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Tower Theatre (Fresno, California)

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The Tower Theatre for the Performing Arts is a historic Streamline Moderne mixed-use theater in Fresno, California. [1]

23 relations: American Institute of Architects, Anthony Heinsbergen, Balalaika (film), CinemaScope, Dancing Co-Ed, First run (filmmaking), Fox Theatres, Fresno, California, Gaetano Cecere, Great Depression, Henry Goes Arizona, Inglewood, California, Marquee (sign), National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listings in Fresno County, California, Proscenium, Relief, Revival house, S. Charles Lee, Streamline Moderne, The Fresno Bee, Westwood, Los Angeles, 1939 New York World's Fair.

American Institute of Architects

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States.

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Anthony Heinsbergen

Anthony Heinsbergen (December 13, 1894 – June 14, 1981) was an American muralist considered the foremost designer of North American movie theatre interiors.

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Balalaika (film)

Balalaika is a 1939 American musical romance film based on the 1936 London stage musical of the same name.

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CinemaScope

CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 to 1967, for shooting widescreen movies.

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Dancing Co-Ed

Dancing Co-Ed is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lana Turner in the titular role, Richard Carlson as an inquisitive college reporter, and bandleader Artie Shaw as himself.

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First run (filmmaking)

In cinematic parlance, a film in its first run has been recently released.

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Fox Theatres

Fox Theatres was a large chain of movie theaters in the United States dating from the 1920s either built by Fox Film studio owner William Fox, or subsequently merged in 1929 by Fox with the West Coast Theatres chain, to form the Fox West Coast Theatres chain.

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Fresno, California

Fresno (Spanish for "ash tree") is a city in California, United States, and the county seat of Fresno County.

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Gaetano Cecere

Gaetano Cecere, (November 26, 1894 – 1985) American sculptor, born, educated and worked in New York City.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Henry Goes Arizona

Henry Goes Arizona is a 1939 western film starring Frank Morgan as an actor who inherits his dead brother's ranch.

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Inglewood, California

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California.

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Marquee (sign)

A marquee is most commonly a structure placed over the entrance to a hotel or theatre.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Fresno County, California

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fresno County, California.

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Proscenium

A proscenium (προσκήνιον) is the metaphorical vertical plane of space in a theatre, usually surrounded on the top and sides by a physical proscenium arch (whether or not truly "arched") and on the bottom by the stage floor itself, which serves as the frame into which the audience observes from a more or less unified angle the events taking place upon the stage during a theatrical performance.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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Revival house

A revival house or repertory cinema is a cinema that specializes in showing classic or notable older films (as opposed to first run films).

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S. Charles Lee

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Streamline Moderne

Streamline Moderne, sometimes termed Art Moderne, is a late type of the Art Deco architecture and graphic design/style that emerged in the 1930s.

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The Fresno Bee

The Fresno Bee is a daily newspaper serving Fresno, California, and surrounding counties in that U.S. state's central San Joaquin Valley.

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Westwood, Los Angeles

Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles, California.

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1939 New York World's Fair

The 1939–40 New York World's Fair, which covered the of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair), was the second most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Theatre_(Fresno,_California)

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