The Arcade opened as the first Pantages theatre in Los Angeles on September 26, 1910. Its original seating capacity was 1400. It served Pantages for a decade before the second Pantages was constructed at 7th & Hill. In 1928, it was renamed the Arcade to associate it with the new Broadway Arcade Building and became exclusively at movie theatre. It closed in 1992. The lobby is now a store while the auditorium is still intact minus seats in the lower level. It is now used for storage.
The Cameo opened on October 10, 1910 as Clunes’s Broadway and had an original seating capacity of 775.
It operated continuously until it closed after showing movies on Sunday, December 3, 1991.
It was built as one of the first “movies only” theatres in the country.
In its last years, it attracted drunks and homeless who would sleep there until the movies ended at 4:00am.
The lobby has been divided into tiny retail stores.
The intact auditorium is used for storage.
The Globe is currently an all night dance club called the “Club Orion”.
The Arcade opened as the first Pantages theatre in Los Angeles on September 26, 1910. Its original seating capacity was 1400. It served Pantages for a decade before the second Pantages was constructed at 7th & Hill. In 1928, it was renamed the Arcade to associate it with the new Broadway Arcade Building and became exclusively at movie theatre. It closed in 1992. The lobby is now a store while the auditorium is still intact minus seats in the lower level. It is now used for storage.
The Cameo opened on October 10, 1910 as Clunes’s Broadway and had an original seating capacity of 775.
It operated continuously until it closed after showing movies on Sunday, December 3, 1991.
It was built as one of the first “movies only” theatres in the country.
In its last years, it attracted drunks and homeless who would sleep there until the movies ended at 4:00am.
The lobby has been divided into tiny retail stores.
The intact auditorium is used for storage.