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A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in Southern California

 Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay

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
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
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 [C]
Roxy [C]

GLENDORA
Glendora 6 / Mann 6 [C]

GRANADA HILLS (Los Angeles)
Movies [C]

HOLLYWOOD (Los Angeles)
ArcLight Hollywood at Sunset & Vine
Cinerama / Cinerama Dome / ArcLight Hollywood at the Dome
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Egyptian / American Cinematheque / Lloyd E. Rigler
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

MARINA DEL REY (Los Angeles)
Cinema / Movies / Marina del Rey 6
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)
 
MONROVIA
Huntington Oaks 6 / Mann 6 [C]
 

NEWHALL (Santa Clarita)

Plaza [C]

NORTH HOLLYWOOD (Los Angeles)
Century 7 / Century 8
Movies / Valley Plaza 6

NORTH UNIVERSITY PARK (Los Angeles)
Eileen Norris / Norris Cinema Theatre Complex (USC)

NORTHRIDGE (Los Angeles)
Fox Northridge [C]
Northridge / Northridge 6 [C]

PARK LA BREA (Los Angeles)

Fairfax

Showcase / Regent Showcase

PASADENA
Marketplace [C]
Pasadena Hastings / Hastings [C]
United Artists [C]
Uptown [C]

PUENTE HILLS (City of Industry)
Plaza 10 [C]
Puente Hills East 6 / Mann 6 [C]

REDONDO BEACH
Galleria / Galleria South Bay [D]
Strand [D]

SAN PEDRO (Los Angeles)
Warner Grand

SANTA MONICA
Aero
Broadway
Criterion
Rosemary [D]

SHERMAN OAKS (Los Angeles)
Cinema / Sherman Oaks / Sherman Oaks 5 [D]
Galleria / Pacific 4 [D]
La Reina [C]

STUDIO CITY (Los Angeles)
Studio [C]

TARZANA (Los Angeles)
Valley West [C]

TEMPLE CITY
Temple

TORRANCE
Del Amo [D]
Del Amo Fashion Center 9 [C]
Old Towne / Torrance Promenade [C]

UNIVERSAL CITY (Los Angeles)
Universal City 18 / Universal Studios / Citywalk

WEST COVINA
Eastland [D]
Wescove [D]

WEST HILLS (Los Angeles)
Fallbrook / Fallbrook 7

WEST HOLLYWOOD
See: Beverly Hills / West Hollywood / Los Angeles

WEST LOS ANGELES (Los Angeles)
Picwood [D]
Royal

WESTWOOD VILLAGE (Los Angeles)
Cinema I, II & III / Avco Center / Avco / Avco 4
Bruin
Cinema Center / Coronet / United Artists / Westwood [C]
Crest / Metro / Majestic Crest / Westwood Crest
Egyptian / Odeon / Festival
James Bridges (Melnitz Hall, UCLA)
National [D] NEW
Plaza [D]
Regent
Village

WOODLAND HILLS (Los Angeles)
Topanga [C]
Warner Center [C]


 

ORANGE COUNTY (Links To A Separate Introduction)

ANAHEIM
Brookhurst [C]
Century 21 [D]
Cinemaland [D]

ANAHEIM HILLS (Anaheim)
Cinemapolis / Galaxy / Cinema City
Festival / Festival 8 / Anaheim Hills 14
 
BREA
Marketplace [C]

BUENA PARK
Movies / Movies 8 / Buena Park Mall [C]
Studio [C]

COSTA MESA
Cinema [C]
Mesa / The Mesa [D]
South Coast Plaza [D]
Town Center [D]

EL TORO
El Toro [C]

FOUNTAIN VALLEY
Fountain Valley Drive-In [D]

FULLERTON
Fullerton Town Center 8 / Fullerton 10 / Fullerton 20
Titan [C]

HUNTINGTON BEACH
Charter Centre [C]

Huntington [C]

Pierside Pavilion

IRVINE
University / University Town Center

LAGUNA HILLS
Laguna Hills Mall

LAGUNA NIGUEL
Rancho Niguel 8

MISSION VIEJO
Crown Valley [C]

NEWPORT BEACH
Fashion Island / Island 7
Newport / Big Newport / Newport 6

ORANGE
Cinedome 20 and 21 / Cinedome / Orange Cinedome [D]
The City / City Center / Century [D]

SANTA ANA
Hutton Centre / Hutton Centre 8 [D]
MainPlace / MainPlace 6
United Artists [D]

STANTON
Village Center [C]

WESTMINSTER
Cinema West [D]
Twin / Westminster Mall [D]



RIVERSIDE COUNTY

MORENO VALLEY
Canyon Springs

TownGate

PALM DESERT
Town Center / Town Center Cinema 7 / Cinemas Palme D'Or

PALM SPRINGS
Camelot / Festival of Arts

RIVERSIDE
Canyon Crest / Canyon Crest 9 [D]
Movies / Park Sierra / Riverside 6 [C]
Movies / Tyler Mall / Galleria / Cinema 4 / Riverside 4 [D]

TEMECULA
Temeku



SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

MONTCLAIR
Montclair [D]
Montclair Plaza [D]
Movies [C]

SAN BERNARDINO
Inland [C]
Inland Center [D]

UPLAND
Upland Cinema 8 / Cinema 8 / Foothill [C]

VICTORVILLE
Victor Valley 10



VENTURA COUNTY

OXNARD
Carriage Square [C]

THOUSAND OAKS
Melody

Movies / Oaks Mall

VENTURA
Buenaventura
Century
Fox Ventura [C]



SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

GOLETA

Fairview [D]

SANTA BARBARA
Arlington / Arlington Center
Fiesta / Fiesta 4 / Fiesta 5
Granada



SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY

ARROYO GRANDE
Festival



KERN COUNTY

BAKERSFIELD
Cinema Valley Plaza / Valley Plaza [D]
East Hills 7
Movies 6



SAN DIEGO COUNTY

CARLSBAD
Plaza Camino Real

ESCONDIDO
Carousel 6 [C]
Movies / Del Norte Plaza [C]

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