"Down and Out in Beverly Hills"

Richard Dreyfuss hears his wife calling into Dr. Toni Grant's radio advice show when he's on the freeway in Paul Mazursky's "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (Touchstone, 1986). He heads downtown and while in traffic decides to call in with his own version of their marital troubles. Here he's in his Rolls across from the Roxie Theatre, 518 S. Broadway.

Thanks to Sean Ault for noting that Mazursky included this scene with the theatres of the 500 block. The film also features Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Little Richard, Tracy Nelson, Elizabeth Peña, Evan Richards, Donald F. Muhich, Valerie Curtin and Mike the Dog. The cinematography was by Donald McAlpine.

 

A moment later we get an obstructed view of the Cameo, next door at 528 S. Broadway. Top of the four-film grindhouse bill is "Jaws."

 

The rest of the Cameo's offerings: "Against All Odds," a 1984 release with Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward,  "Teenage Bride," a 1974 film starring Colleen Brennan, and "Good Guys Wear Black," a 1978 release starring Chuck Norris. They were changing their program twice a week.

 

 

 

Spanish language films were at the Arcade, 534 S. Broadway. He's not paying attention to the traffic and rear-ends a guy.  

 

 

 

And he gets rear-ended by the police car behind him. We get a look back at the Roxie.  

 

Another Arcade view as the police tell him to get out of the car.

Head to the Los Angeles Theatres site for pages about the Roxie, Cameo and Arcade theatres that include a history of each building along with many photos both vintage and recent.

On IMDb:"Down and Out in Beverly Hills"