beatleMANIA later The Motown25 Revue with The Four Tops and The Temptations with LIVE performances, performed as many as 4 times a day! We went to every performance. I was co-owner of the Beverly Hills Diner at 206 South Beverly Drive as my Mom and Dad owned the world famous Beverly Hills Liquor Castle at 212 South Beverly Drive, all in Beverly Hills. YES, in 1989, The Stanley Warner Theater (Canon Drive and Wilshire Blvd.) is long gone and most who grew up here, miss it! I worked as an usher, floor manager and later assistant manager under Robert Blankenship (Robert was a VERY kind and caring man!) from age 13-17 1965-1969. I still have my double breasted mustard/green ushers waistcoat with gold buttons. Zsa Zsa Gabor laughed “ You look like a young Jerry Lewis” to me at the Ship of Fools Premiere in 1965 Directed by Stanley Kramer!
The Beverly Theater on Wilshire and Beverly Drive (demolished in Octiber 2005) is another foolish loss on the part of the Beverly Hills community. It was the movie industry that brought the attention, money and celebritie’s/people to Beverly Hills. How easily it ALL was forgotten!!! Shame on those who let this happen! Respectfully; David Harrison Levi Anyone know the whereabouts of Robert Blankenship? He worked at the Beverly Hills Hotel for a time then later went I heard, to Paramount Pictures or Universal Studios.
IF You grew up in Beverly Hills or remember Beverly Hills in “better times” There’s a great photograph of the Beverly Theater (demolished) note: Thrifty Drug Stores on Canon Drive and Wilshire Blvds, today on Dayton Way and Canon Drive Rite-Aid Stores! Kiddy corner to Thrifty Drug Stores WAS the Stanley Warner Movie Theater! (demolished!) David Harrison Levi here: http://www.yesterdayla.com/Graphics/beverly2.jpg
Once Upon a time in the fabled City of Beverly Hills, stood a monument of golden structure, a theater made of gold gilt and neon tubing, the grandeur and magnificence ONLY read about in books, with its handcrafted ceilings and exotic chandeliers, a marquee tower that stretched high into the starlit skies', that could be seen for miles around. As the king and court jesters spoke of preservation of our beloved city of Camelot, the property as referred by, on Canon Drive and Wilshire Blvd’s., once a star on Hollywood’s “A LIST” and upon entertainment history, and in the hearts of many, to which memories are made of, was taken DOWN and with it, the shattered childhood memories that are forever etched upon our hearts. Some, as I, cried as we saw the bulldozers do their work! Regretting the decisions made, … As the story goes … the future held great wealth from decisions past … On October 1st 2005 The Beverly Theater on Wilshire and Beverly Drive with its onion shaped dome and romantic Middle Eastern motif was once AGAIN, proof positive, that our future has NO hold on sentimental days nor romantic nights, nor the loss or sadness we may feel, nor the neglect upon our heritage or the historic values, these monuments hold in their destruction. Making way for new generations, new memories, new dreams? I say “NOT!” … As we close our fairytale story, much like others in other towns and cities' around the good ole' USA… All the kings horses and all the kings men, couldn’t put sense into this unfair, unjust act cast upon historical landmark treasure’s! To the generations to come, IF ONLY, You could have shared the beauty within their walls, IF ONLY You could have seen these palace’s through my eyes, and the loss to the entertainment and historical societies' and to our collapsing culture as a whole, and the sadness left in the hearts of many! I was one of the lucky one’s, I lived the dream! Rest In Peace, With a heavy heart, Fondly I remain, David Harrison Levi – Beverly Hills 90210
beatleMANIA later The Motown25 Revue with The Four Tops and The Temptations with LIVE performances, performed as many as 4 times a day! We went to every performance. I was co-owner of the Beverly Hills Diner at 206 South Beverly Drive as my Mom and Dad owned the world famous Beverly Hills Liquor Castle at 212 South Beverly Drive, all in Beverly Hills. YES, in 1989, The Stanley Warner Theater (Canon Drive and Wilshire Blvd.) is long gone and most who grew up here, miss it! I worked as an usher, floor manager and later assistant manager under Robert Blankenship (Robert was a VERY kind and caring man!) from age 13-17 1965-1969. I still have my double breasted mustard/green ushers waistcoat with gold buttons. Zsa Zsa Gabor laughed “ You look like a young Jerry Lewis” to me at the Ship of Fools Premiere in 1965 Directed by Stanley Kramer!
The Beverly Theater on Wilshire and Beverly Drive (demolished in Octiber 2005) is another foolish loss on the part of the Beverly Hills community. It was the movie industry that brought the attention, money and celebritie’s/people to Beverly Hills. How easily it ALL was forgotten!!! Shame on those who let this happen! Respectfully; David Harrison Levi Anyone know the whereabouts of Robert Blankenship? He worked at the Beverly Hills Hotel for a time then later went I heard, to Paramount Pictures or Universal Studios.
IF You grew up in Beverly Hills or remember Beverly Hills in “better times” There’s a great photograph of the Beverly Theater (demolished) note: Thrifty Drug Stores on Canon Drive and Wilshire Blvds, today on Dayton Way and Canon Drive Rite-Aid Stores! Kiddy corner to Thrifty Drug Stores WAS the Stanley Warner Movie Theater! (demolished!) David Harrison Levi here: http://www.yesterdayla.com/Graphics/beverly2.jpg
Once Upon a time in the fabled City of Beverly Hills, stood a monument of golden structure, a theater made of gold gilt and neon tubing, the grandeur and magnificence ONLY read about in books, with its handcrafted ceilings and exotic chandeliers, a marquee tower that stretched high into the starlit skies', that could be seen for miles around. As the king and court jesters spoke of preservation of our beloved city of Camelot, the property as referred by, on Canon Drive and Wilshire Blvd’s., once a star on Hollywood’s “A LIST” and upon entertainment history, and in the hearts of many, to which memories are made of, was taken DOWN and with it, the shattered childhood memories that are forever etched upon our hearts. Some, as I, cried as we saw the bulldozers do their work! Regretting the decisions made, … As the story goes … the future held great wealth from decisions past … On October 1st 2005 The Beverly Theater on Wilshire and Beverly Drive with its onion shaped dome and romantic Middle Eastern motif was once AGAIN, proof positive, that our future has NO hold on sentimental days nor romantic nights, nor the loss or sadness we may feel, nor the neglect upon our heritage or the historic values, these monuments hold in their destruction. Making way for new generations, new memories, new dreams? I say “NOT!” … As we close our fairytale story, much like others in other towns and cities' around the good ole' USA… All the kings horses and all the kings men, couldn’t put sense into this unfair, unjust act cast upon historical landmark treasure’s! To the generations to come, IF ONLY, You could have shared the beauty within their walls, IF ONLY You could have seen these palace’s through my eyes, and the loss to the entertainment and historical societies' and to our collapsing culture as a whole, and the sadness left in the hearts of many! I was one of the lucky one’s, I lived the dream! Rest In Peace, With a heavy heart, Fondly I remain, David Harrison Levi – Beverly Hills 90210