Papers, scores and sheet music, 1924-1931.
Related Entities
There are 9 Entities related to this resource.
Granada Theatre (San Francisco)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c87x7z (corporateBody)
Peabody, Eddie, approximately 1901-1970
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd33z8 (person)
Olympia Theatre (New Haven, Conn.)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs4d44 (corporateBody)
Black, Ben
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65161pc (person)
Metropolitan Theatre (San Francisco)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f1dxm (corporateBody)
Paramount Theatre (Los Angeles)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6422jdh (corporateBody)
Paramount Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m38h6c (corporateBody)
Publix Theatres Corporation.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wx34rv (corporateBody)
Partington, J. A. (John Allan), 1890-1944
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63j5gkk (person)
J. A. Partington was a producer, inventor and stage manager. Born on the Isle of Man in 1890, he and his family migrated to California when he was five. Partington produced stage shows which were performed before featured films at the Granada and Metropolitan Theatres in San Francisco and later for the Publix Theatres Corporation. Partington is best known for his invention of the rising orchestra pit and the disappearing footlights. Partington produced the stage shows of the Roxy Theatre for Fan...