LAist: New Beverly's Sherman Torgan Dies in Santa Monica

guest

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:46:52 -0800

Please see my article about my friend Sherman and the New Beverly.

Murray Furry

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:38:51 -0800

No! Please, don't close the New Bev! Where would the rats in the couch go? Their nibbles on the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup packages. I'll always remember when Sherman "fixed" the popcorn maker with some WD-40, and how the popcorn had a light, airy brake-fluid taste! The regular customers, the single men, who'd pleasure themselves during the Sunday afternoon Ingmar Bergman double-feature, will surely miss Sherman's hospitality. Ahh, the fond memories at the New Beverly.

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:42:36 -0800

I hope it stays open. I know jeff and he's a good guy. his trailer nights are awesome. hopefully he'll be able to carry on the new bev's legacy after sherman...

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:02:19 -0800

Run down, with uncomfortable seats, sticky floors, and even the stains of a thrown soft drink on the screen, the New Beverly Cinema has always been one of the most important places in world cinema. Seriously. No L.A. filmmaker of any quality has not spent hour after hour there, watching, re-watching, studying, sharing a real theater with a real audience, listening to his shoes sticking to the floor. I love that place. I live in London now and there is nothing here even remotely comparable. Probably nothing like it anywhere in the world. Without Sherman, will the New Beverly continue to be the New Beverly? I hope so.

reverto

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:18:19 -0800

Awful, awful news. If we are lucky enough to have the New Bev live on without him, may the popcorn stay cheap, the double features remain exquisitely paired and may the eyes greeting us in the box office window be half as kindly as Sherman's. Rest in Peace.

guest

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:28:06 -0800

That's awful! He did a great service to our city keeping the New Beverly going for all these years. I always enjoyed seeing him there. Thank you Sherman, you were greatly appreciated! I hope the theater will live on.

mmauer

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:34:09 -0800

I hope this does not mean the end of the theater. LA Weekly ran a story on Sherman Torgan a few years ago.

Kathy

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:43:03 -0800

Oh no! :-(