When I was growing up in Tacoma, we had four or five downtown theaters where all the first-run movies played. The only one I ever thought of as a movie palace was probably The Temple Theatre. It was built as part of the big Masonic Temple project (hence the name). I don't think, when I was young, I even realized that it was all one building. Now the entire building is the Landmark Convention Center with a grand ballroom, a roof garden ballroom (popular for weddings), a million nocks and cranies, and the main theater.
This photo is from 1932, with the Masonic Temple portion on the left. The glass dome over the box office was destroyed a couple of years later in one of our major earthquakes.