PCAD - Smith, L.A., Architect

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Howard E. Jones, Lewis Arthur Smith

Smith was well-known in Southern California for his many movie theatres designed in the 1920s; he died in 1925, during the height of the movie theatre building boom in Southern California;

PCAD id: 579

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Bard's 8th Street Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	1925	Los Angeles	CA
Bard's Egyptian Theatre, Pasadena, CA	1924-1925	Pasadena	CA
Bard's Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1923	Hollywood, Los Angeles	CA
Bard's West Adams Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	1924-1925	Los Angeles	CA
Beverly Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA	1924-1925	Beverly Hills	CA
Carmel Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1924-1924	Los Angeles	CA
Casino Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	1921	Los Angeles	CA
Circle Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	1921	Los Angeles	CA
D'Arche, Jessie, Apartments, 1155 West 27th Street Building, North University Park, Los Angeles, CA	1920	Los Angeles	CA
D'Arche, Jessie, Apartments, 1157 West 27th Street Building, North University Park, Los Angeles, CA	1920	Los Angeles	CA
El Portal Theatre, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1925-1926	Los Angeles	CA
Fox Theatres Corporation, Fox Uptown Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	1924-1925	Los Angeles	CA
Fox West Coast Theatres Corporation, West Coast Riverside Theatre, Riverside, CA	1928-1929	Riverside	CA
Highland Theatre, Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA	1925	Los Angeles	CA
Lilly-Fletcher Building, Los Angeles, CA	1921	Los Angeles	CA
Manchester Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	1924-1925	Los Angeles	CA
Paige Agency Auto Dealership, Los Angeles, CA	1924	Los Angeles	CA
Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena, CA	1924-1925	South Pasadena	CA
Rivoli Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	1921-1922	Los Angeles	CA
T and D Hippodrome Theatre, Downtown, Taft, CA	1917-1918	Taft	CA
Tivoli Theatre #4, Los Angeles, CA	1921	Los Angeles	CA
Tivoli Theatre, Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles	CA
West Adams Gardens, Los Angeles, CA	1920	Los Angeles	CA
West Coast Theatres Corporation, West Coast Redlands Theatre, Downtown, Redlands, CA	1927-1928	Redlands	CA
West Coast Theatres Corporation, West Coast Theatre, San Bernardino, CA	1924-1925	San Bernardino	CA
Wilshire Theatre, Los Angeles, CA	1921	Los Angeles	CA

Publications

Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 190-191, 212-213, 217, 1981. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 219, 1981. "Manchester Theatre - Century Theatre price policies", Daily Variety, 13, col. 4, 10/19/1943. "Theater for West Adams", Los Angeles Examiner, part IV: 7, 2/15/1925. "By-bye porn house; Los Feliz area theater switches to revival policy", Los Angeles Herald Examiner, B: 1-2, 8/2/1980. "Film archivist fights to preserve Vista ", Los Angeles Reader, pt I: 3, 6/21/1985. "To build new film theatre", Los Angeles Times, 5, 06/19/1921. "Crown city showhouse is planned", Los Angeles Times, part V: 12, 3/16/1924. "Another link in chain of local Bard theaters", Los Angeles Times, part V: 10, 5/23/1924. "West Coast to spend big sum in showhouses", Los Angeles Times, 1, 02/22/1925. "New theatre underway", Los Angeles Times, part V: 2, 2/1/1925. "Bush Terminal Plans to Be Revised", Los Angeles Times, D2, 01/05/1930. "Theatres of Los Angeles including Hollywood and more.", Marquee, 30: 1, 4-29, 1998. "Smith, L.A., moves office", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 46, col 2, 11/13/1925. "Highland Theatre Notice #2", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 56, col 1, 7/11/1924. "Bard's Pasadena Theatre article", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 57, col .3, 11/21/1924. "Bard's Theatre, Pasadena Description", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 54, col. 3, 2/29/1924. "Plans for the Manchester Theater, Los Angeles", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 54, col. 2, 12/19/1924. "Manchester Theatre Plans, Los Angeles", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 51, col. 2, 9/26/1924. "Bard's West Adams Theatre construction", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 55, col. 1, 1/30/1925. "Bard's West Adams Theatre Gable and Wyant", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 47, col. 3, 3/14/1924. "Casino Theatre Notice", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 20, col 3, 6/17/1921. "Rivoli Theatre, Los Angeles, notice #2", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 30, col 3, "Tivoli Theatre #4 notice", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 14, col 3, 8/26/1921. "Wilshire Theatre Article", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 11, col 3, 3/4/1921. "Wilshire Theatre Article #2", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 16, col 3, 4/22/1921. "Lilly - Fletcher Building, Los Angeles", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 13, col 2, 4/1/1921. "Plans for West Coast Theatre, San Bernardino", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 52, col. 1, 09/12/1924. "Beverly Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA, article 2", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 55, col 2, 05/16/1924. "Tivoli Theatre Notice", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 14, col. 3, 08/26/1921. "Beverly Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA, article", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 54, col. 1, 02/29/1924. "Rivoli Theatre, Los Angeles, notice", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 16, col 3, 1921-06-24. "Picture Palace Splendor", Westways, 63: 11, 50, 11/1971.

Links

A Brief History of the Vista Theatre Academy Cinemas Adams Theatre El Portal Theatre Fox Uptown Theatre More Beverly Hills Demolitions Olympic Theatre Rialto Theater Riverside Sees Arts as Key to a Vital Core Riverside Theatre, Riverside Riverside Votes to Seize Fox Theater Vista Theatre Vista Theatre