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The Los Angeles Theatre is a 2,000 seat movie palace located at 615 S. Broadway in the historic Broadway Theater District in Downtown Los Angeles.This Los Angeles Theatre was constructed in late 1930 and early 1931. It was commissioned by H.L. Gumbiner, an independent film exhibitor from Chicago,who also built the nearby Tower Theatre.Designed by S. Charles Lee,and Samuel Tilden Norton, the theater features a French Baroque interior. With its grand central staircase, and gold brocade drapes it has for many years been considered to be among the city's most lavish landmarks.The opulent interior is said to have been modeled after the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles.A crystal fountain stood at the head of the grand staircase, and a restaurant and a ballroom were on the lower level.

Construction was completed in less than six months and cost $1.5 million.Charlie Chaplin helped fund the completion so that it would be ready to open with the premiere of his film City Lights in Jan ...