"St. Elmo's Fire" is on the marquee of of the Vine Theatre and the street is populated like it's 1985 for a shot in "MaXXXine" (A24, 2024). It's a horror film that follows adult film performer Mia Goth after she survives a bloody incident and tries to become a real Hollywood star.
See the page on the Los Angeles Theatres site about the Vine Theatre for a history of this 1940 vintage film house designed by S. Charles Lee. It's at 6321 Hollywood Blvd., just west of Vine St.
Also featured in the film are Michelle Monaghan, Giancarlo Esposito, Elizabeth Debicki, Kevin Bacon, Lily Collins and Bobby Canavale. The cinematography was by Eliot Rockett. Ti West wrote and directs.
Mia Goth and Halsey walking west with Hollywood Show World behind them. It's a detail from a shot by Justin Lubin from A24 that appeared with Katie Walsh's review of the film in the L.A. Times.
There's lots about the Cave Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres page about that venue. The business, now called Déjà Vu Showgirls, is just east of the Vine Theatre.
Later we get several views of the Warner/Hollywood Pacific, 6433 Hollywood Blvd. This one is a shot appearing on IMDb. On the front of the marquee: "Silent Film Series - Palace Follies." The east side was advertising "Jean-Luc Godard's Hail Mary - One Night Only."
Mia lives right across the street. Detectives Michelle Monaghan and Bobby Canavale pay her a visit. They're hoping to elicit her help after two ladies she works with at Hollywood Show World are killed.
See the pages on the Los Angeles Theatres site about the Warner Hollywood. It opened in 1928, got renamed the Hollywood Pacific in 1968 and triplexed in 1978. It's been boarded up since 2012.
After Mia gets her big break we get a premiere of here new film "The Puritan II" at the Chinese. Of course in the 80s there would have been the Mann Chinese II and III on the right, not a parking lot.
Mia at the premiere of her big film. It's an image appearing on IMDb courtesy of A24.
See the Grauman's Chinese pages on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of this 1927 vintage movie palace and hundreds of photos. It's located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd., just west of Highland Ave.
During the shoot:
Vehicles in front of the Warner Hollywood, 6433 Hollywood Blvd., ready for 80s action. Thanks to Alison Martino for sharing this in an April 18, 2023 Vintage Los Angeles Facebook post. It's one of seven photos in the post taken by Sean Hathwell. See many more he took of posters, newspaper racks, and storefronts dressed for the film down in the many comments.
Glen Norman notes: "The street light mast-arms and luminaires are from 2005. But they look 'old,' so maybe no one will quibble."
Glen offers this photo and adds: "Hollywood Boulevard still had these in the mid 1980s. This one is being removed on August 12, 2005."
The Vine Theatre ready for a shoot on April 20, 2023. Down the block the former Sardi's/Cave Theatre at 6315 Hollywood Blvd. was presenting itself as Hollywood Show World. Photo: Bill Counter
The former Cave Theatre. Photo: Bill Counter - April 20
Another look at the Vine. Photo: Bill Counter - April 20, 2023
On IMDb: "MaXXXine"
See Amy Nicholson's July 2, 2024 L.A. Times story "'MaXXXine' is Ti West’s Hollywood horror story. The real-life locations are even scarier."
"MaXXXine" on the gate at the Hollywood Theatre, 6764 Hollywood Blvd. The tenant, the Guiness World Records Museum, had closed the place for a renovation. Photo: Bill Counter - July 4
'MaXXXine" at the Alamo Drafthouse. Photo: Bill Counter - July 5, 2024
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