ID: 700009250 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009250	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Wiltern Theater (theater (building); G. Albert Lansburgh (American architect, 1876-1969); opened 1931)

Note: Opened in 1931 as a movie theater. Since its restoration in 1985, the Wiltern has been used a venue for various types of performances. Part of the Pellissier Building.

Titles:

Wiltern Theater (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,P)

Warner Brothers Western (H,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

theater (building) [300007117] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings)

movie theater [300007135]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings, theaters (buildings), <theaters by function>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: opened 1931

Creator Display:

G. Albert Lansburgh (American architect, 1876-1969) [preferred]

designer Lansburgh, G. Albert (American architect, 1876-1969) Extent: interior [500073141]

Locations:

Los Angeles [7023900] Los Angeles county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 34.0611°N 118.3078°W ; 3790 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Display Materials: turquoise glazed terracotta; tile facade

	glazed terracotta [300298634]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, terracotta (clay material))

	ceramic tile [300010678]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, <ceramic by product>)

Dimensions: 2,300 seats

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Art Deco [300021426] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures

Sources and Contributors:
Wiltern Theater	........ [VP]
	........ Alleman, Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide (2005) 135
	........ Atkinson, Los Angeles County Historical Directory (1988) 103
	........ Duncan, Encyclopedia of Art Deco (1998) 24-25
Warner Brothers Western	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Alleman, Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide (2005) 135

....................... Duncan, Encyclopedia of Art Deco (1998) 24-25

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Alleman, Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide (2005) 135
	..... Duncan, Encyclopedia of Art Deco (1998) 24-25