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584. Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, also known as Egyptian Hollywood and the Egyptian, is a historic movie theater located on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. [1] Opened in 1922, it is an early example of a lavish movie palace and is noted as having been the site of the world's first film premiere.
Discount theater. Discount theaters, also known as dollar theaters, dollar movies, second-run theaters, and sub-run theaters, are movie theaters that show motion pictures for reduced prices after those films depart first-run theaters. [1] [2] Originally, they would receive release prints of 35 mm films after those prints had been shown already ...
John A. Martin & Associates. General contractor. Clark Construction. Website. Official website. The Peacock Theater, formerly Nokia Theatre and Microsoft Theater, is a music and theater venue in downtown Los Angeles, California at L.A. Live. The theater auditorium seats 7,100 [2] and holds one of the largest indoor stages in the United States.
January 30, 1990. Reference no. 476. The Belasco Theater is a historic theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Opened in 1926, it operated as a playhouse and briefly as a movie theater until its closure in 1950, after which it was used for non-theater purposes. The building was renovated and reopened as a music venue called The Belasco in ...
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) (destroyed by an earthquake) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (destroyed by a nuclear bomb) Double Dragon (1994) (destroyed by a major earthquake in 2007) Escape from L.A. (1996) (destroyed by a major earthquake and tsunami in 2000) Independence Day (1996) (destroyed by an alien invasion)
The idea for the Greek Theatre originated with wealthy landowner Griffith J. Griffith, who donated 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of land to the city of Los Angeles in 1896 to create Griffith Park. [2] In his will he left money for the construction of a Greek theatre. A canyon site was chosen because of its good acoustics.
ArcLight Cinemas was an American movie theater chain that operated from 2002 to 2021. It was owned by The Decurion Corporation, which was also the parent company of Pacific Theatres. The ArcLight chain opened in 2002 as a single theater, the ArcLight Hollywood in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and later expanded to eleven locations in California ...
Walt Disney Concert Hall. / 34.05528°N 118.25000°W / 34.05528; -118.25000. The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It was opened on October 23, 2003.