Baronlando said:
The '82 rerelease played in Hollywood, (across the street from the more famous Chinese). The theater was restored (and its original name, El Capitan) but is significantly smaller now on the inside than it was in the 80s, too bad. Sure enough here's the picture they have <snip image>
Wait. Honestly? That theater shrank? Because it's still massive. I love the El Cap but rarely go because they charge such a premium to get in.
My experience stems from only the ROTJ SE and the prequels, but I saw them all here:
The Fox Village Theatre, in Westwood. It's a grand old movie palace that probably looks about the same as it did in the 1930's.
It is a lot larger than this picture makes it look, I can assure you. How many theaters do you know with balconies? Seeing the movies on this screen really brought home that deep down they're all about spectacle.