"Boulevard Nights"

Cruising and looking for trouble in East L.A. in Michael Pressman's "Boulevard Nights" (Warner Bros., 1979). On the right in this look west it's the Boulevard Theatre, 4549 Whittier Blvd. Richard Yniguez, Danny De La Paz and Marta DuBois star in the drama of family ties tested by gang activity. The cinematography was by John Bailey.

 

Trouble is beginning. 

 

Another view toward the Boulevard a bit later. 

Much later in the film Danny De La Paz takes a walk by the United Artists Theatre at 5136 Whittier Blvd. By this time it had been renamed the Alameda and was running Spanish language product.  

A moment later up in the air. 

 

Wandering by. 

 

The boxoffice.

 

Heading off into the night. It doesn't end well for his character.

See the pages about the Boulevard Theatre and the United Artists on the Los Angeles Theatres site for some photos and a history of the two theatres.

On IMDb: "Boulevard Nights"

"The barrio is real - not glamorous." It's a 1979 photo of the "Boulevard Nights" premiere -- and a protest -- at the Picwood Theatre. The Dean Musgrove photo is in the Herald Examiner collection at the Los Angeles Public Library.