One of the first theaters Guests encounter as they tour the Theater District of Sunset Boulevard is Legends of Hollywood. Based on the Academy Theater in Inglewood, California, this classic example of Art Moderne design was built in 1939 to host the Academy Awards (although the Oscars never did move there).
Coming Attractions posters outside the theater advertise a wide variety of films soon to be playing at Legends, from comedies (Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) and thrillers (Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca) to gangster pictures (Angels with Dirty Faces) and musicals (Broadway Melody of 1940).
Tonight, Legends of Hollywood is hosting a grand premiere. The red carpet has been rolled out, and ritzy cars are pulling up to the theater to deliver their glamorous celebrity passengers for the evening's event.
For those who don't already have a ticket through the studio or their publicist, just stop by the Box Office:
The beauty of the theater carries over to the inside, with bold Art Deco styling in the flooring and fixtures:
A graphic mural along the back wall of the interior depicts each of the movie palaces represented at Disney's Hollywood Studios, along with the grandest of them all, Grauman's Chinese.
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