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Laemmle Theatres (/ ˈ l ɛ m l i / LEM-lee) is a Los Angeles-based arthouse movie theater chain owned and operated by Robert Laemmle and his son Greg. The company's first theater, bought in 1938 [ 1 ] by Robert's father and uncle, cousins of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle , was located in Highland Park .
Robert “Bob” Laemmle, the president of the Los Angeles-based Laemmle Theatres who ran the chain until his son Greg took over in 2004, died Thursday in Santa Monica. He was 89. Bob Laemmle was ...
Laemmle Theatres sold the Pasadena building in 2020 and has been operating the theater under a lease-back agreement. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
In 1925, Carl Laemmle purchased land on the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine from George Hoover for $350,000 ($6.08 million in 2023). Laemmle, then president of Universal Pictures Corporation, owned a successful movie studio in the San Fernando Valley and planned to build a 900-seat theatre and office tower on this property, but the Great Depression thwarted his plan. [1]
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Landmark Theatre Corporation began as Parallax Theatres and was founded in 1974 by Kim Jorgensen with the opening of the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles, the Sherman in Sherman Oaks, the Rialto in South Pasadena, and the Ken in San Diego. Steve Gilula and Gary Meyer became partners in 1976, as the chain expanded as Landmark. [5]
In 1932, Laemmle opened the Laemmle Building on Hollywood and Vine. Originally planned as a 900-seat theater and office tower, the final construction was a one-story restaurant, the original plans thwarted by the Great Depression. [12] In 1936, Laemmle and his son were removed from the company he founded by a hostile takeover.
Dwight Iliff Frye (born Fry; February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American character actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his portrayals of neurotic, murderous villains in several classic Universal horror films, such as Renfield in Dracula (1931) and Fritz in Frankenstein (1931).