Subject: Entertainment / Photographer: Shulman, Julius / Subject: motion picture theaters - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Mayfair Theatre, Ventura, auditorium

Description:: The simple interior of the auditorium is enlivened by gently undulating walls that are abruptly interrupted by angular partitions that frame and enclose a pair of gigantic paintings of flowers flanking the proscenium.
Date:: 1939-40
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Shulman, Julius
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Mayfair Theatre, Ventura, auditorium

Academy Theatre, Inglewood, tower at night

Description:: This night view shows the power of the illuminated image to draw customers into the theatre. The indirect illumination of the pylon creates a glowing tower that can be seen from afar. Glass block walls make the building glow from within.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Shulman, Julius
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Academy Theatre, Inglewood, tower at night

Lakewood Theatre, Lakewood, auditorium, proscenium

Description:: The typical proscenium arch has been dispensed with, although it is still indicated by the swags of the valance and the curtain before the screen. Decoration is minimal, concentrated solely on the curved portion of the side walls flanking the screen.
Date:: 1944-45
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Shulman, Julius
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Lakewood Theatre, Lakewood, auditorium, proscenium

Mayfair Theatre, Ventura, exterior

Description:: The realized building is less dramatic, partially because it is sited on a prosaic small-town street. Nevertheless retains the portholes and swooping form of the roofline. The pylon sign and the curving marquee command the corner site.
Date:: 1939-40
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Shulman, Julius
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Mayfair Theatre, Ventura, exterior

Admiral Theatre, Hollywood, street elevation

Description:: entrance and marquee
Date:: 1939-40
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Shulman, Julius
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Admiral Theatre, Hollywood, street elevation