{"id":30575,"date":"2024-10-25T06:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T13:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=30575"},"modified":"2024-10-25T06:54:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T13:54:24","slug":"a-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-trapeze-at-the-fox-wilshire-theatre-8440-wilshire-blvd-beverly-hills-may-29-1956-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2024\/10\/25\/a-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-trapeze-at-the-fox-wilshire-theatre-8440-wilshire-blvd-beverly-hills-may-29-1956-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A searchlight shoots into the sky for the world premiere of \u201cTrapeze\u201d at the Fox Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, May 29, 1956"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2024\/10\/25\/a-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-trapeze-at-the-fox-wilshire-theatre-8440-wilshire-blvd-beverly-hills-may-29-1956-2\/a-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-trapeze-at-the-fox-wilshire-theatre-8440-wilshire-blvd-beverly-hills-may-29-1956\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-Trapeze-at-the-Fox-Wilshire-Theatre-8440-Wilshire-Blvd-Beverly-Hills-May-29-1956.jpg?fit=957%2C769&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"957,769\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"A searchlight shoots into the sky for the world premiere of \u201cTrapeze\u201d at the Fox Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, May 29, 1956\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-Trapeze-at-the-Fox-Wilshire-Theatre-8440-Wilshire-Blvd-Beverly-Hills-May-29-1956.jpg?fit=300%2C241&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-Trapeze-at-the-Fox-Wilshire-Theatre-8440-Wilshire-Blvd-Beverly-Hills-May-29-1956.jpg?fit=640%2C514&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-Trapeze-at-the-Fox-Wilshire-Theatre-8440-Wilshire-Blvd-Beverly-Hills-May-29-1956.jpg?resize=640%2C514&ssl=1\" alt=\"A searchlight shoots into the sky for the world premiere of \u201cTrapeze\u201d at the Fox Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, May 29, 1956\" width=\"640\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-Trapeze-at-the-Fox-Wilshire-Theatre-8440-Wilshire-Blvd-Beverly-Hills-May-29-1956.jpg?w=957&ssl=1 957w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-Trapeze-at-the-Fox-Wilshire-Theatre-8440-Wilshire-Blvd-Beverly-Hills-May-29-1956.jpg?resize=300%2C241&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-Trapeze-at-the-Fox-Wilshire-Theatre-8440-Wilshire-Blvd-Beverly-Hills-May-29-1956.jpg?resize=768%2C617&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>It looks like United Artists pulled out all the stops when it held the world premiere of \u201cTrapeze\u201d at the Fox Wilshire Theatre at 8440 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills on May 29, 1956. Behind that huge spotlight shooting into the air there\u2019s what looks like ten rows of bleachers which, given the circus setting of the movie, might have been set up like seats under a big top. All this effort was worth it: \u201cTrapeze\u201d was one of the biggest movies of 1956 (although, of course, nothing came close to \u201cThe Ten Commandments.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>The Fox Wilshire Theatre is now known as the Saban. This image is from December 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2024\/10\/25\/a-searchlight-shoots-into-the-sky-for-the-world-premiere-of-trapeze-at-the-fox-wilshire-theatre-8440-wilshire-blvd-beverly-hills-may-29-1956-2\/december-2022-13\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/December-2022.png?fit=999%2C674&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"999,674\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"December 2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/December-2022.png?fit=300%2C202&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/December-2022.png?fit=640%2C432&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30577\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/December-2022.png?resize=640%2C432&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/December-2022.png?w=999&ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/December-2022.png?resize=300%2C202&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/December-2022.png?resize=768%2C518&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like United Artists pulled out all the stops when it held the world premiere of \u201cTrapeze\u201d at the Fox Wilshire Theatre at 8440 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills on May 29, 1956. 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