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Southern California 70mm Equipped Theatres & Photo Gallery

The list below includes the names of the commercial motion picture theatres equipped for 70-millimeter film presentation in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.  The regions covered include Los Angeles County, plus Orange County to the south, Riverside and San Bernardino counties to the east, and Ventura and Santa Barbara counties to the northwest.  And due to the occasional inclusion in the Los Angeles newspaper advertisements, selected theatres from Kern, San Luis Obispo, and San Diego counties are also included. 
 
Note that the list of theatres is not a listing of venues currently in operation that have 70mm presentation capability.  Instead, this is a historical list which documents those theatres known or believed to have been 70mm-equipped at one time or another between 1955 (the introduction of Todd-AO) and the present.  (The list accounts for 5-perf 70mm; 8- and 15-perf special venue theatres have not been included.) 
 
Many of the theatres listed are closed or have been demolished.  A few theatres listed are still standing as structures, but have been coverted into other uses.  Some, however, are currently in operation and may still have 70mm projection capability.  The theatres have been identified sans owner/chain/circuit and years of operation, and are arranged alphabetically based on city, community or recognized place.  To find out which companies operated the theatres or which films were exhibited in them, please see our year-by-year engagement lists.

We've also included photo galleries when photos and advertisements have been available.  We will expand many of the theatre photo galleries over time.  Some galleries may seem "thin" in comparison to others, and for good reason.  Many theatres simply didn't have photos available, or very few (if any) were taken during their existence.  However, in our pursuit to catalog every 70mm-equipped theatre in Southern California, we have been able to take pictures of several existing structures.  We've also enlisted help from some very enthusiastic historians who've been kind enough to supply historical photos. Check back, because many of the links featured here will "go live" soon.

LEGEND

[C] Closed/Building Exists
[D] Closed/Building Demolished
[?] Status unknown

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

AGOURA HILLS
Mann 8 / Agoura Hills 8 / Agoura

ALHAMBRA
Alhambra Place [D]
 
AZUSA
Foothill Center / Foothill 10
 
BEVERLY HILLS
Beverly / The Beverly [D]
Doheny Plaza [C]
Fine Arts / Cecchi Gori Fine Arts [C]
Fox Wilshire / Wilshire [C]
Samuel Goldwyn (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Stanley-Warner Beverly Hills / Beverly Hills [D]

BEVERLY HILLS / WEST HOLLYWOOD / LOS ANGELES
Beverly Center / Cineplex Beverly Center [C]
Beverly Connection [D]

BURBANK
Burbank / Burbank 10 / Burbank 14 [D]

CARTHAY CIRCLE (Los Angeles)
Carthay Circle [D]

CENTRAL CITY / DOWNTOWN (Los Angeles)
Globe [C]
United Artists / Downtown [C]

CENTURY CITY (Los Angeles)
Century 14 [D]
Century City / City / Century Plaza [D]

CERRITOS
Twin [D]

CULVER CITY
Culver Plaza

EAGLE ROCK (Los Angeles)
Eagle [?]

GLENDALE
Alex
Central / Central 5 [C]
Exchange
Glendale [D]
Roxy [C]

GLENDORA
Glendora 6 / Mann 6 [D]

GRANADA HILLS (Los Angeles)
Movies [C]

HOLLYWOOD (Los Angeles)
ArcLight Hollywood at Sunset & Vine
Cinerama / Cinerama Dome / ArcLight Hollywood at the Dome UPDATED!
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Egyptian / American Cinematheque / Lloyd E. Rigler UPDATED!
Fox [C]
Galaxy / Galaxy 6 / Hollywood Galaxy [C]
Grauman's Chinese / Chinese / Chinese Complex
Hollywood [C]
Hollywood Paramount / Loew's / Paramount / El Capitan
Linwood Dunn (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Pantages / Hollywood Pantages
Vogue [C]
Warner Hollywood / Warner Hollywood Cinerama / Hollywood Pacific / Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) [C]

HOLLYWOOD HILLS (Los Angeles)
Hollywood Bowl

LA MIRADA
Gateway / Gateway 5 [D]
La Mirada 6 [D]
Stanley-Warner La Mirada [C]

LAKEWOOD
Lakewood Center / Lakewood Center Stadium 16
Lakewood Plaza / Lakewood / Movies 6

LONG BEACH
Movies / Movies 6 / Marketplace / Long Beach 6
The Richard And Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center

LOS ANGELES
Ford Amphitheater

MARINA DEL REY (Los Angeles)
Cinema / Movies / Marina del Rey 6 [C]
Marina Marketplace / Marketplace

MIRACLE MILE (Los Angeles)
4 Star / Four Star [C]
Ritz / Fox Ritz [C]
Leo S. Bing / Bing (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) UPDATED!
 
MONROVIA
Huntington Oaks 6 / Mann 6 [C] 

NEWHALL (Santa Clarita)
Plaza [C]