This is the first shot in Jacques Tourneur's "Nightfall" (Columbia, January 1957) -- appearing even before the credits. The Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., was running "Serenade," a March 1956 release with Mario Lanza and Joan Fontaine.
Aldo Ray has just taken a bus to Hollywood because he's trying to elude Brian Keith and Rudy Bond, two bank robbers who have killed a friend of his during a Wyoming camping trip. In L.A. Ray hooks up with Anne Bancroft. James Gregory plays an insurance investigator who helps unravel the mess. The screenplay was by Sterling Silliphant based on a novel by David Goodis, the cinematography was by Burnett Guffey.
See the pages about the Pantages on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of this deco film palace along with hundreds of photos of different areas of the building.
On IMDb: "Nightfall"
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