The Callao Cinema is a building located in Plaza del Callao, Gran Via, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, the first work of the architect Luis Gutiérrez Soto, who built it in 1926. As of 2018, the building contained 2 film screens. It also features two large screens on its facade.
On June 13, 1929, the first synchronized speech film released in Spain was screened in this cinema: The jazz singer.
It is located next to the Carrión building, separated from it by Jacometrezo Street. The building was opened as a movie theater on December 11, 1926, showing the film Luis Candelas, el bandido de Madrid. These cinemas have hosted numerous premieres, premieres and other events. In 2016, to celebrate its 90th anniversary, various commemorative events were held.
The building has academic tendencies with a certain Spanish neo-baroque flavour and its interior decoration has Viennese and art deco suggestions. Initially it had a capacity for 1,500 people. Its terrace is designed to show open-air film sessions. The basement of the building was intended to house a Café or Cabaret, although it was later adapted to the old Xenón discotheque.
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