Fine Arts Theatre
8556 Wilshire Boulevard,
Beverly Hills,
CA
90211
8556 Wilshire Boulevard,
Beverly Hills,
CA
90211
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Your link is coming in as Private page on flickr.
Here is a photograph I took of the Fine Arts in March 2010:
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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.
Has theater designer JOSEPH MUSIL, who was previously involved in the Fine Arts renovation, been hired with this recent renovation?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
There is no “h” in Cecci Gori (though it is pronounced with one) – the spelling should be corrected.
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.
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.
I can be reached at
We’re going back to the theatre being called “The Cecchi Gori Fine Arts Theatre”. Added a Cecchi Gori neon logo to the marquee. We’ll be doing screenings thru the end of awards season with an eye towards everyday theatre operations in the middle of January.
Anybody reccommend a good booker?
This is Casey, by the way, I’m running the place for a record-breaking 3rd time.
Here are some photos taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/ngjasn
http://tinyurl.com/lents4
http://tinyurl.com/lu6h85
Theater is still closed. There is butcher paper on the windows.
According to their marquee, they are renovating and upgrading and plan to reopen in the Fall of 2009.
It also gives a website:
www.cecchigoriusa.com
Here are photos from 1982 and 1984. The theater is in Beverly Hills, not Los Angeles, although the border between the two cities is about a block away.
http://tinyurl.com/r7pcn2
http://tinyurl.com/pgl2t3
Here is a 12/26/50 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/4p35u6
Here are two recent photos:
http://tinyurl.com/65jpv6
http://tinyurl.com/5p7fcs
I wonder if the 1938 horror revival continued into 1939 when Peter Lorre fell asleep in the theater. The article is posted above.
Anyone have any recollection of The Night Porter opening here on October 30, 1974?
I saw a Brazilian film here a few years ago. It’s a nice venue.
Here are two photos from 1938 and 1959, respectively:
http://tinyurl.com/2muqb4
http://tinyurl.com/2jkchp
Mr. Musil’s name is listed under “Theater Architects” but it only lists ONE… I wonder why??? There are so many to his credit!