These 6 pages were created from the great page swaps that i got from the Chino Hills Swap ... these girls ROCK! With jacquies permission i will post pictures of her children from when we went to HOLLYWOOD! The first 2 layouts are from the famous Captial records building.
My journaling is simply the history of the building. I was very excited to go to this building on this visit as i really really wanted to get a picture of Garth Brooks Star! and I did .. thanks for letting me walk blisters on your feet to get my pictures! For the journalingThere isn't that much for a tourist to see at the famed corner of Hollywood & Vine, but there is at least one instantly recognizable landmark near that intersection: the Capitol Records building, located on Vine Street, just north of Hollywood Boulevard. Since 1954, the company has been located in the world's first circular office building. There is a lack of consensus about whether or not this unique, 13-story high-rise was purposely designed to resemble a stack of records topped by a stylus, but few would deny that it certainly does. John Lennon's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is right outside the Capitol Records building, and is often the site of candlelight vigils on the anniversary of his death (December 8).
Country superstar Garth Brooks also has a star on the Walk of Fame outside the front door.After dark, you might notice that the spire high atop the Capitol Records building is topped by a red light which continually blinks on and off. Some people think it looks like it's sending out a message in Morse Code. It is. The red light blinks out the word "Hollywood" in code, every few seconds. In 1956, the granddaughter of Samuel Morse (inventor of the Morse code) threw the switch that turned on the tower light. This single-word message was changed only once, in June of 1992, to celebrate Capitol Records' 50th anniversary. For that one year, it blinked: "Capitol 50." In 1993, it returned to sending the original message: "Hollywood."
MY second set of 2 pages is on the HOLLYWOOD landmark Egyptian Theatre again journaling is excerpts about the awesomeness of the facts of this building.
Charles E. Toberman developed the Egyptian in 1922 The renovation by the American Cinematheque was completed in December 1998.
The theatre originally cost $800,000 to build and took 18 months. The renovation cost $12.9 million.
Architects Meyer & Holler designed the Egyptian. King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in Egypt on November 26, 1922 and an Egyptian craze swept the nation. The four massive columns that mark the theatre’s main entrance are 4 feet wide and rise twenty feet. On the roof, an actor attired as an Egyptian guard, marched back and forth across the roof parapet with a rifle in hand – calling out the start of each performance. The original seating capacity of the theatre was close to 2,071 in a 115 by 125 foot auditorium. The renovated Egyptian will have a seating capacity of 650 in the Lloyd E. Rigler theatre and there will be an 83-seat capacity in the Steven Spielberg theatre. The courtyard of the Egyptian is 45 feet wide and 150 feet long. The store fronts along the east side of the courtyard were described as having an "Oriental motif" and apparently sold imports. This space will operate as a single restaurant when the theatre re-opens. On the west side, the Pig ‘n Whistle restaurant, which opened on July 22, 1927 and operated until the late 1940s, had a side entrance onto the Egyptian Theatre courtyard. A small tiled area featuring the "pig ‘n whistle" motif still exists in the courtyard on the west wall near the fountain. The elegant restaurant was built by architects Morgan, Walls & Clements and was featured in a 1928 issue of Architectural Digest.
The first film to open at the Egyptian was ROBIN HOOD starring Douglas Fairbanks. The Grand Opening Premiere was on Wednesday, October 18, 1922. The film reportedly cost over one million dollars. Tickets were $5.00 for the premiere of ROBIN HOOD. One could reserve a seat up to two weeks in advance for the daily performances. Evening admission was $.75, $1.00 or $1.50. When THE TEN COMMANDMENTS premiered in December 4, 1923, it was the first premiere at the Egyptian in nine months. THE COVERED WAGON ran at the Egyptian in between the premieres of ROBIN HOOD and THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS cost $1.4 million, but was very successful and grossed $4 million. The history of this film’s production and release and that of TITANIC bear remarkable resemblance, including the fact that the film featured state-of-the-art special effects for its day.
From 1955 to 1968, the Egyptian returned to its original roots as a theater that provided long run reserved seat road shows. SOUTH PACIFIC ran for more than a year, the colossal BEN-HUR opened in 1959 and sustained an incredible two year engagement. MY FAIR LADY (1964) also ran for more than a year and finally FUNNY GIRL, in 1968 was the last of the long run road shows, and the last of the big star-studded premiere at the Egyptian.
United Artists was the last owner of the Egyptian Theatre before it closed in 1992. The American Cinematheque purchased the theatre from the city for $1 with the provision that this historical landmark would be restored to its original grandeur and re-opened as a movie theatre showcasing the organizations celebrated, public programming. (http://www.egyptiantheatre.com/egyptian/eghistor.htm)
The last of my 2 page layouts are my beautiful flowers that my hubby to be bought me for my birthday in May of this year! This layout sketch was created by me for the chino swap! I just can't tell you all how much i am loving the complete page / sketch swaps! 
1 comment:
Hey! I think I know those kids! They're awfully cute! I think I remember that brunette in the photo with you too; she's whack!
Sure did have a good time that day. Can't wait to scrap those pics myself! I'm so darn behind!
Jax
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