"The Crimson Kimono"

 

A view of the Burbank Theatre facade early in Samuel Fuller's Columbia Pictures epic "The Crimson Kimono" (1959). 

 

 A closer look at the top of the marquee. 

 

 

Our feature attraction at the Burbank Burlesque, Sugar Torch, dodges a bullet in her dressing room. Here's she's running out of the theatre but soon gets shot during a run down the middle of Main St. This film about the detectives after her killer features Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett and James Shigeta.

See the page about the Burbank Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for more photos. The theatre, at 548 S. Main St., was demolished in 1974.

Footage from the scene at the Burbank appears as part of the title sequence in Thom Andersen's "Los Angeles Plays Itself" (2003), an epic exploration of how the city has been portrayed in the movies. The full film is on YouTube.

On IMDb: "The Crimson Kimono" | "Los Angeles Plays Itself"