Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles)
The Broadway Theater District in the Historic Core, Los Angeles, Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles is the first and largest historic theater district listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). With twelve movie palaces located along a six-block stretch of Broadway (Los Angeles), Broadway, it is the only large concentration of movie palaces left in the United States. The same six-block stretch of Broadway, and an adjacent section of Seventh Street, was also the city's retail hub for the first half of the twentieth century, lined with large and small department stores and specialty stores. NRHP refers to the district as the Broadway Theater and Commercial District, while the City of Los Angeles Planning Department refers to the Broadway Theater and Entertainment District. Description Los Angeles's Broadway Theater District stretches for six blocks from Third to Ninth Streets along South Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles, and contains twelve movie theaters built ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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State Theatre (Los Angeles)
The State Theatre, formerly Loew's State Theatre, at 703 S. Broadway (Los Angeles), Broadway, is a Movie theater, movie theatre that opened in November 1921 in what is now the Jewelry District (Los Angeles), Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles), Broadway Theatre District in the Historic Core, Los Angeles, historic core of Downtown Los Angeles. History The State Theatre was designed by Charles Peter Weeks and William Day, of architectural firm Weeks & Day, in a Spanish Renaissance style. The theatre is incorporated into a 12-story Beaux Arts style 1921 office block called the United Building, situated at the intersection of S. Broadway (Los Angeles), Broadway and 7th St. The building, which extends half a block along 7th St and one-third of a block along Broadway, was the largest brick-clad building in the world when it was completed and remains one of the largest brick-clad buildings in Los Angeles today. The theatre originally boasted two marquees wit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sid Grauman
Sidney Patrick Grauman (March 17, 1879 – March 5, 1950) was an American entrepreneur and showman who established two of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood's most recognizable and visited landmarks, the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Chinese Theatre and the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, Egyptian Theatre. Biography Early years Grauman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1879, the son of David Grauman (1851–1921) and Rosa Goldsmith (1853–1936). Grauman's parents were theatrical performers on show circuits. They were both Jewish Americans, Jewish. Grauman and his father went to Dawson City, Yukon, for the Gold Rush when he was a young man. He worked there as a paperboy. Since newspapers were scarce, they could command a dollar each. Grauman told a story about a store owner who purchased a newspaper from him for $50. The shopkeeper then read the paper aloud in his store, charging admission to local miners. In the Yukon, the young Grauman learned a lesson which would serve him t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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United Artists Theatre (Los Angeles)
The United Artists Theatre is a historic former movie palace and office building located at 937 South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California. It was the tallest building in the city for one year after its completion in 1927 and was the tallest privately owned structure in Los Angeles until 1956. Its style is Spanish Gothic, patterned after Segovia Cathedral in Segovia, Spain. The office space was converted into a limited-service boutique hotel in the 21st century, previously operated by Ace Hotels and by Kasa since 2024. Theatre United Artists Theatre (1927–1990) The theatre was designed by the architect C. Howard Crane of the firm Walker & Eisen for the United Artists film studio formed by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. The theater, a classic movie palace, was one of many constructed by United Artists and served as a major premier house. The theater occupies three floors of the 13-story building and has a 2,214-seat audi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)
The Orpheum Theatre at 842 S. Broadway (Los Angeles), Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles opened on February 15, 1926, as the fourth and final Los Angeles venue for the Orpheum Circuit, Orpheum vaudeville circuit. After a $3 million renovation, started in 1989, it is the most restored of the historical movie palaces in the city. Three previous theatres also bore the name Orpheum before the one at 842 Broadway was the final one with that moniker. The Orpheum has a Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux Arts facade designed by movie theater architect G. Albert Lansburgh and has a Wurlitzer, Mighty Wurlitzer organ, installed in 1928, that is one of three theatre organ, pipe organs remaining in Southern California. The Orpheum theatres are named for the Greek mythological figure, Orpheus. Orpheum venues in Los Angeles The first site for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit was the Grand Opera House, also known as the Grand Theater, 110 S. Main Street (built 1884, closed 1937). The second Orpheum ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rialto Theater (Los Angeles)
Rialto Theater, formerly Quinn's Rialto Theater and Grauman’s Rialto, is a historic former movie theater located at 812 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles. History Downtown Los Angeles's Rialto Theater was designed and built in 1917 by Oliver Perry Dennis, the architect also known for Janes House and the Magic Castle. Since opening, the building has undergone many alterations, including a significant remodel by William Lee Woollett in 1923, the addition of neon Art Deco marquee around 1930, a conversion to retail sometime after 1988, and a seismic retrofit in the 1990s. Exhibitor J.A. Quinn opened the theater in 1917 with an exclusive screening of '' Garden of Allah''. Sid Grauman took over in 1919, and in 1921, the theater entered into an exclusive agreement with Paramount Pictures, whom Grauman sold the theater to in 1924. In 1979, Los Angeles's Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tower Theatre (Los Angeles)
