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| Formation | 1931 |
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| Headquarters | Beverly Hills, California |
Co-founder | Harold Lloyd (pictured with wife Mildred Davis Lloyd in 1926) |
The Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals, which grew out of a nationwide little theatre movement, was a playhouse founded by actor Harold Lloyd and others in 1931 in Beverly Hills, California.[1][2] It was originally at the Wilkes Vine Street Theatre, now renamed the Ricardo Montalbán Theater, and some years later moved to a renovated location on Santa Monica Boulevard.[3] The venue was a 400-seat theater, with the names of the founder-subscribers inscribed on the backs of the seats.[1] An article in Variety stated that Lloyd's mother Elisabeth Fraser Lloyd (listed as Sarah Elisabeth Fraser), Gladys Lloyd Cassell (wife of Edward G. Robinson), and Sam Hardy served on the "coin-raising" (fundraising) committee.[1]
- ^ a b c "Bronze Monikers: Harold Lloyd No. 1 on Seatbacks of Bevhills Midge". Variety. 30 October 1934. p. 3. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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