S. Charles Lee

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S. Charles Lee was a prominent American architect best known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne movie theater designs across California during the early to mid-20th century.

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S. Charles Lee canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeIn California ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1950s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
birthDate 1899-09-05 ⓘ
birthName Samuel Charles Levitt ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1990-01-27 ⓘ
designed Academy Theatre, Inglewood ⓘ
Bruin Theatre, Westwood ⓘ
linked to: Bruin Theatre

Fox Oakland Theatre (remodel work) ⓘ
linked to: Fox Theater Oakland

Fox Theatre, Bakersfield (remodel work) ⓘ
Fox Wilshire Theatre (now Saban Theatre) ⓘ
Fremont Theatre, San Luis Obispo ⓘ
Hollywood & Western Building ⓘ
Los Angeles Theatre ⓘ
Max Factor Building, Hollywood ⓘ
Tower Theatre (Los Angeles) ⓘ
many neighborhood movie palaces in Southern California ⓘ
educatedAt Armour Institute of Technology ⓘ
Technical College of Milwaukee ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Lee ⓘ
fieldOfWork Art Deco architecture ⓘ
Streamline Moderne architecture ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
cinema architecture ⓘ
theater architecture ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
hasWorkLocation Los Angeles, California ⓘ
San Francisco, California ⓘ
linked to: San Francisco
influenced design of American movie palaces ⓘ
knownForQuote “The show starts on the sidewalk.” ⓘ
movedTo Los Angeles, California ⓘ
movement Art Deco ⓘ
Streamline Moderne ⓘ
name S. Charles Lee ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor Art Deco and Moderne cinema designs ⓘ
movie theater designs in California ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
theater architect ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
residence Los Angeles, California ⓘ
style Art Deco ⓘ
Moderne ⓘ
Spanish Colonial Revival (early work) ⓘ

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Bruin Theatre → architect → S. Charles Lee ⓘ
S. Charles Lee → name → S. Charles Lee ⓘ