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| Address | 6629Hollywood Boulevard,Hollywood, California |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°06′07″N118°20′02″W / 34.102°N 118.334°W /34.102; -118.334 |
| Type | Indoormovie theater |
| Capacity | 897 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | July 1935 |
| Renovated | 1959 |
| Closed | 2001 |
| Years active | 1935-1995 |
| Architect | S. Charles Lee |
Vogue Theatre was a historicmovie theater located at 6629 W.Hollywood Boulevard inHollywood, California. It has housed theVogue Multicultural Museum since 2021.
Vogue Theatre was built as an 897-seatmovie theater byS. Charles Lee, who was responsible for many theaters inLos Angeles, including the nearbyHollywood Theater andHolly Cinema. The theater was originally designed with aStreamline Moderne exterior andAmerican Colonial interior.[1] It opened either on July 9, 1935 showingLadies Crave Excitement[1] or on July 16, 1935[2] showingThe Phantom Fiend.[3]
Fox West Coast Theatres operated the theater from July 10, 1945, and the theater was modernized byJ. Walter Bantou andJ. Arthur Drielsma in July 1959,[3] at a cost of $250,000 ($2.7 million in2024).[4]
In 1984, theHollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to theNational Register of Historic Places, with Vogue Theatre listed in the district. The listing notes that the theater was "representative of the concentration of entertainment facilities in the district" but also was "heavily altered" and "lacks visual integrity". Ultimately, it was not considered acontributing property.[5]
Mann Theatres took over operations of this theater in the early 1990s, and in 1995, it closed as a movie theater. For a short time after, the space was used forpsychic performances and as a film location. In December 2001, the theatre fittings were stripped out and sold off.[2]
In 2010, the theater re-opened as a music club, restaurant, and performance space, but it closed in 2015. In March 2018, the theater re-opened again, this time as a free museum called Screenbid, an offshoot of the online auction houseScreenBid.com, but they moved out in 2019. In early 2020, the space was once again advertised as for lease.[2][6]
In 2021, the theater housed theVogue Multicultural Museum, whose first exhibit was atraveling exhibition showcasing fifty years of the bandPink Floyd.[6][7] The theater has been home to Victory Outreach Ministries International and the Third Wave Hollywood Church since 2023.[citation needed]