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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:29:00

Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith built themselves a cathedral - literally modeled on one - to premiere their own films. The United Theater on Broadway at 929 South Broadway opened on December 26, 1927 with Pickford's My Best Girl, the flagship of the United Artists theater circuit. Architect C. Howard Crane - his only West Coast design - delivered a Spanish Gothic movie palace inspired by the castles and cathedrals Pickford and Fairbanks saw honeymooning in Sp...