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What's Going on in San Pedro

The Warner Grand Theatre
Golden State Pops Orchestra
Shakespeare by the Sea
Little Fish Theatre Company
SanPedro.com
1st Thursday

Some Choice Theatre Websites

League of Historic American Theatres
Theatre Historical Society - Comprehensive listing of historic theaters
Cinema Treasures - Another excellent listing of historic theatres
History of American Picture Palaces
Rivoli Cinemas, Australia
Radio City Music Hall

Some Art Deco Societies

Online Art Deco Society of NY
Calif Art Deco Society
Art Deco Society of Washington
Art Deco Society of LA
Chicago Art Deco Society
Art Deco Society of Australia

Other Art Deco Sites

Decopix - Art Deco Architecture
Art Deco - General Information
Art Deco World

Historic Preservation Sites

Los Angeles Conservancy see The Broadway Initiative
National Register of Historic Places
Preservation Online
State of California Office of Historic Preservation
City of LA Cultural Heritage Commission
Broadway's Historic Theaters

Other Related Sites

American Theatre Organ Society
Evergreen Painting Studios - Reviving Historic Theatres
Balcony Press - publisher of "The Last Remaining Seats," featuring the Warner Grand Theatre

Biographies

B. Marcus Priteca, Warner Grand Theatre Architect
More on Priteca
One of the Warner Grand's sister theatres
Anthony B. Heinsbergen, Interior Designer of the Warner Grand Theatre
More info on Heinsbergen

Reading List

The Last Remaining Seats - Movie Palaces of Tinseltown by Robert Berger and Anne Conser, Stephen M. Silverman
Buy it at Amazon.com

Movie Palaces (Architecture and Film, 1), by Ave Pildas, Lucinda Smith, King Vidor
Buy it at Amazon.com

The Show Starts on the Sidewalk: An Architectural History of the Movie Theatre, Starring S. Charles Lee, by Maggie Valentine
Buy it at Amazon.com

American Picture Palaces: the Architecture of Fantasy by David Naylor - out of print but available through Amazon.com

Best Remaining Seats: the Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace, by Ben M. Hall - out of print but available through Amazon.com

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