# Cine Callao

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**Cine Callao** is a building located in [Plaza de Callao](/source/Callao_Square) in [Madrid](/source/Madrid). It is a common venue for film premieres and press screenings.[1][2]

Designed by [Luis Gutiérrez Soto](/source/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez_Soto), the facade features elements inspired by the [Art Deco](/source/Art_Deco).[3] The building was inaugurated on 11 December 1926.[4][5] On 13 June 1929, it hosted the first screening in Spain of a film featuring synchronized speech, *[The Jazz Singer](/source/The_Jazz_Singer)*.[1] In the 1970s, its basement housed the 'Xenon' discotheque.[5] As of 2018, the building contained 2 film screens.[5] It also features two large screens on its facade.[1]

## References

1. Tabera, Irene (18 August 2021). ["Cines Callao: el templo del Art Decó en el que se proyectó la primera película de España"](https://www.que.madrid/2021/08/18/cines-callao-templo-pelicula-espana-188619/). *[Qué!](/source/Qu%C3%A9!)*

1. ["El Cine Callao celebra sus 90 años con una gran fiesta que rendirá homenaje al Séptimo Arte"](https://www.lainformacion.com/arte-cultura-y-espectaculos/Cine-Callao-homenaje-Septimo-Arte_0_978802426.html/). *La Información*. 7 December 2016.

1. López Díaz, Jesús (2009–2010). ["La Gran Vía y la arquitectura española contemporánea"](http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/eserv/bibliuned:ETFSerieVII-2009-2010-2110/Documento.pdf) [The Gran Vía and the Spanish contemporary architecture]. *Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VII, Historia del Arte*. **22–23**: 316. Madrid: [Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia](/source/Universidad_Nacional_de_Educaci%C3%B3n_a_Distancia). [doi:10.5944/etfvii.22-23.2009.1431](https://doi.org/10.5944/etfvii.22-23.2009.1431). [ISSN 1130-4715](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1130-4715)

1. Baker, Edward (2008). ["La Cinelandia de la Gran Vía madrileña"](https://revistaayer.com/sites/default/files/articulos/72-5-ayer72_EspectaculoSociedadEspanaContemporanea_Baker_Castro.pdf). *Ayer*. **72**. [ISSN 1134-2277](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1134-2277)

1. ["Nace el Cine Callao, culto a la gran pantalla"](https://www.madridiario.es/463052/nace-el-cine-callao-culto-a-la-gran-pantalla). *Madridiario*. 11 December 2018.

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