Subject: Proscenium arches / Genre: Black-and-white photographs / Subject: auditoriums - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

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

Description:: The Beaux Arts style interior features a proscenium arch framed by pseudo quoins and flanked by giant compositions of paired columns centered by oversize sculptures and cartouches. There is clearly a stage behind the curtain and the organ used to accompany silent motion pictures is seen at the lower left. The perforated panel in the center of the ceiling is a ventilation vent.
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Haight, George D.
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

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