"St. Ives"

 

A fine view across the parking lot at 6th and Hill from J. Lee Thompson's crime drama "St. Ives" (Warner Bros, 1976). The lot used to be the site of the Metropolitan/Paramount Theatre. Across the park it's the Biltmore Hotel and, a bit right of center at 5th and Olive, the Philharmonic Auditorium Building. 

 

The film stars Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, John Houseman, Harris Yulin, Harry Guardino, Maximilian Schell and Dana Elcar. The cinematography was by Lucien Ballard.  

 

Looking into Lindley Place, the alley north of the Los Angeles Theatre. 

 

 

Bronson at the newsstand with the Philharmonic Auditorium seen in the upper left. It would be demolished in 1985. The newsdealer is also Bronson's bookie.

See the pages on the Los Angeles Theatres site about the Metropolitan/Paramount Theatre, the Philharmonic Auditorium and the Los Angeles Theatre. 

 

 

 

The Pickwick Drive-In in Burbank makes an appearance late in the movie.

 

It's the site of a payoff operation that gets badly bungled. One party is driving in.

 

 

A look at some of that "Action Packed" western drama on the screen. 

 

 

 

Another shot from a bit farther back. 

 

Party number two arrives and we get a view of the projection building, decorated in the Pacific Theatres yellow and blue. Two more vehicles are involved with various individuals observing. Jacqueline turns out to be dangerous and two corrupt cops get killed. 

Visit the page about the Pickwick Drive-In on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of the theatre.

On IMDb: "St. Ives"