california type privately held industry entertainment founded 1938 founder max and kurt laemmle area served los angeles area services movie theater academy award qualification owner robert and greg laemmle website http www.laemmle.com laemmle pronounced lem lee theatres is a group of family run arthouse movie theaters in the los angeles area . it was established in 1938 1 and is owned and operated by robert laemmle and his son greg laemmle . robert laemmle s father max and uncle kurt cousins of universal pictures founder carl laemmle bought their first movie theater in the highland park neighborhood of los angeles in 1938 . there are seven locations claremont 5 in claremont monica 4 plex in santa monica music hall 3 in beverly hills playhouse 7 in pasadena royal theatre in west los angeles town center 5 in encino and noho 7 in north hollywood . the laemmle grande 4 plex on south figueroa street closed october 25 2009 as l.a. live s regal cinema complex was set to open . 1 oscar qualifying edit during the 21st century the laemmle venues have come to be known as the secret path to oscar qualifying since they have been repeatedly used by independent films short films and documentaries for that purpose . 2 laemmle provides services designed to enable a film to qualify for academy awards 3 charging a flat rate for exhibition while giving the film s producers 100 percent of the box office receipts ; they have someone meet every year with the academy committees in all the categories to ensure their qualifying run bookings actually qualify . 2 they even help film makers book their films outside of their own theaters if a committee requires that . 2 references edit a b richard verrier a hollywood opening for downton cinema october 24 2009 los angeles times a b c the secret path to oscar qualifying . the wrap . november 5 2009 . retrieved 2010 09 23 . qualification from the laemmle theatres website external links edit growing up laemmle retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title laemmle theatres & oldid 743498336 categories cinemas and movie theaters in los angelestheatres in los angeles county californiacinema of southern california1938 establishments in californiamedia companies established in 1938hidden categories los angeles county california articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 22 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view