For a peak into Old Hollywood, check out the American Cinematheque Theatres when visiting the Los Angeles area. According to the organization itself, ?The American Cinematheque is a non-profit, viewer-supported cultural organization dedicated exclusively to the public presentation of the Moving Picture in all its forms. The Cinematheque presents the best of film and video - ranging from the classics to the outer frontiers of the art form.? You can experience their work at the Egyptian Theatre and the Aero Theatre.



The Egyptian Theatre is a historic fixture of Hollywood history, whose opening in 1922 marked the birth of Hollywood as we know it today. Over the years, the venerable venue has hosted premieres for some of the most revered pieces of work in the entire history of film, including My Fair Lady, Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, and Funny Girl. Although the theatre closed in 1992, it emerged once again in 1998, renovated to recapture its 1920s glamour and charm.

Sharing a similar prestige within the Santa Monica community and beyond is the Aero Theater, which opened in 1940. Serving the Westside of Los Angeles, the American Cinematheque's second theater was similarly renovated to restore the classic theater to its glory. Like the Egyptian Theatre, the Aero Theatre is one facet of the American Cinematheque's mission to bring film from all over the world and from all kinds of minds to the public in order to be studied and appreciated.

If you want to know more about the theaters themselves, you can take a historic tour. These tours transport you back to Old Hollywood, giving insight into what it would have been like attending a movie premiere in the 1920s at the Egyptian Theatre. Film buffs, though, will be right at home at either of the American Cinematheque's theaters, as the great variety of films played makes each and every visit to the Egyptian or Aero Theatres magical.