"The Long Goodbye"

We get an ambulance ride by the Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., an hour and 39 minutes into Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye" (United Artists, 1973). Elliott Gould stars as Philip Marlowe. Also featured are Nina van Palandt, Henry Gibson, Sterling Hayden and Mark Rydell. Leigh Brackett wrote the screenplay based on Raymond Chandler's novel. The film's cinematography was by Vilmos Zsigmond.

 

 

Then several blocks later we get the reflection of the Royal Theatre's marquee on the other side of the street at 11523 Santa Monica Blvd.

Thanks to Tommy Bernard for spotting the theatres in the movie and getting the screenshots. See the pages on the Nuart and the Royal on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of these two vintage Sawtelle neighborhood movie houses. 

On IMDb: "The Long Goodbye"