Hollywood mogul
W. H. Clune opened Clune's Broadway Theatre on October 10, 1910. Opening night rates were advertised at 10 cents for standard seats and 20 cents for
loge seats. The theater became one of the first in the United States built specifically to show movies. In 1921, a
Wurlitzer organ was installed in the theater. In 1924, Los Angeles theater proprietor H. L. Gumbinger closed the facility for renovation. The overhaul included the addition of a 16-piece house
orchestra. Gumbinger reopened the building as the Cameo Theatre on August 1, 1924, with a premiere of the
Universal Pictures silent drama
The Signal Tower attended by its director and co-stars. Various companies subsequently operated the Cameo throughout its history:
Fox West Coast Theatres,
Pacific Theatres, and
Metropolitan Theatres. The decline of the Cameo mirrored the downturn of the
Broadway Theater District in Los Angeles. At the time, it was the oldest operating movie theater in Los Angeles. The building retained most of its original facade and was converted into retail space. ==See also==