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Hollywood Warner Theatre Has Been Vacant Since 2013. Here’s Why

  • Apr 11
  • 5 min read

With the news that the lone activist fighting for the Cinerama Dome’s reopening has been silenced, let’s take a look at Robertson Properties Group’s other vacant historic property: Warner Bros. Theatre, also known as the Hollywood Warner and the Hollywood Pacific.


Historic theater with "Warner Bros" sign, 1930s cars parked nearby. Crowd gathers under marquee advertising movies. Smoke shop sign visible.
Warner Bros. Theatre soon after its 1928 opening (California State Library)

Hollywood’s first movie palace designed specifically for sound, the $2 million theatre opened on April 26, 1928 with the “part-talking” Glorious Betsy starring Conrad Nagel and Dolores Costello. Matinees were 35¢; evening showings 50¢.

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