Talk:El Capitan Theatre

Nixon's "Checkers" Speech
I have removed the claim that Nixon's famous "Checkers" speech originated from this theater. Though this theater opened under the name El Capitan, in 1952 it was called the Paramount, and operated exclusively as a movie house. The name El Capitan was returned to the theatre in the 1990s, when the house was restored by the Disney Company.

The El Capitan Theatre in which Nixon gave his speech was the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, later known as the Hollywood Palace. Whyaduck 03:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Wouldn't a mention on the page indicating this fact be wise? The Checkers speech was an iconic moment in American politics, and the venue of the same name, in the same town, should indicate at least a mention and a Wikipedia redirect to the Hollywood Palace. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.183.139.35 (talk) 18:08, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and added a mention to the Checkers Speech, identifying the misconception. This should now cover anyone who navigates to this page expecting to see something on the subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.183.139.35 (talk) 18:40, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

"Kane" confusion
This post was originally a request for help in tracking down a solid source to cite in order to "correct" the claim that the 1941 Hollywood premiere of Citizen Kane took place at this theater, rather than at the much smaller theater at 1735 Vine known as the El Capitan in the 1940s, later renamed the Hollywood Palace and now called the Avalon Hollywood. That bit of purported myth-busting has been floating around online and has appeared in some usually quite reliable high-end blogs, but not in a form that would pass muster for citing in an article, hence my request for assistance in sourcing. Minutes after hitting the "save page" button, I found a contemporary source which indicates that in this instance it is the myth-busters who are confused, and that I should count myself lucky not to have quite followed them into the pit by actually "correcting" the article. It appears that not only did Citizen Kane indeed have its premiere at the Hollywood Boulevard El Capitan, but that it was also the very first film ever to be screened there. Quite an impressive way to make a transition from legit stage to movie theater. See the contemporary Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin items indexed by this Media History Digital Library search for transcriptions of the gist and scans of the source pages. I commend them to anyone else who may be in peril of falling into the same error. They document both the Kane premiere and the imminent rechristening of the theater as Paramount's long-sought Hollywood showplace. 66.249.175.39 (talk) 23:13, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

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