Title supplied by cataloger.; Herman J. Schultheis was born in Aachen, Germany in 1900, and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1920s after obtaining a Ph.D. in mechanical and electrical engineering. He married Ethel Wisloh in 1936, and the pair moved to Los Angeles the following year. He worked in the film industry from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, most notably on the animated features Fantasia and Pinocchio. His detailed notebook, documenting the special effects for Fantasia, is the subject of a 14-minute short-subject included on the film's DVD. In 1949, he started employment with Librascope as a patent engineer. Schultheis was an avid amateur photographer who traveled the world with his cameras. It was on one of these photographic exhibitions in 1955 that he disappeared in the jungles of Guatemala. His remains were discovered 18 months later. The digitized portion of this collection represents the images Schultheis took of Los Angeles and its surrounding communities after he relocated to the area in 1937. The architectural firm of Morgan, Walls and Clements designed the 1927 Mayan Revival style Mayan Theatre located at 1044 South Hill Street. Francisco Comeja designed the cast concrete sculptural facade which was originally grey, but has been colorfully painted in recent years. In 1989 the theater was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #460.; The architectural firm of Morgan, Walls and Clements designed the 1926 Spanish style Belasco Theater located at 1050 South Hill Street. The concrete Churriguesque facade has been altered at the ground level. Heinsbergen painted the original asbestos curtains. In 1990 the theater was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #476. Cars park on Hill in front of the Mayan and Belasco theaters. The Eugene O'Neil play "Days Without End" played at the Mayan in January and February 1938.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
Belasco Theater (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mayan Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Motion picture theaters--California--Los Angeles Theaters--California--Los Angeles Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Mayan influences Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultheis Collection photographs Comeja, Francisco Morgan, Walls & Clements
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