Mayan Theater
 Mayan Theater in Los Angeles | |
  Mayan Theater Location within Los Angeles | |
| Address |
1038 South Hill Street Los Angeles, California United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°02′28″N 118°15′32″W / 34.041028°N 118.259005°W |
| Construction | |
| Opened | August 15, 1927 |
| Architect | Stiles O. Clements |
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| Reference no. | 460 |
The Mayan Theater in Los Angeles, California, is a landmark former movie palace.
History
Designed by Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls & Clements and opened in August 1927, the façade of the Mayan Theater includes stylized pre-Columbian patterns and figures designed by sculptor Francisco Cornejo. This is his major work.
Originally a legitimate theater, the Mayan Theater is a prototypical example of the many excessively ornate exotic revival-style theaters of the late 1920s, Mayan Revival in this case. The well-preserved lobby is called "The Hall of Feathered Serpents," the auditorium includes a chandelier based on the Aztec calendar stone, and the original fire curtain included images of Mayan jungles and temples.
The theater has been a location in many films including Save the Tiger, Rock 'n' Roll High School and A Night at the Roxbury.
In 1990, the Mayan Theater, with most of its lavish ornament intact, became a nightclub. It is designated as a Historic Cultural Monument.[1]
Photo gallery
Detail of façade, 2012.
Theater poster, 1938.
Theater poster, ca. 1940.
Mayan stage, 2011.
See also
- List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Downtown Los Angeles
- Mayan Revival architecture-related topics
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Coordinates: 34°02′26″N 118°15′33″W / 34.040530°N 118.259127°W