ROOFTOP MOVIES
- By NINA SVENTITSKY
Rooftop Movies Los Angeles returns with Its Summer Season Screenings, offering guests cinematic experiences under the stars at the Montalbán Theatre, a historic Hollywood venue. This oasis is outfitted with a bar, concession stand, a kitchen, and outdoor games, providing an open-air movie theatre experience. Films are selected from all eras and genres, from classics to cult favorites. Featured in April are Casablanca, Pulp Fiction, The Breakfast Club, and The Big Lebowski. The Rooftop Movie Series runs through the beginning of November.
The Rooftop covers this historic theatre building on Vine Street between Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards. Originally designed in the Beaux arts style when it opened in 1927, it was the only legitimate Broadway-type theatre in Los Angeles. It had many different lives and names in the near century of its existence — live theatre, movie house, CBS Radio Playhouse, Huntington Hartford, UCLA/James A. Doolittle Theatre. Guests can enjoy a sense of old Hollywood while sipping margaritas and watching current Hollywood films.
The Ricardo Montalbán Foundation has donated use of the theatre to many community outreach programs. Montalbán, a leading Latino actor in Hollywood, believed live stage events provided the optimal platform for educational and employment opportunities for aspiring artists. The foundation was created to advance his vision and provide a home to stage productions with Latino themes, performers, writers, and directors.
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