Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals
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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 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]