movie palace

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Buried in a bland mixed-use skyscraper in the dreary Financial District downtown, an aging, if glamorous, 1929 movie palace with rotten acoustics long served as the San Diego Symphony’s disagreeable home.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024

Clark, invited to D.J. the venue’s grand reopening party, was the room’s first inhabitant since a major renovation restored the former movie palace; a pristine, new-car smell lingered.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

The Ramova opened in 1929 as a single-screen movie palace.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

Now, "it's a brand new old movie palace, if that's not a contradiction in terms," Nicita added.

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2023

Fifty cents would be a lot to pay for a matinee, but the Egyptian Theatre was new, a lavish movie palace, and it had an exclusive on the picture.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu