Friday, August 18, 2023

"Flesh and Bullets"

At the end of Carlos Tobalina's "Flesh and Bullets" (Hollywood International Film Corp., 1985) we see lots of the Mayan Theatre, 1038 S. Hill St. Well, he owned the theatre so it was an easy location for him. This guy approaching the theatre is heading to a fire escape gunfight. Although he's going into the north exit passage, the scenes of the fight are shot in the south passage, between the Mayan and the Belasco Theatre.  

It's about two guys who meet in a bar and decide to do something about ex-wives they can't support. Things go wrong when they each fall for the wife of the other. The film features Glenn McKay, Gail Sterling and Mic Morrow. And, yes, we also get cameos by Yvonne DeCarlo, Cesar Romero, Cornel Wilde and Aldo Ray. It's also known as "Wife Contract." The cinematography was by Carlos, billing himself as E. Tobalina. It's very soft-core compared to other Tobalina films.

A customer at the boxoffice. 
 

In the south exit passage with one guy coming out a balcony exit door. The black railing in the foreground is on the stairs at the Belasco Theatre.  
 

Looking up toward balcony exits from street level. 
 

At the left it's the doors from the front exit house right. Through the doors straight ahead and you're onto the Mayan's stage.
 

One wounded. But not seriously. 
 

A shot of the clock in the lobby. 
 

A potential customer on the street. 
 

Although the fight was in the other exit passage, the guys exit together from the north passage.

See the pages about the Mayan Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site. It opened in 1927 as a legit theatre specializing in musical comedies. For the last few decades it's been a nightclub.

On IMDb: "Flesh and Bullets"

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