AMC Beverly Connection 6

100 N. LaCienega Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90048

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 17, 2007 at 4:09 pm

But, the Beverly was a nice theater, whereas I didn’t think too much of the Galaxy when it opened. I think the Galaxy took over the spot where CC Fudge used to be, and I was upset about that. Great hot fudge sundaes.

BradE41
BradE41 on October 17, 2007 at 3:49 pm

General Cinema opened the Beverly Connection theatres in June 1990 (Spring 2002 AMC took over all of GCC’s theatres). DICK TRACY and GREMLINS 2 were some of the opening films. I went too see DICK TRACY there opening week. They were nice theatres. Too bad they did not survive and the Beverly Center theatres did not close. The Grove did pretty much murder the Beverly Connection, as the Arclight killed the GCC (Later AMC) Galaxy theatres in Hollywood.

br91975
br91975 on October 17, 2007 at 1:50 pm

There are a couple of photo tours posted at http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=7236 AMC assumed control of the Beverly Connection after the Pacific Theatres at The Grove had opened – the titles in the marquee shot consisting of move-overs or films Pacific Theatres took a pass on. It’s unclear when the General Cinemas photos were taken – both those and the AMC shots were most likely snapped on weekday afternoons – but, and absolutely no offense intended towards Scott Neff who snapped the GC-era images and for which we’d otherwise have no photographic images online from those years (and who has done tireless work taking pictures of cinemas across the US), they don’t capture the electric atmosphere of the Beverly Connection during its best times.

William
William on October 17, 2007 at 1:33 pm

BevCon was a fun theatre to work. I got to work the relief shifts in the booth for a few years.

br91975
br91975 on October 17, 2007 at 1:17 pm

I know it’s happened to hundreds of multiplexes since the stadium-seating trend took hold, but I really felt sad when this particular theatre closed. I had only been there twice – on consecutive nights in March of 1996 to see ‘Flirting with Disaster’ and ‘Girl 6’ – but there was a vibe of excitement surrounding the theatre and the near-capacity crowds I saw those films with were really into them; I especially remember people roaring with laughter at ‘Flirting’ – a great comedy and the kind of audience that made the experience all that much more memorable.

William
William on October 17, 2007 at 11:10 am

Yes, it was. It was the nice one across from the Beverly Center.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 17, 2007 at 10:44 am

This was the one across the street from the Beverly Center, wasn’t it?

William
William on October 16, 2007 at 4:32 pm

Three of the theatres were equipped with 70MM projectors.