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Title: Marquee, Fox Wilshire Theater
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931
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: Designed by S. Charles Lee and built in 1930, the theater, located at 8440 Wilshire in Beverly Hills, originally operated under the Fox theater chain. It includes a 2,500 seat auditorium, a tower with residential and office space, and commercial space on the ground floor. In 2009, it started operating as the Saban Theatre.
View of the marquee, box office and foyer of the Fox Wilshire Theater. The Marx Brothers movie "Monkey Business" is advertised.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00014424
Los Angeles Public Library Legacy Collection
C-3 (605) 4x5
CARL0000003150
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/86768
Subject: Wilshire Theatre (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Motion picture theaters--California--Beverly Hills
Marquees--California--Beverly Hills
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Beverly Hills
Lee, S. Charles
Beverly Hills (Calif.)

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