Majestic Theatre was designed by Edelman & Barnett and built by Mayberry & Parker for Asher Hamburger in 1908.

Its first showing, on November 23, 1908, was a Shubert production of The Land of Nod starring Knox Wilson.

It was also the venue of choice for Lon Chaney in 1910 and Ramon Navarro worked as an usher here before becoming a film star.

[2] In 1913, on the opening night of the Kolb and Dill show, Lon Chaney's wife Cleva interrupted the performance and attempted suicide onstage.

[1] In 1926, the theater partnered with Orange Grove Theatre to show vaudeville and burlesque, after which it was subject to numerous police raids for indecency violations.