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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » California » West Hollywood » Marquis Theatre

Marquis Theatre

West Hollywood, CA
9038 Melrose Avenue
, West Hollywood, CA 90069 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 900
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Frank Rasche
Firm: Unknown
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West Hollywood was still called Sherman when the Marquis Theatre was built in 1925. Operated by Fox West Coast Theatres for many years, the house was sold to the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1946, and altered for use as the Academy's headquarters.

Even before the theater was purchased by the Academy, Fox West Coast had often made the house available for special screenings related to the Academy's annual Oscar events, such as block screenings of nominated short subjects. In 1948, the Oscar ceremonies themselves were presented at the Marquis Theatre, by then called the AMPAS Theatre.

The Academy moved to a new headquarters in Beverly Hills in 1976, and the Marquis Theatre was demolished. The property is currently occupied by a modern office complex and its parking lot.
Contributed by Joe Vogel

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Life Magazine photo of the Marquis, long after it had closed as a regular movie house and had become become the AMPAS Academy Award Theatre. This 1972 photo was taken only a few years before the buildng was demolished.
posted by Joe Vogel on Apr 2, 2009 at 11:09pm
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