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https://i.postimg.cc/SNrR4z8K/biltarchfacade-bmp.jpg Rendering by architects Schultze & Weaver https://i.postimg.cc/jjJRDWWP/biltopening-bmp.jpg Seems to be opening night, March 3, 1924 https://i.postimg.cc/JzNqMxxk/bilt-LATad-bmp.jpg LAT Feb 24, 1924 https://i.postimg.cc/YCr32gsD/biltdemo-bmp.jpg Demolition, 1964 NYPL and Cinema Treasures A 2012 NLA reference with a curious image: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9378 Was this a picture of the Biltmore's interior...does it go with the exterior? http://imageshack.us/a/img831/1664/a...yatrium195.jpg |
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Thanks for the follow-up, GW. I appreciate it. :) If I remember correctly, per a later discussion, the model is in the lobby of the Mason Theater at 127 S. Broadway. (formerly the Mason Opera House) Here's a look inside. ....It seems to match up. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/7VB3gn.jpg losangelestheaters There's another killer urn. I'm impressed by this fountain. . . but I can't figure out the light above her head. ...Is it attached to the top of her head? ... :shrug: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/vIRZSU.jpg losangelestheaters Exterior view from the 1950s. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/D0nDLR.jpg losangelestheaters . |
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Perhaps the urns were damaged in the 1932 quake, or were replaced with sturdier versions, and the style was modified to a cleaner profile as shown here? |
A Mexican cinema. Is that Cantinflas in the center medallion?
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Arch2000, you might be right about snake-like handles. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/hnmk8x.jpg DETAIL But to me the rest of the urn looks identical to the 1949 urn. Here's the whole photograph. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/pFe78w.jpg LAPL .......................................................................................The Biltmore Theater opened on March 3, 1924 with a Ziegfeld production of 'Sally'. . |
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FYI: The famous (still famous) song that came from this show is apropos for our times...well, any times. "Look for the Silver Lining" The song from the 1929 film version of Sally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOthCD8n0mA (Marilyn Miller starred in the movie and the Broadway production.) Or Judy Garland singing it in Till the Clouds Roll By: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFITLxanHoU |
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I am hoping someone can dig up some information on a 'Triumph of Peace' pagent held in Pacific Palisades. I'll post it LARGE so y'all can see the banner. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/I0gNCU.jpg found on eBay quite some time ago. The name of the pageant makes me think the photograph was taken soon after the end of WWI. There's a structure off the side of the road (under the large branch) and the remnant of a fence by the right front tire. |
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RE: The Biltmore Theater I see that the urns, that we've been discussing, were removed prior to the 1964 demolishion. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/0qjVQ4.jpg LAPL I imagine they found homes in someone's backyard in. . .say. . .Beverly Hills. I believe if we looked long and hard, and pooled our resources, we could track at least one of them down. ...*jumps in the googlemobile and takes off* ... note the marquee:....Now Playing.... Cleveland Wrecking Company.... .Show with a Bang P.S. I just noticed the open areas within the tall arches have been filled in. . |
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Well, the idea that they might have wound up poolside in BH was nice, but no. I never expected to find this... LAT March 16, 1949 https://i.postimg.cc/rF04fcng/biltmoreurns-bmp.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/rs6DbRYJ/biltmore2-bmp.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/d0LDVjb6/biltmore3-bmp.jpg Well, I was disappointed in Sinnott. I was expecting to find Steve Reeves |
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I suspect Benzedrine, still over the counter in 1949. Cheers, Earl |
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Here's the POS vandal, Donald Sinnott. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/k9X7hZ.jpg calisphere I suspect Napoleon Complex.......... Don't get angry (again) with me CBD. Remember, I'm only 5' 6". I'm trying to understand the trail left by his left foot. Did he have a club foot? . |
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The "club foot" and its path is curious...but the cop appears to be holding Donald's flannel shirt so he can flex for the camera. V v odd. And the kid seems to have been way ahead of his time in terms of fashion, what with the prison-style droopy drawers and all. |
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The Lost World of Benzedrine https://www.theatlantic.com/health/a...edrine/255904/ |
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No, I don't suspect Napoleon Complex.....he was high as a kite, as they used to say. Even that cop, Officer John Buffington had a slight smile on his face. Benzedrine was a common Pick-Me-Up drug in those days...often used by the Beat authors such as Jack Kerouac. With those pills he could type for 24 hours on his old typewriter and produced such books as "On The Road" and others. I read that book and you can tell he's stoned. Here a little tune from that era...... https://youtu.be/XOfCoqoYpBU >>>>>The Benzedrine Blues......1948 |
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https://allthatsinteresting.com/amph...se-world-war-2 Cheers, Earl |
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tenor The movie directors at MGM thought that the little white pills would give Judy more pep for day and night filming of the Oz classic. |
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