The Majestic Theatre was designed and built in 1928-1929 by John Eberson. The theatre’s auditorium represents a village courtyard inspired by Spanish Mission and Baroque architecture mixed with other motifs borrowed from the Greek and Roman traditions. A collection of statuary and angels enhance the ornate designs throughout the theatre. A rare white peacock perches on a balcony railing and doves are caught in mid-flight. Grape vines creep along the walls and foliage of Italian cypress, cherry trees and palms are forever green. Above, in the vaulted ceiling, stars sparkle in the twilight sky as drifting clouds pass by. The effect is a fantasy environment which defines the Majestic Theatre as one of the finest atmospheric theatres ever built.

The architecture incorporates towers, oriels, balconies, faux tiled roofs, brackets, scrolls, arches and columns of various styles to create the village courtyard. Railings, urns, finials in profusion, statues, bells, garlands and a water fountain add to the intricate detail. Surface textures and colors are artfully contrived to produce a soft, weathered appearance. Lighting sources are discretely dispersed throughout the architecture, sometimes lighting the facades in a realistic manner, sometimes purely for ornamental effect.

The atmospheric design includes a vaulted ceiling made of plaster which turns down behind the proscenium and side architectural detail; the ceiling is painted to resemble a twilight sky. Electric stars wink through small openings in the plaster and a Viennese Brenograph machine projects a changing cloud pattern that sweeps across the sky.

The lobbies and foyers, on three levels, are palatial interiors from which one passes into the auditorium. Archways, columns and wrought iron railings are prominent. Relatively low ceilings are visually heightened by shallow, indirectly lit domes in a variety of Baroque configurations. An elliptical opening with a heavily modelled coffered ceiling creates a rotunda in the ground floor lobby; an enormous iron chandelier hangs in the rotunda. A curving grand staircase incorporates marble, wood and iron to connect the ground floor lobby to upper levels. Lobbies and foyers are parti ally decorated with antiques; walls are adorned with tapestries hanging from wrought iron cross bars.