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The building's full restoration was completed in December 1997, which included the sign tower. The $3 million seismic retrofitting was finished in time for the June 21, 1996, premiere of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A Disney Store location opened next to the theater in the El Capitan Building in 1998. In July 1998, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution purchased the convention hall to continue using it as a promotional venue. įrom the November 18, 1995, Toy Story premiere to January 1, 1996, Disney rented the Masonic Convention Hall, the next-door building, for Totally Toy Story, an instant theme park and a promotional event for the movie. In July 1995, Buena Vista purchased the Lanterman organ from Glendale City Redevelopment Agency. CUNA Mutual, having Disney as a continuing tenant, not only refurbished the theater but the office floors above for $10 million. The owner walked away from the theater leaving the building to its mortgage company, CUNA Mutual Group. Īfter the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the building's frame was compromised and the theater had been flooded by its sprinklers and was considered uninhabitable by building inspectors. A Michael Jackson mural was approved by the National Park Service to be placed on the side of the building in December 1992. The 1992 National Preservation Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation was bestowed on the restorers of the theater. In 1990, the city of Los Angeles designated El Capitan as a Cultural Heritage Monument. El Capitan reopened in 1991 with the premiere of The Rocketeer. They spent $14 million on a complete renovation of the Paramount, restoring much of the building's original decor as well as the theater's original name. These theaters became Disney's flagship houses. Late in the 1980s, Disney purchased a controlling stake in one of Pacific Theatres' chains, leading to Disney's Buena Vista Theaters and Pacific renovating the El Capitan Theatre and the Crest by 1989. Harnsberger, had assigned authority for the theater's facade to the Los Angeles Conservancy in exchange for historical building tax credits. The building's owners, Nick Olaerts and Thomas L.

In 1985, Pacific Theatres purchased the theater from SRO Theaters. Furniture closed its location in the building in the 1970s.

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After this, the Hollywood Paramount was operated by United Paramount Theatres for some years, then by a series of other companies, culminating with ownership by the Pacific Theatres Circuit in the 1980s.Īfter a 50-year stay, Barker Bros. to divest itself of its theater holdings. Supreme Court's decision in the antitrust case U.S. The theater remained the West Coast flagship for Paramount Pictures until the studio was forced by the U.S. Its inaugural film presentation was Cecil B. The theater reopened in 1942 as the Hollywood Paramount Theater. The building was remodeled in the modern style, with the decor covered with curtains and removing the box-seat balconies. The theater then closed for one year as Paramount Pictures purchased the theater. When Orson Welles was unable to locate a theater owner willing to risk screening Citizen Kane, he turned to the El Capitan, and in 1941, Citizen Kane had its world premiere there. In an effort to boost attendance at the theater, its management attempted to lure revues, road shows and benefits.ĭespite these efforts, business was faltering, and the theater then began showing movies. This period saw a cycle of experimentation with entertainment. īy the late 1930s, El Capitan felt the economic effects of the Depression, showcasing fewer and fewer productions. El Capitan continue presenting live theater for a decade, with over 120 productions including such legends as Clark Gable and Joan Fontaine. Įl Capitan, dubbed "Hollywood's First Home of Spoken Drama," began presenting live performances on May 3, 1926, with Charlot's Revue starring Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan. Furniture Emporium took up the rest of the building in the 1920s. With Sid Grauman, he opened the three themed theaters: Egyptian (1922), El Capitan (1926), and Chinese (1927). Toberman was involved in 36 projects while building the Max Factor Building (now the Hollywood Museum), Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and the Hollywood Masonic Temple. Toberman (the "Father of Hollywood") envisioned a thriving Hollywood theater district. In the early 1920s, real estate developer Charles E.