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State Theatre (Los Angeles)
The State Theatre, formerly Loew's State Theatre, at 703 S. Broadway (Los Angeles), Broadway, is a Movie theater, movie theatre that opened in November 1921 in what is now the Jewelry District (Los Angeles), Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles), Broadway Theatre District in the Historic Core, Los Angeles, historic core of Downtown Los Angeles. History The State Theatre was designed by Charles Peter Weeks and William Day, of architectural firm Weeks & Day, in a Spanish Renaissance style. The theatre is incorporated into a 12-story Beaux Arts style 1921 office block called the United Building, situated at the intersection of S. Broadway (Los Angeles), Broadway and 7th St. The building, which extends half a block along 7th St and one-third of a block along Broadway, was the largest brick-clad building in the world when it was completed and remains one of the largest brick-clad buildings in Los Angeles today. The theatre originally boasted two marquees wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weeks & Day
Weeks and Day was an American architecture, architectural firm founded in 1916 by architect Charles Peter Weeks (1870–1928) and engineer William Peyton Day (1886–1966). Weeks was born in Copley, Ohio, educated in the atelier of Victor Laloux at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1892 to 1895, and briefly partnered with John Galen Howard. (Weeks is unrelated to the Canadian-American architect W. H. Weeks, also practicing in San Francisco in these years, and is also unrelated to William E. Weeks, architect in Southern California. with ) Day had been in partnership with pioneering San Francisco reinforced concrete engineer John B. Leonard. With Weeks as designer and Day as engineer, the firm specialized in theaters and cinemas, including several exuberant movie palaces and hotels in the San Francisco Bay Area, extending to Los Angeles and San Diego. The firm was most active immediately before Weeks' death in 1928. Day continued the firm for 25 more years, closing the firm in 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Theatres
Metropolitan Theatres is Los Angeles's oldest movie theater chain. Opened in 1923, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024, at which point they owned 15 theaters: ten in southern California (including seven out of eight in Santa Barbara), three in Colorado, and two in Utah. History Metropolitan Theatres was founded by Joseph Corwin in 1923. At the time, the Corwin family operated almost every movie theater in downtown Los Angeles's Broadway Theater District, the city's premiere theater venue until Hollywood was built up in the 1920s and 30s. In the 1950s, Metropolitan Theatres expanded into Santa Barbara. In the 1970s, they shifted to blaxploitation films in their downtown Los Angeles theaters, in the 1980s, those same theaters shifted again, to Spanish language cinema. The company at one point had more than 1000 employees. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024. Chief Executive Officer David Corwin blamed the bankruptcy on the Covid 19 pandemic, which he s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Establishments In California
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * '' 19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film * '' Diciannove'', a 2024 Italian drama film informally referred to as "Nineteen" in some sources Science * Potassium, an alkali metal * 19 Fortuna, an asteroid Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle * "Stone in Focus", officially "#19", a composition by Aphex Twin * "Nineteen", a song from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' by Bad4Good * "Nineteen", a song from the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatres In Los Angeles
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. It is the oldest form of drama, though live theatre has now been joined by modern recorded forms. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. Places, normally buildings, where performances regularly take place are also called "theatres" (or "theaters"), as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Contributing Properties In The Broadway Theater And Commercial District
The properties on this list are contributing properties to Los Angeles's Broadway Theater and Commercial District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and expanded in 2002. The following properties were originally listed as contributing properties, contributing, but were removed when the district was expanded in 2002. References External links National Register of Historic Places - Nomination Form {{Downtown Los Angeles National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles Historic districts in Los Angeles Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California Broadway (Los Angeles) History of Los Angeles 1890s architecture in the United States 1900s architecture in the United States 1910s architecture in the United States 1920s architecture in the United States 1930s architecture in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments In Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments (LAHCMs) in Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California are designated by the City's Cultural Heritage Commission. There are more than 120 LAHCMs in the downtown area. These include the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, Old Plaza Historic District, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, Chinatown, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District, Broadway Theater District, the Spring Street Financial District, and the Fashion District, Los Angeles, California, Fashion District. Current and former Historic-Cultural Monuments Listed in the National Register of Historic Places See also * Bibliography of California history * Bibliography of Los Angeles * Outline of the history of Los Angeles Lists of L.A. Historic-Cultural Monuments * List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East and Northeast Sides, Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East and Northeast Sides * List of Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, '' Be Not