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Westlake Theatre, a grand L.A. movie palace, could come back from the dead
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· July 29, 2026
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Armed with flashlights, dozens of community members stepped into the darkened Westlake Theatre, sidestepping puddles and broken glass as they imagined what the century-old movie palace could become.
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