?
Maybe Kirk!

William on May 4, 2005 at 5:31 pm

Yes, They were part of the original neon marquee from 1947. Well the theatre is now known as the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

Marky on May 4, 2005 at 5:26 pm

Were the two script ‘Culver’ signs above the entry original?

Since lots of the Culver City graphics are based on that script it’s weird that the sign disappered in the remodel.

DonSolosan on February 28, 2005 at 5:16 pm

“The total seating capacity is 320…Â The Kirk Douglas Theatre will also house a 1,500-square-foot space which will be used as a classroom for a series of special programs for children, and as a room for workshops and rehearsals…"
—from the Taper Ahmanson link above

That’s how you lose 800+ seats.

lostmemory on February 27, 2005 at 7:55 pm

I would assume that those two addresses are on opposite sides of the street. Here is a website with this theaters address:
View link

And here is a photo of the Culver theater with the same address:
http://you-are-here.com/theatre/culver.html

Ron Newman on February 27, 2005 at 7:40 pm

Aren’t 9820 and 9899 on opposite sides of the street?

lostmemory on February 27, 2005 at 4:06 pm

Current name of theater: Kirk Douglas Theatre
Address: 9820 Washington Blvd
Original architect: Carl G. Moeller
Renovation architect: Steven Ehrlich
Contractor: Matt Construction
Style: Streamlined Moderne
Status: Open
Seating 300
(The seats, which were donated from the former Shubert Theatre in Century City, have been reupholstered in a vermillion-orange color called Cinnamon Stone).

MagicLantern on February 27, 2005 at 3:46 pm

Egotism?

Kirk Douglas Theatre

9820 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232

9820 Washington Boulevard,
Culver City, CA 90232