That’s what we called ‘Hollywood’s delusion.’”Īs the all-volunteer Free Theater staff-that included actress Katherine DeMille, daughter of Cecil B.
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They are attracted to the glamour of Hollywood, but it’s a facade, like a movie set. Often a kid’s dream of stardom turns into being used in prostitution or drug running. There are pimps and drug runners at the bus station looking for kids they can use for hurtful activities. “The Free Theatre was a non-profit helping young people coming to Hollywood hoping to be “discovered,” Seth said.
DeMille as a board member of Centrum of Hollywood. “Nobody was paid and everybody gave.”Ĭentrum could not have happened without the Hollywood Free Theatre, he said.Īctress Katherine Demille, daughter of Cecil B. “The love of God was their motivation,” Seth said. They were like loving parents and friends to so many young people who had neither. They prepared food in the Centrum houses or bought bus tickets for kids to get back home. With no corporate or civic help, Seth said that three houses right off Hollywood Boulevard were rented for temporary emergency shelter.ĭonors talked to Centrum guests themselves. Centrum was established to help them, by entertainment insiders who prayed for Hollywood,” Seth said about establishing Centrum of Hollywood in 1977. “Most don’t make it in the industry and many become targets. But there were hundreds coming to Hollywood every year, with stars in their eyes, Seth said.
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