The entire 1931 French Zig-Zag Moderne style complex, which includes ground floor businesses, the Wiltern Theatre, and the Pellissier Building, was designed by Stiles O. Clements and is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument Caption of verso of photograph reads, "Warner Bros. Western Theater, the $2,000,000 edifice at the intersection 'where all roads meet,' at Western and Wilshire Boulevard, which is to open with a gala premiere, Wednesday, October 7th. First night's attraction at the theater is George Arliss in "Alexander Hamilton."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Warner Bros. Western Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Motion picture theaters--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Wilshire Lanterns Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Western Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Clements, Stiles Oliver,1883-1966
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