Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals

Beverly Hills Little Theatre
for Professionals
Formation1931
HeadquartersBeverly 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. 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. It was a place for young stars to showcase their talents in the hope of being discovered by talent scouts. The theatre also filled a necessary gap for actors navigating the difficult transition from stage to film, and from silent pictures to talking ones.

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