Private company
Metropolitan Theatres
Movie theatre chain in southern California
Metropolitan Theatres is Los Angeles's oldest movie theater chain. Opened in 1923, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024, at which point they owned 15 theaters: ten in southern California (including seven out of eight in Santa Barbara), three in Colorado, and two in Utah.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Metropolitan Theatres is Los Angeles's oldest movie theater chain. Opened in 1923, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024, at which point they owned 15 theaters: ten in southern California (including seven out of eight in Santa Barbara), three in Colorado, and two in Utah.2
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- WikipediaMetropolitan Theatres (Los Angeles)
- WikidataQ131320579
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- 2WikipediaMetropolitan Theatres on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsMetropolitan Theatres photo by DillyLynn, CC BY-SA 3.0