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Title: Bard's Theatre grand opening
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1923
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: The Egyptian Revival style Bard's Hollywood Theatre, which was later renamed the Vista Theater, is located at 4473 Sunset Drive and was designed by architect Lewis A. Smith.
A large crowd congregates outside of Bard's Hollywood Theatre to celebrate its grand opening. The marquee reads, "grand opening Hollywood's newest theatre[,] Tues. Oct. 9th special vod-vil feature program" and "Baby Peggy in 'Tips'", a 20 minute film directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom and shot at the Ambassador Hotel.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00068072
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Hollywood-Theaters-Vista Theater.
CARL0000071479
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/106769
Subject: Bard's Hollywood Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Tips (Motion picture)
Motion picture theaters--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Egyptian revival (Architecture)--California--Los Feliz (Los Angeles)
Night photographs
Smith, Lewis A
Los Feliz (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1921-1930

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