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Title: Academy Theatre, Inglewood, detail of lobby doors
Alternative Title: Academy Theatre (Inglewood, Calif.)
Contributor: Lee, S. Charles, 1899-1990
Date Created and/or Issued: 1939
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
Rights Information: copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents.
Description: The floor plan (2070001) shows how the geometry of overlapping circles shaped the design. The architectural drawing of the façade (2070002) depicts a spool of film unwinding, the inspiration for the spiral form used on the pylon (10102-10103)). Compare the photo of the auditorium (10105) with the floor plan (2070001) and the ceiling plan (2070002).
Type: image
Format: pencil on paper
Identifier: 2070003
clus_1384_of207_003
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Language: English
Subject: Motion picture theaters
Landmarks
Source: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

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