Friday, August 5, 2022

"The George Raft Story"

We get this shot in Joseph Newman's "The George Raft Story" (Allied Artists, 1961) with Ray Danton, Jayne Mansfield and Julie London. We're looking west from Hollywood & Vine toward the Warner. The Admiral Theatre is playing "Saratoga Trunk" (1945) with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman along with "The Square Jungle" (1955) with Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine. 
 
The footage was seen earlier in Robert Wise's "I Want To Live" with Susan Hayward (United Artists, 1958). For the purposes of "Raft" the towers of the Warner in the distance with the neon saying "Cinerama" are a bit of an anachronism. Thanks to Kliph Nesteroff for the screenshot, posted on the Facebook page Vintage Los Angeles.

The theatre, at 6321 Hollywood Blvd., was renamed the Vine Theatre in 1969. See the Los Angeles Theatres page about the house for many more photos. 

On IMDb: "The George Raft Story"

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