LA’s Oldest Movie Theater

The Palace Theater once known as the Orpheum is where Michael Jackson and his video girlfriend watch Vincent Price's "Thriller" right before the singer turns into one of the undead. In real life the theater was used only for its exterior in the video as the indoor shots were filmed at the Rialto in Pasadena. The Palace is the oldest existing Orpheum where legends such as Houdini, Bob Hope, the Marx Brothers, and Will Rogers stood on the stage but today it is only used for special events.