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Title: Funny Girl at the Egyptian Theatre
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1969
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: Meyer & Holler designed the Egyptian Theatre (6708 Hollywood Blvd.) in 1921. The first of the "fantasy" movie palaces on Hollywood Blvd., the Egyptian retains the forecourt with original Egyptian-style paintings. The marquee was altered in the 1950s. The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributor to the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District in 1985, and in 2000 was restored and renovated by architects Hodgetts+Fung Design Associates, Inc. as home to the American Cinematheque.
Egyptian Theatre during run of "Funny Girl."
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00014548
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-3(461); A-008-022 4x5
CARL0000003285
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/86844
Subject: Egyptian Theatre (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Funny Girl (Motion picture)
Motion picture theaters--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Marquees--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Neon signs--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Meyer & Holler

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