Fox Theatre, Bakersfield, auditorium

Item Overview
- Title
- Fox Theatre, Bakersfield, auditorium
- Uniform title
- Fox Theatre (Bakersfield, Calif.)
- Photographer
- Luckhaus Studio
- Architect
- Lee, S. Charles, 1899-1990
- Date Created
- 1929-1930
- Collection
- S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
Notes
- Description
- The auditorium is a so-called atmosphere theatre, a popular design type which created a stage set surrounding the audience. In this example, the auditorium simulates a Spanish Colonial Revival village into which the audience enters to see the show. Simulated buildings project from the walls, ivy hangs from their balconies and windows, trees painted on the wall behind provide a natural setting, and the whole is illuminated to create a realistic effect. Above is the dark sky, painted with clouds and featuring twinkling lights simulating the stars.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic print
- Dimensions
- 8 x 10
Keywords
- Genre
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Black-and-white photographs
Architectural photographs - Subjects
-
motion picture theaters
Landmarks - Longitude
- 35.377557
- Latitude
- -118.389207
- Resource type
- still image
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0009g1t7
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted