a large auditorium in
Los Angeles,
California, USA, with an elaborate interior
design, a colorfully decorated
ceiling and a seating
capacity of around 6,400. Built in the 1920s, it was the largest enclosed theater of its
time. It was here in August 1950, that
LRH delivered one of the first
public lectures on
Dianetics, to a
capacity crowd of more than 6,000 people. During this lecture he gave a live
demonstration on the application of
Dianetics,
auditing a
member of the audience.