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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

The neon crown above Wilshire Boulevard has been glowing since 1936. The El Rey Theatre at 5515 Wilshire, in the heart of the Miracle Mile's preserved Art Deco district, was designed by Clifford A. Balch - architect of more than twenty Southern California picture houses - as a single-screen neighbourhood cinema, its Zigzag Moderne facade, terrazzo forecourt and blazing vertical sign making it one of the finest surviving examples of the style in the city. It ran movies for nearly fifty years, th...