The United Theater on Broadway

The United Theater on Broadway is marked by its soaring height and a Spanish Gothic exterior that reaches above the surrounding buildings. When it opened on December twenty-sixth, nineteen twenty-seven, it was the tallest building in Los Angeles. Its design reflects the tastes of its founders—Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith—the stars who formed United Artists to gain independence from the major studios of the era.