University of Southern California USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
  • Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
  • About Us
  • Civic Center/Little Tokyo
  • Fashion District
  • Historic Core
    • Map
    • 7th street
    • Arcade Building
    • Bank of America (former)
    • Barclay Hotel
    • Biddy Mason Park
    • Bradbury Building
    • Broadway
    • Broadway Department Store
    • Clark Hotel
    • Continental Building
    • Craby Joe's
    • Eastern Columbia Building
    • Farmers and Merchants Bank
    • Grand Central Market
    • Hotel Alexandria
    • Jewelry District
    • Los Angeles Theater
    • May Company Department Store
    • May Company Parking Garage
    • Million Dollar Theater
    • Orpheum Theater
    • Oviatt & Pacific Mutual Buildings
    • Pacific Electric Building
    • Pacific Stock Exchange (former)
    • Pershing Square
    • Rosslyn Hotel
    • Roxie Theater
    • Spring Street
    • State Theater
    • Subway Terminal Building
    • The Tower Theater
    • Title Guarantee Building
    • United Artists Theater
  • New Downtown
  • South Park
  • Pueblo/Chinatown
  • Wholesale District/Skid Row
  • Acknowledgements
  • Sources
  • Dr. Curtis C. Roseman
  • Email: croseman@usc.edu

The Tower Theater

At the corner of 8th and Broadway, the Tower is one of more than a dozen classic movie houses on or near Broadway. It opened in 1927, the first of the Broadway theaters built to accommodate "talkies."

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