Uniform title: Vern Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, candy counter

Description:: Lee designed an unusual self-serve candy counter, which had a slot for customers to deposit 5c. Fluorescent lamps illuminate the plaster hood above the candy counter. The hood directs cool air from the air conditioning system over the candy, preventing chocolates from turning color.
Date:: 1939-41
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, candy counter

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, street elevation

Description:: Lee developed a simplified design which relied on the porthole motif to evoke the streamlined character of the great ocean liners of the era. Note on reverse: "Exterior, surfaced form concrete. Modern in appearance, it is three tones in color. The ribbed portion was created by casting concrete against corrugated forms."
Date:: 1939-41
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, street elevation

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, lobby

Date:: 1939-41
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, lobby

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, proscenium

Description:: Distinctive grilles on side wall handle return air for ventilation. Shiny metallic painted designs on the ceiling and the walls, as well as the shiny surface of the elaborately draped curtain enhance the air of sleekness.
Date:: 1939-41
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, proscenium

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, foyer

Description:: The modern spiralling forms in the foyer ceiling are offset by the traditional gilt trim behind the banquette.
Date:: 1939-41
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, foyer

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, auditorium

Description:: Two strips of neon, one blue and one white, in the ceiling cove, illuminate the auditorium. Neon is on a dimmer, which creates a theatrical atmosphere as well as controlling the light during picture operation. Pairs of buxom nudes painted in shiny metallic paint fly along the wall toward the screen.
Date:: 1939-41
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, auditorium

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, exterior, night

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

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, exterior, night

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, ticket booth

Description:: The curving forms of the box office echo others of the same era. The porthole motif appears burnished steel or aluminum entrance doors, the neon circles on the ceiling and the circle design in the terrazzo floor.
Date:: 1939-41
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962

Vern Theatre, Los Angeles, ticket booth