Warner Bros. build Hollywood Theatre, 1926

Heading: (California - Hollywood)
Author:
Title: Bond prospectus for Warner Bros. Hollywood Theatre
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:S.W. Straus & Co.
Date Published: 1926
Description:

4 pp., single folded sheet. 35x21.5 cm (13¾x8½").

Bond offering to raise $800,000 for the construction of what was to become the Hollywood Pacific Theatre, at 6433 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Originally known as the Warner Bros. Theatre or Warner Hollywood Theatre, the Italianate beaux arts building was designed by architect G. Albert Lansburgh with approximately 2,700 seats. It opened on April 26, 1928, showcasing the studio's early Vitaphone talking film Glorious Betsy, starring Conrad Nagel and Dolores Costello.

Warner Bros. owned radio station KFWB positioned its radio transmitter towers on top of the building, which remain to this day. Though covered by "PACIFIC" lettering, the original "WARNERS" lettering can still be seen inside each tower.
Condition Report: Portion of first page darkened; very good.