The Santa Monica Civic was the location for filming "The T.A.M.I. Show" (American International, 1964). The title stood for Teen Age Music International. Here the MCs Jan and Dean are skateboarding in to their gig.
The film features Lesley Gore, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, the Barbarians, the Blossoms, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Berry, James Brown and the Flames, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Gerry and the Pacemakers. And Teri Garr as one of the go-go dancers. Steve Binder directed the Electronovision production. Jim Kilgore got the credit as cinematographer.
A look to house right.
The back of the auditorium.
Quentin Tarantino says: "In the top three of all rock movies."
A shot during the Rolling Stones set.
Everybody onstage for the finale.
The theatre is a 1958 design by Welton Becket and Associates. See the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium page on the Los Angeles Theatres site for more about the building.
On IMDb: "The T.A.M.I. Show"
A lobby card that appears on IMDb.
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