Collection: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962 / Subject: Entertainment - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The old Fox Redondo Beach theatre was slated for a remodel and Lee presented two concepts. This photo shows the building to be remodeled.
Date:: 1937-39
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: At night the entire front of the theatre, including the tower sign, was brightly illuminated.
Date:: 1939-41
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: The stair to the mezzanine and lower balcony was set off to the side of the foyer and was simply executed, probably because of the constraints of space on the ground floor.
Date:: 1946-1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: All the elements in the rendering (40802) were realized in the building, although the spaces are necessarily compressed and the elements appear crowded. The scale and drama of each feature, the lighting panels, the entrance arch, the mezzanine walls and railing, the mural, and the giant cartouche above. Mirrored walls above the banquettes to the left and the right, with the mirrors set in a diamond pattern, enhance the complexity of the space, while at the same time enlarging it.
Date:: 1946-47
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: This view of the screen shows the typical drive-in parking lot and speaker stanchions. The wings flanking the projection screen were built to deflect light from passing cars and also to obstruct the view of the screen from non-paying viewers outside the parking lot.
Date:: April 10, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: This night view emphasizes the illuminated tower and a round illuminated kiosk in Streamline Moderne style that would serve to attract people to the theatre.
Date:: 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: Lee illuminated the "barn" to highlight its forms in light and dark. The windmill tower with its illuminated revolving wheel attracted attention from afar, while the tower structure was used to display the name of the theatre. For good measure, a standard box sign on a pylon was added at the street frontage.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: P.A.C Photographers
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Description:: Lee's rendering of this small-town theatre on a corner site in Visalia shows a simple Streamline Moderne two-story building with glass block, tile, curved glass windows and butt-jointed glass box office windows. The flat marquee shows recessed downlights, almost the only feature retained in the final design.
Date:: 1946-49
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoffman-Luckhaus
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

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