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Thursday, September 16, 2010 – Eighty Years Ago |
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You know September Song – Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, from the 1938 Broadway musical Knickerbocker Holiday. September makes you think about the past. It's a sad and odd business. And, from eighty years ago, this is the Wilshire Theater, 8440 Wilshire Boulevard, at the east end of Beverly Hills – known as the "Fox Wilshire" when it opened on September 19, 1930 – serious Art Deco by architect S. Charles Lee. For many years it was one of Fox's premier movie palaces, but the last big movie event was on November 4, 1953 – Marilyn Monroe arriving on the red carpet at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire." Now it's the Saban Theater – a new performing arts center (see Art Deco Lives for more). But in the September sunlight you can kind hear that Kurt Weill tune. |
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