El Capitan Theater [Los Angeles]
type: Item
label: El Capitan Theatre @nl
description: Theatre building in Los Angeles, USA
description: bioscoop in Hollyood, Los Angeles, Verenigde Staten @nl
alternative label: El Capitan Theater
EUTA building identifier: 5009
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: USA
City: Los Angeles
opening date: 1926-05-03T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q849284
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Wikidata instance: Q6926878
Carthalia ID: 5128
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built by G. Albert Lansburgh and Stiles O. Clements for Charles Edward Toberman. Opened 3 May 1926 as a live theatre named El Capitan Theatre with Charlot's Revue. Used as a cinema since the 1930s. On 9 May 1941, site of the world premiere of the 1941 film, www.imdb.comCitizen Kane. Renamed Hollywood Paramount Theatre. 1972 renamed Hollywood Cinema, 1973 again Paramount Theatre. 1989-1991 renovated by the Walt Disney company. Installation of a 1929 theatre organ from the Fox Theatre, San Francisco. Re-opened 18 June 1991 as El Capitan Theatre. Since then, site of many world premieres of films made by Disney Studios. 1100 seats.