Hollywood Pacific Theatre, Movie theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States
Hollywood Pacific Theatre is a movie theater on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, housed in a Renaissance Revival building designed by architect G. Albert Lansburgh. The building combines ground-floor retail spaces with several floors of offices and an oval-shaped auditorium.
The theater opened in 1928 as Warner Bros. Theatre and was one of the first venues in Hollywood built from the start for sound pictures. In 1953, the auditorium was modified to accommodate the new widescreen format that studios had just introduced.
The rooftop letters still read "WARNERS" on the reverse, though "PACIFIC" covers them from the street. Carol Burnett worked here as an usherette in the 1950s and was fired after letting latecomers wait for the next screening; her Walk of Fame star sits at 6439 Hollywood Blvd., outside the entrance. From 2006 to 2013 the Ecclesia Hollywood church held Sunday services in the auditorium.
The theater entrance faces Hollywood Boulevard at Wilcox Avenue, and Carol Burnett's Walk of Fame star sits at 6439 Hollywood Blvd., just outside it. The balcony sections have stayed closed since 1994 for structural safety, so only the street-level exterior and the boulevard frontage can be seen. The building is a contributing property of the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District.
The rooftop radio masts of KFWB still stand, and the original "WARNERS" lettering survives on the reverse of the letters now reading "PACIFIC" on the facade. Carol Burnett, fired as an usherette here in the 1950s, asked that her Walk of Fame star be placed at 6439 Hollywood Blvd., outside the theater entrance.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 93,396 contributors worldwide.