"A Bucket of Blood"

This shot from the top of the 3rd St. tunnel looking west in Roger Corman's "A Bucket of Blood" (American International Pictures, 1959) gives us a look at the building just west of the tunnel that used to be the Tunnel Theatre, 712 W. 3rd St.

The theatre entrance used to be where that big arch is in the lower center of the frame. Long before the filming it had been converted to a garage. It's been demolished. Stanley Kubrick gave us a similar view from the top of the tunnel in "The Killing" (United Artists, 1956)

Thanks to GS Jansen for spotting the theatre in the film. A version of the shot appears in his Flickr album "Bunker Hill in Movies." The film, shot in five days, has an all star cast that includes Dick Miller, Barboura Morris and Antony Carbone. Miller plays Walter Paisley, an untalented sculptor who, after covering his landlady's cat in plaster, is acclaimed as a genius. His friends expect even bigger works leading to all sorts of problems. It's also been known as "The Living Dead."

See the page about the Tunnel Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for more information about this short-lived venue.

On IMDb: "A Bucket of Blood"