"Ghosts of Mississippi"

The film "Ghosts of Mississippi" (Castle Rock/Columbia, 1996) is, as one would suspect, set in Mississippi. Alec Baldwin plays a deputy district attorney trying to gather enough evidence to reopen a decades-old case against the man who killed Medgar Evers. But when Alec and his new girlfriend, played by Susanna Thompson, go to the movies we find ourselves at the Warner Grand in San Pedro. The film they're watching is, of course, a courtroom drama: "Presumed Innocent" with Harrison Ford, out in 1990.  

 

 Alec can't stop thinking (and talking) about his case.  

 

The film also stars James Woods, Whoopi Goldberg, Virginia Madsen, Craig T. Nelson, William H. Macy and Jerry Levine. Rob Reiner wrote the screenplay and directed. The cinematography was by John Seale. 

 

 

Going to make a phone call.  

 

 

 The Warner's quite distinctive doors. 

 

Amazing. They still have a pay phone. 

 

 

A look back into the lobby. 

 

 

Leaving after the show. Note "Presumed Innocent" on the readerboard in the boxoffice -- and the cashier taking a smoke break. Alec and Susanna walk down the block talking. We look at several storefronts but don't get a shot looking back toward the theatre.  

See the pages about the Warner Grand on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of the building and many photos. It's currently doing well as a performing arts center owned by the City of Los Angeles.

On IMDb: "Ghosts of Mississippi"