"Hollywood Boulevard"

 

An aspiring starlet played by Candice Rialson hits Hollywood and, of course, visits Grauman's Chinese near the beginning of "Hollywood Boulevard." (New World Pictures, 1976). The film about "the street where starlets are made" features Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Jonathan Kaplan and Godzina. Direction was by Joe Dante and Allan Arkush. Jamie Anderson did the cinematography.

 

 

We get a quick drive by the Pussycat Theatre on Santa Monica Blvd. as part of Candice's first film job. Well, she thinks it's a film job. She's actually been recruited to be a getaway driver in a bank robbery. The theatre, at 7734 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood, began its life as a neighborhood house called the Monica.   

 

 

We get this great triple feature on the marquee of the Gilmore Drive-In at 41:20 into the film. Our stars have been involved in making one of the films and this is the premiere -- and possibly only showing. Thanks to Benny Ballejo for posting the shot on the Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page.   

 

 

 

Another fine marquee shot a moment later. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for posting this one on Photos of Los Angeles. 

 

A little altercation in the booth during the film's sequence at the drive-in. The Gilmore was on 3rd St. east of Fairfax. The Grove shopping mall is now on the site.

See the pages about Grauman's Chinese, the Monica/Pussycat Theatre and the Gilmore Drive-In on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of these venues.

On IMDb: "Hollywood Boulevard"    The entire epic is available for free viewing on the site Tubi.