Subject: auditoriums and motion picture theaters / Genre: Black-and-white photographs - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The glamour of the movies is suggested by the tropical palms decorating the side walls and the dramatic swags simulating a sumptuous curtain that frame...
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: The auditorium walls curve towards the screen, interrupted in each side by a scalloped wall edge where the screen curtain, lit by indirect lighting begins. The effect is further enhanced by the continuation of a vine pattern on the walls in cut-out form over the front exit openings. Globes of light at the center of grilles concealing the ceiling fans neatly combine two functions. The ceiling is further decorated by a scalloped design painted around the light and ventilation fixtures.
Date:: 1948-49
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Todd, L. A.
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: The simple interior design illustrates the Streamline theme with the use of painted curves on the walls and semicircular ceiling panels that conceal lights, creating indirect lighting of the ceiling. Instead of a balcony, the rear of the auditorium is raked and separated from the main floor by a low partition and steps.
Date:: 1938-41
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: The stage opening is set back deeply into a much larger proscenium arch. The sloping walls and ceiling surrounding the stage are heavily ornamented in gilt or silver plaster relief; the forms are the abstracted designs from nature and geometry typical of Art Deco design. The stage curtain was designed in separate panels that could be raised individually, adjusting the space to stage productions or motion picture screenings and at the same time introducing a dramatic design element.
Date:: 1928-30
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Mott Studios (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

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