Hollywood Star Lanes was a 32-lane bowling alley located on Santa Monica Boulevard in

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. Open from 1960 to 2002, the alley was featured in the film ''

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'', which was filmed on location over three weeks of the eleven-week filming schedule. It was also a filming location for '' The Big Empty''. In 2002, the alley was closed after the

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seized the land by

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in order to build an elementary school at the site (today known as Kingsley Elementary School). In July 1977, the area behind the bowling alley was used by the FBI as a staging area to conduct a raid on two nearby Scientology locations.

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