The Carthay Circle Theatre, 6316 San Vicente Blvd., appears in Carl Reiner's film "The Comic" (Columbia, 1969). The film features Dick Van Dyke as fictitious silent film star Billy Bright, Michelle Lee as his wife, Cornel Wilde as a film director, and Mickey Rooney as Bright's sidekick Cockeye. In this scene, set in the 20s, we're at the theatre for a premiere of a Billy Bright film.
The theatre opened in 1926 and was long a major first-run house with many roadshow engagements. See the Los Angeles Theatres pages on the Carthay Circle for photos and history.
An interior view at the premiere, not shot at the Carthay Circle.
Decades later Billy Bright and Cockeye walk by the Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave. The theatre is running some old Billy Bright films.
Cockeye inquires at the boxoffice about start times. Not until next week, he's told. A Chaplin festival has been held over. See the page about the Silent Movie Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for some photos. It opened in 1942.
On Vine St. with the Huntington Hartford Theatre in the background. Cockeye has his eyes closed trying to guess whose star they're standing on. See the Los Angeles Theatres page for information on the 1927 vintage legit house. It's now known as the Ricardo Montalban.
On IMDb: "The Comic"
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