The company's first theater, bought in 1938[1] by Robert's father Max and uncle Kurt, both cousins of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, was located in Highland Park.

[1] In December 2011, the Glendale City Council and Redevelopment Agency approved a $12.8 million[2] development that included 42 residential units, a 5-screen Laemmle theater, and a Panda Inn.

[9] Laemmle provides services designed to enable a film to qualify for Academy Awards,[10] charging a flat rate for exhibition while giving the film's producers 100 percent of the box office receipts; they have someone meet every year with the Academy committees in all the categories to ensure their "qualifying run" bookings actually qualify.

[9] Laemmle Theatres are the subject of the 2022 documentary Only in Theaters, directed by Raphael Sbarge.

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