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Million Dollar Theater

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]

Address

307 S. Broadway

Los Angeles, California

34°3′2.98″N 118°14′53.29″W / 34.0508278°N 118.2481361°W / 34.0508278; -118.2481361

Civic Center/Grand Park station

Langdon Street Capital

Movie palace

2,041

1917

Albert C. Martin Sr.

Early Commercial, Spanish Colonial Revival

78000687[1]

July 20, 1978

The exterior of the theater, along with the across the street, appear prominently in several films shot on location, including D.O.A. (1949) and Blade Runner (1982).[9][10]

Bradbury Building

The interior of the theater appears prominently in the film (2011).

The Artist

The exterior of the theater appears in Johnny Gill's music video "Fairweather Friend".

The theatre was featured in the videogame as the Ten Cent Theater.

Grand Theft Auto V

The theater was featured in 's Harry Bosch novel The Overlook as the site of a secret FBI unit, and the site of a climactic shootout.

Michael Connelly

The music video for 's cover of "Into the Unknown", heard at the end credits for Frozen II, was filmed in the empty interior of the theater.[11]

Panic! at the Disco

The theater was featured as a haunted location on season 2 episode "Ghostly Gates". Host Josh Gates invites Jack Osborne to investigate the building's claims of paranormal activity.[12]

Josh Gates Tonight

Broadway (Los Angeles)

Broadway Theater and Commercial District

Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)

Los Angeles Theatre

Tower Theatre (Los Angeles)

Events

History of the Million Dollar Theatre

Million Dollar Theatre - Cinema Treasures