"The Kid Stays in the Picture"

In "The Kid Stays in the Picture" (USA Films, 2002) we get this lovely shot from some stock footage of the Warner Hollywood playing the three-strip Cinerama epic "How the West Was Won." It had a 93 week run opening February 20, 1963. More of the Getty Images footage this Warner shot was taken from can be seen as "Hollywood Blvd. 1965 [sic]," a one minute+ ride down the street on YouTube from Alison Martino.

This documentary about the career of producer Robert Evans features Evans himself along with archival footage of Eddie Albert, Peter Bart, Mia Farrow, Charles Bludhorn and many others. It's based on the 1994 book by Evans of the same title. The direction and adaptation was by Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen.

Thanks to Donavan S. Moye for spotting the footage of the Warner in the film. For more about the theatre see the Warner Hollywood pages on the Los Angeles Theatres site.

Later we get some footage at the Fox Westwood Village when Evans discusses the problems getting "Love Story" made and the tremendous business it did when it opened in December, 1970.

A shot of the usher taking tickets at the Fox Westwood. Across the street we get a bit of the Bruin's marquee.

See the pages on the Fox Westwood and the Bruin on the Los Angeles Theatres site for more about these two historic venues.

On IMDb: "The Kid Stays in the Picture"