The Historic Theatres of Los Angeles
Title | The Historic Theatres of Los Angeles PDF eBook |
Author | Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Theaters |
ISBN |
Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation
Title | Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation PDF eBook |
Author | Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Motion picture theaters |
ISBN |
Extra! "Chaplin" at the Los Angeles Extra!
Title | Extra! "Chaplin" at the Los Angeles Extra! PDF eBook |
Author | Historic Theatres' Trust collection/Fonds Société des salles historiques |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
After the Final Curtain
Title | After the Final Curtain PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Lambros |
Publisher | Jonglez Photo Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9782361951641 |
Most of the time, there is nothing remarkable about a movie theater today; but that wasn't always the case. When the great American movie palaces began opening in the early 20th century, they were some of the most lavish, stunning buildings ever seen. However, they wouldn't last -- with the advent of in-home television, theater companies found it harder and harder to keep them open. Some were demolished, some were converted, and some remain empty to this day. After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theatre will take you through 24 of these magnificent buildings, revealing the beauty that remains years after the last ticket was sold.
After the Final Curtain
Title | After the Final Curtain PDF eBook |
Author | Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 199? |
Genre | Theaters |
ISBN |
The Show Starts on the Sidewalk
Title | The Show Starts on the Sidewalk PDF eBook |
Author | Maggie Valentine |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1994-01-01 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780300066470 |
Documenting the evolution of the American movie theatre and exploring its role in American culture and architecture, this work focuses on the career of S. Charles Lee, who designed more than 300 theatres between 1920 and 1950, buildings that became prototypes for the whole country.
Theatres in Los Angeles
Title | Theatres in Los Angeles PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Tarbell Cooper |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738555799 |
Los Angeles and the movies grew up together, and a natural extension of the picture business was the premium presentation of the product--the biggest, best, and brightest theatres imaginable. The magnificent movie palaces along Broadway in downtown Los Angeles still represent the highest concentration of vintage theatres in the world. With Hollywood and the movies practically synonymous, the theatres in the studios' neighborhood were state-of-the-art for showbiz, whether they were designed for film, vaudeville, or stage productions. From the elegant Orpheum and the exotic Grauman's Chinese to the modest El Rey, this volume celebrates the architecture and social history of Los Angeles's unique collection of historic theatres past and present. The common threads that connect them all, from the grandest movie palace to the smallest neighborhood theatre, are stories and the ghosts of audiences past waiting in the dark for the show to begin.