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Title
[Los Angeles Theatre] (16 views)
Contributor
Lee, S. Charles
Mott Studios
SoCa Digitization Project. C
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1931]
Publication Information
Los Angeles, Calif. : The Mott Studios
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Seven exterior and nine interior views of the French Renaissance style Los Angeles Theatre located at 615 South Broadway. Mott no. 744 refers to the Los Angeles Theatre. S. Charles Lee, architect.
1992-2399 (744-1) and 1992-2400 (744-2) exterior street view opening night -- 1992-2401 (744-5) grand lobby -- 1992-2402 (744-28) women's lavatory -- 1992-2403 (744-30) women's cosmetic room -- 1992-2404 (744-46) main lounge -- 1992-2405 (744-57) cafe counter -- 1992-2406 (744-58) cafe and dining tables.
1992-2407 (744-62) and 1992-2408 (744-64) grand lobby and mezzanine stairway -- 1992-2409 (744-97) front exterior with marquee and neon sign, marquee reads "Now playing here, world premiere, Charlie Chaplin in 'City Lights', also big stage presentation" -- 1992-2410 (744-99) ticket booth in outside lobby, posters for Charlie Chaplin, City Lights and "Stage presentation adapting from Irving Berlin's latest song hit 'The Little Things in Life' "-- 1992-2411 (744-101) exterior lobby showing floor design -- 1992-2412 (744-102) intermediate lounge -- 1992-2413 (744-117) detail of marquee and neon sign on tower, marquee reads "Ben Lyon, Raquel Torres in 'Aloha' a romance of the tropics and our symphony orchestra" -- 1992-2414 (744-116) exterior from across the street showing businesses (Zukor's, Fashion $5 Bootery, Bullock's, Kress).
Also have negative: no. 27,900 (4x5 in.) for 1992-2399
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
16 photographic prints ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
Identifier
(C)001387263CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-0554
Language
English
Subject
Los Angeles Theatre--Photographs
Motion picture theaters--California--Los Angeles
Interiors--California--Los Angeles
Soda fountains--California--Los Angeles
Marquees--California--Los Angeles
Lounges--California--Los Angeles
Ticket offices--California--Los Angeles
Lobbies--California--Los Angeles
Bathrooms--California--Los Angeles
Stairways--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Night photographs
Place
California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)

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