Movie theater
El Capitan Theatre
6838 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Restored nineteen-twenties movie palace with a gilded East Indian interior, host to landmark Hollywood film premieres.
El Capitan Theatre's guide begins in 1941, when Orson Welles brought the world premiere of Citizen Kane here after the big studios refused to book it, filling this 1926 playhouse's gold-leaf, East Indian-style hall with temporary projection gear for a single night. It follows what happened to the theatre afterward, as it closed within months and reopened under a new name and a sleek modern look, its original nineteen-twenties decor sealed away behind new paneling. For decades, audiences here had no idea what waited behind the walls.
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