The Tower Theatre (referred to as Apple Tower Theatre in official communications by Apple Inc., Apple) is a historic movie theater that opened in 1927 in the Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles), Broadway Theater District of Downtown Los Angeles. It is currently an Apple Store, and serves as a flagship location for the company, receiving a special designation on Apple Maps. History The Tower Theatre, at South Broadway (Los Angeles), Broadway and West Eighth Street, was commissioned by H.L. Gumbiner. He would also build the Los Angeles Theatre in 1931. The Tower was the first theater designed by architect S. Charles Lee. Seating 900 on a tiny site (50 feet wide by 153 feet long), replacing the 650-seat 1911 Garrick Theatre, it was designed in powerful Baroque Revival architecture, Baroque Revival style with innovative France, French, Spain, Spanish, Moorish, and Italy, Italian elements all executed in terra-cotta. Its interior was modeled after the Paris Opera House. Its exte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Globe Theatre (Los Angeles)
The Globe Theatre, originally the Morosco Theatre, and Garland Building, is an office building and theater at 744 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District of the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles. It opened in 1913, has 11 stories, and was designed in Beaux-Arts architectural style by the firm of Morgan, Walls & Morgan. Alfred F. Rosenheim designed its interiors. As of 2024 the venue is again closed, but has a capacity of 2,000. The Globe opened in 1913 as the Morosco Theatre with a seating capacity of 782, used for full-scale live dramatic theater, and built for impresario Oliver Morosco. The Garland Building was office space, forming a single building with the theater The Globe was converted into a movie theater during the Great Depression, and later on showed Spanish-language films until the 1980s It was converted into a swap meet in 1987. , the space was being remodeled as an entertainment venue The restored marquee was relit June 24, 2014. and served during t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Palace Theater (Los Angeles)
Palace Theatre, formerly Orpheum Theatre, Orpheum-Palace Theatre, Broadway Palace, Fox Palace, and New Palace Theatre, is a historic five-story theater and office building located at 636 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles. It is the oldest theater that remains on Broadway and the oldest remaining original Orpheum theater in the United States. History Beginnings Downtown Los Angeles's Palace Theatre was originally built as the third home of Los Angeles's Orpheum Circuit. Opened in 1911, the building was designed by G. Albert Lansburgh and Robert Brown Young, the former of whom would later design the nearby Orpheum Theatre, Hollywood Pacific Theatre, and many other theaters across the United States. This theater's seating capacity at opening was slightly less than 2,000. As the home of Los Angeles's Orpheum Circuit, many notable performers performed here during its early years, including Harry Houdini, Will Rogers, Fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Los Angeles Theatre
The Los Angeles Theatre is a 2,000-seat historic movie palace at 615 S. Broadway in the Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District in the historic core of Downtown Los Angeles. History This Los Angeles Theatre was constructed in late 1930 and early 1931. It was commissioned by H.L. Gumbiner, an independent film exhibitor from Chicago, who also built the nearby Tower Theatre. Designed by S. Charles Lee, and Samuel Tilden Norton, the theater features a French Baroque interior. With its grand central staircase and gold brocade drapes, it has for many years been considered to be among the city's most lavish landmarks. The opulent interior is said to have been modeled after the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. A crystal fountain stands at the top of the grand staircase, a restaurant and a ballroom were on the lower level. The theatre was built in less than six months. In August 1930 there was only an excavated hole in the ground, and in January 1931 the theatre had its grand ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arcade Theatre
The Arcade Theatre is a historic former vaudeville and movie theater in the Broadway district of Los Angeles, California. Commissioned by real estate developer William May Garland in 1910, it originally operated under the direction of Alexander Pantages. In 1920, the Pantages operation moved to a new auditorium on 7th Street; thereafter, the theater became known as Dalton's Broadway for two years before ultimately taking the Arcade name in 1924 in association with the adjacent Broadway-Spring Arcade building. Metropolitan Theatres later operated the facility as a grindhouse until its closure in 1992. Los Angeles architectural firm Morgan and Walls designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style. The seven-story building includes office space on its upper floors. The Arcade neighbors the former Cameo and Roxie movie theaters. The city of Los Angeles designated the Arcade Theatre a Historic-Cultural Monument in 1991. History Los Angeles real estate developer William May Ga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cameo Theatre (Los Angeles)
The Cameo Theatre is a historic former movie theater on Broadway in Los Angeles, California. Opened by film mogul W. H. Clune as Clune's Broadway Theatre in 1910, it was one of the first purpose-built movie theaters in the United States. It remained the oldest continually operating movie theater in Los Angeles until its closure in 1991. Alfred Rosenheim designed the building in the Neoclassical style. History Hollywood mogul W. H. Clune opened Clune's Broadway Theatre on October 10, 1910. Opening night rates were advertised at 10 cents for standard seats and 20 cents for loge seats. The theater became one of the first in the United States built specifically to show movies. In 1921, a Wurlitzer organ was installed in the theater. In 1924, Los Angeles theater proprietor H. L. Gumbinger closed the facility for renovation. The overhaul included the addition of a 16-piece house orchestra. Gumbinger reopened the building as the Cameo Theatre on August 1, 1924, with a premiere of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |