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. Architect B. Marcus Priteca designed the 1930 Pantages Theater (6233 Hollywood Boulevard) in the Art Deco style, which is a two-story concrete structure featuring Egyptian lotus patterns on the second story and metal zigzag frames outlining the first story windows. This building became Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #193 in 1978 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributor to the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District in 1985. Several people stand in line at the Pantages Theater box office to buy tickets for an unidentified film. A large sign to the right of the box office reads, "Tonight! Major Studio Feature Preview."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;12 x 13 cm. Photographic prints
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