In the ‘60s and '70s the Whittier was still beautiful. It was an “atmospheric” theater, meaning the interior of the auditorium was decorated like a stage setting of a Spanish colonial village with stairways, windows, and balconies, and the ceiling had tiny lights like stars, with wispy projected clouds slowly drifting by. The lighting created an exotic, dreamlike scene, sometimes more entertaining than the movie. There was also a stage behind the movie screen, but as far as I know there hadn’t been live performances for decades.
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In the ‘60s and '70s the Whittier was still beautiful. It was an “atmospheric” theater, meaning the interior of the auditorium was decorated like a stage setting of a Spanish colonial village with stairways, windows, and balconies, and the ceiling had tiny lights like stars, with wispy projected clouds slowly drifting by. The lighting created an exotic, dreamlike scene, sometimes more entertaining than the movie. There was also a stage behind the movie screen, but as far as I know there hadn’t been live performances for decades.
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