El Capitan Theatre
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Not to be confused with El Capitan Theatre and Hotel, San Francisco.
For the nearby theatre known, during the 1940s, by the same name and the location of the iconic "Checkers speech", see Avalon Hollywood.
El Capitan Theatre is a fully restored movie palace at 6838 Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States. The theater and adjacent Hollywood Masonic Temple (now known as the El Capitan Entertainment Centre) is owned by The Walt Disney Company and serves as the venue for a majority of the Walt Disney Studios' film premieres.[3]
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Location within Los Angeles County | |
Address | 6838 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, California 90028 |
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Coordinates | 34.101111°N 118.339722°W / 34.101111; -118.339722 |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
Operator | Buena Vista Theatres, Inc. |
Type | Movie palace |
Capacity | 1,100[1] |
Screens | 1 |
Construction | |
Opened | May 3, 1926 (1926-05-03)[1] |
Closed |
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Reopened |
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Architect | G. Albert Lansburgh Stiles O. Clements |
Builder | Charles E. Toberman |
Tenants | |
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | |
Website | |
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Designated | 1990[2] |
Reference no. | 495 |
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