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Address | 307 S. Broadway |
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Location | Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates | 34°3′2.98″N 118°14′53.29″W / 34.0508278°N 118.2481361°W |
Public transit | Civic Center/Grand Park station |
Owner | Langdon Street Capital |
Type | Movie palace |
Capacity | 2,041 |
Construction | |
Built | 1917 |
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Million Dollar Theatre | |
Architect | Albert C. Martin Sr. |
Architectural style | Early Commercial, Spanish Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 78000687[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 20, 1978 |
The Million Dollar Theatre at 307 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles is one of the first movie palaces built in the United States. It opened in 1917 with the premiere of William S. Hart's The Silent Man.[2] It's the northernmost of the collection of historical movie palaces in the Broadway Theater District and stands directly across from the landmark Bradbury Building. The theater is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[3]