We get a quick view of the News-View Theatre, 6656 Hollywood Blvd., in TV coverage of the the Hollywood Christmas parade seen about 48 minutes into "Kathy O'" (Universal-International, 1958). Kathy is a bratty child star played by Patty McCormack. The film also stars Dan Duryea as a studio PR guy and Jan Sterling as Dan's ex-wife, in town to do a story about the kid. Jack Sher directed. The cinematography was by Arthur E. Arling. It's a process shot using older parade footage. The theatre had become the "New-View" several years before the film was done.
See the page about the News-View Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site. When its newsreel days were over they dropped the "S" and the name became the New-View. Later it was called the Pussycat and the Ritz.
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