The Mark Hellinger Theater survives today as one of the  few intact grand  movie  palaces  in  Manhattan, as well as one of  the  historic theaters that symbolize American theatre. Built for Warner Brothers in 1929 as the Hollywood Theater, it showcased movies and then vaudeville until 1934, when it was first converted for use as a legitimate theater.

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