Titan Theatre
2500 Nutwood, Fullerton, CA.

Specifications

    Operators: Loews/GCC
    Status: Closed
    Opened: 7/13/66
    Closed: 1976
    Current Use:  Religious College
    Screens: 1
    Seating: Slope

Profile

Built across the street from California State University Fullerton and named after the school’s teams, the Titan had a brief run, serving a predominantly student based cliental.

Designed in the “googie” style of architecture, the Titan had a 50’s/60’s futuristic, “space age” looking exterior; featuring a cantilevered folded plate roof, tropical landscaping, and a bold use of glass. The interior was somewhat bland, with a stone wall lining the rear of a modest earth tone lobby. The single auditorium sat roughly 800 and featured a small stage.

While highly regarded for it’s unique architecture, the Titan proved less successful as a cinema and was closed by General Cinemas in 1976. Roughly a year later, the venue was picked up by Hope University (a religious college) and converted in to a conference/performance hall. Aside from the screen being removed, the Titan has remained relatively intact up to the present day.

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