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Globe Theater

2001 Photo from the Bob Meza collection.

744 S Broadway
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles) CA

	Record #10464
Opened: January 6, 1913 Closed: 1987 Current Use: Night Club Demolished:	Capacity: 782 seats Architect(s): Morgan Walls & Morgan; A F Rosenheim Architectural Style(s): National Register: Current Organ: none
Also Known As: Morosco, President, Newsreel
Previously operated by: Principal Theatres, Fox West Coast Theatres, Metropolitan Theatres

Theatrical producer Oliver Morosco built the Morosco Theatre in 1913 as his Los Angeles base. After he moved on in the 1920s, the theater continued to host live shows until it was converted for motion picture use during the Depression. It ran an all-newsreel program for many years. The theater eventually resorted to Spanish-language films until it was closed in 1987 and converted for retail use. The auditorium has been converted into a dance club.

The Morosco name still exists on the building behind the modern marquee. The interior of the 11-story Beaux Arts office building was designed by Alfred Rosenheim, who also designed Clune's Broadway (now Cameo) Theatre. The raked auditorium floor was leveled in the 1987 conversion, but the balconies and marble staircases remain.

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June 2008 photos from the Bob Meza collection.

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May 2003 photos from the Adam Martin collection.

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August 2001 photos from the Bob Meza collection.

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Photos from the Darren Snow collection.

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Last featured 5/6/2003. Last edited 11/24/2022.

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