Nobody'' (2002), was released by A&M Records and peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200. It spawned the hit song " A Thousand Miles", which spent 41 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and earned three Grammy nominations, and the singles " Ordinary Day" and " Pretty Baby". Her next album, ''Harmonium'' (2004), debuted at number 33 on the ''Billboard'' 200. After A&M pressured Carlton and influenced ''Harmonium'', she departed the label in 2005. Carlton released her third album, '' Heroes & Thieves'' (2007), to minimal chart success but praise from Metacritic, AllMusic, PopMatters, and ''USA Today''. She independently produced her next two albums, '' Rabbits on the Run'' (2011) and '' Liberman'' (2015), both of which were acclaimed by critics for its personal subject matter and departure from her previous musical style. She made her Broadway debut with a lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Thousand Miles
"A Thousand Miles" (originally titled "Interlude") is the debut single of American pop singer Vanessa Carlton. Written by Carlton and produced by Curtis Schweitzer and Ron Fair, the song was released as the lead single for Carlton's first album, '' Be Not Nobody'' (2002). First released to US radio in February 2002, it became Carlton's biggest hit in the United States and her only single to reach the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number five. The song also experienced commercial success worldwide, reaching number one in Australia, number three in Ireland, and the top 10 in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. Background "A Thousand Miles" is a piano-driven pop song supported by a string orchestral arrangement. Vanessa Carlton says that the song was inspired by a crush she had on a Juilliard student (who is now a "very famous actor") whom she met while she was attending the School of American Ballet.Archived aGhostarchiveand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Bill (1995 Film)
''Wild Bill'' is a 1995 American biographical Western film about the last days of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok. The film was written and directed by Walter Hill, and based on the 1978 stage play ''Fathers and Sons'' by Thomas Babe and the 1986 novel ''Deadwood'' by Pete Dexter. It stars Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, and Diane Lane, and was released by United Artists on December 1, 1995. It was a box-office bomb, grossing $2.1 million on a budget of $30 million, and received mixed reviews from critics. Plot At Wild Bill Hickok's funeral, his friend Charley Prince recalls Hickok's final days in Deadwood. Calamity Jane mourns him especially. In a flashback, Bill and his friend California Joe come upon an Indian burial structure with a lone warrior sitting atop it. Joe, who speaks the warrior's language, says that the warrior wishes to kill Bill in order to correct his streak of misfortunes. Despite Joe's warning that killing Indians "in a religious frame of mind" is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gypsy (1993 Film)
''Gypsy'' is a 1993 American made-for-television biographical musical comedy-drama film directed by Emile Ardolino. The teleplay by Arthur Laurents is an adaptation of his book of the 1959 stage musical ''Gypsy'', which was based on the 1957 autobiography '' Gypsy: A Memoir'' by Gypsy Rose Lee. Gypsy Rose Lee's son, Erik Lee Preminger, was instrumental in getting the film in production and was the main source for research. He had tried to get the musical filmed with Bette Midler, who had always wanted to play Rose, in the principal role 10 years earlier, but it required the approval of five entities to obtain the rights. One of the obstacles had been Arthur Laurents himself, who wrote the book for the musical based on Lee's memoirs. He had hated the 1962 film version and was initially opposed to a remake.Marilyn Beck (13 Mar 1993) "Preminger Gives Bare Facts for Film on Stripper Mom",'' Orange County Register'', p. K02 "Not for all the money in the world will we let them make ano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Theatre (Los Angeles)
The Tower Theatre (referred to as Apple Tower Theatre in official communications by Apple Inc., Apple) is a historic movie theater that opened in 1927 in the Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles), Broadway Theater District of Downtown Los Angeles. It is currently an Apple Store, and serves as a flagship location for the company, receiving a special designation on Apple Maps. History The Tower Theatre, at South Broadway (Los Angeles), Broadway and West Eighth Street, was commissioned by H.L. Gumbiner. He would also build the Los Angeles Theatre in 1931. The Tower was the first theater designed by architect S. Charles Lee. Seating 900 on a tiny site (50 feet wide by 153 feet long), replacing the 650-seat 1911 Garrick Theatre, it was designed in powerful Baroque Revival architecture, Baroque Revival style with innovative France, French, Spain, Spanish, Moorish, and Italy, Italian elements all executed in terra-cotta. Its interior was modeled after the Paris Opera House. Its exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Theatre
The Los Angeles Theatre is a 2,000-seat historic movie palace at 615 S. Broadway in the Jewelry District and Broadway Theater District in the historic core of Downtown Los Angeles. History This Los Angeles Theatre was constructed in late 1930 and early 1931. It was commissioned by H.L. Gumbiner, an independent film exhibitor from Chicago, who also built the nearby Tower Theatre. Designed by S. Charles Lee, and Samuel Tilden Norton, the theater features a French Baroque interior. With its grand central staircase and gold brocade drapes, it has for many years been considered to be among the city's most lavish landmarks. The opulent interior is said to have been modeled after the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. A crystal fountain stands at the top of the grand staircase, a restaurant and a ballroom were on the lower level. The theatre was built in less than six months. In August 1930 there was only an excavated hole in the ground, and in January 1931 the theatre had its grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
