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<p>[QUOTE="leeg, post: 4109682, member: 17073"][ATTACH=full]1066999[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Francis B. Davison was named director-general of the exposition. Thirty years earlier, he had served as chief inspector and adjuster of the 1892-93 Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Image from <i>The Numismatist</i>, February 2015, p. 37.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>“Virginia is watching California these days when preparations for the celebration of the Monroe Doctrine Centennial focus attention on Los Angeles. The American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Exposition, July 2 to August 4, will do honor to one of the great sons of this state, which has written so many brilliant pages into the history of the country.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that Francis B. Davison, the director general of the big California Revue and Exposition, has lived in Virginia and has been identified with some of its most progressive monuments gives assurance that in stressing the achievements of James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, the splendid influences of the state to which he belonged and to which he was always loyal, will not be forgotten.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Davison is one of the few men who have chosen exposition work as a vocation for 30 years, ever since as a youth he went to the World’s Columbian Exposition as chief inspector and adjustor, he has concentrated his attention on what he believes is a most important educational medium.</p><p><br /></p><p>With this wide experience Mr. Davison has been able to plan something quite different from any previous exposition. For the first time in its history of about a quarter of a century the motion picture industry is to present a show all its own and it is promised that it will be as ‘different’ from all that have preceded it as the wonders of the screen are different from the old-fashioned means of entertainment.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Spanish-American city is to rise in Exposition Park in Los Angeles under the magic wand of the motion picture exposition management. As the Monroe Centennial celebration is to be international, enlisting the co-operation of all the American republics, the architecture has been chosen as typical of the bond connecting the early history and traditions of North and South America. The buildings will cover approximately 1,000,000 square feet of space. They will be colorful and charmingly grouped. The principal structures will face the Esplanade, 150 feet wide, which will lead from the main entrance to the great Community Coliseum now near completion. There will be a Woman’s Court with buildings surrounding patios situated on either side of the Esplanade. Here will be situated, also, and auditorium where morning congresses will be held. Men and women famous in the literary, educational and artistic world, leaders in club and welfare work, statesmen and reformers will speak at the congresses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Halfway between the main entrance and the peristyle of the coliseum there will be a circular plaza with a fountain in the center and high towers overlooking it. This will be the Court of the Americas. The coliseum will seat 80,000 persons. Here the evening programs will be presented on a stage that has been especially designed by F. B. Davison, director general. This stage, with three graduated levels, will solve many of the problems met with in all the modern bowls and stadiums.</p><p><br /></p><p>The design provides for a main level more than 200 feet square. This will be the largest stage ever provided for dramatic performances. The second level, which will be used for ballets and spectacles, will roof dressing rooms and spaces in which the floats and pageants can be prepared for exhibition. The bands and orchestras will occupy the uppermost level. The stage is suggestive of an Aztec temple and will be beautiful in the general effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every evening the program for the Historical Revue will be changed, material for the various episodes having been provided by the most careful research in which the universities of California have co-operated. Gorgeously costumed and brilliantly lighted, the groups on these floats will be most effective. They will be placed on revolving platforms that enable the audience to see them from every angle. Four floats will be shown at the same time and each will move from side to side of the big stage, so that the whole vast audience many see it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067001[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The new ‘Coliseum’ in Los Angeles. <i>The People's Playground, How the Memorial Coliseum put Los Angeles on the Map, </i>Hadley Mears, July 21, 2016.</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p>As the floats appear they will be filmed, the pictures to be presented later in all the leading motion picture theatres of the world. When the Revue and Exposition close an immense new library of great educational value will be assembled. This wonderful collection of pictures will be a permanent contribution to history and will be appreciated by educators.</p><p><br /></p><p>The president of the United States has accepted an invitation to attend the opening of the Monroe Doctrine Centennial, and, unless official duties prevent, he will come to California on a special train provided by the management of the exposition for him and the distinguished party that will accompany him. This party will include members of the cabinet, diplomats, senators and representatives with the ladies of their families. So much interest has been manifested in the Premiere by members of the Congress and officials of the Federal government, which is strongly supporting the Monroe Doctrine Centennial, that it is probable a second special train will be needed to accommodate the Premiere guests from Washington.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that the government at Washington is deeply interested in the Revue and Exposition is emphasized by the issue of a special coin. This new fifty-cent piece will be ready in time to be put in circulation when the exposition opens. There will be an issue of 300,000 of these coins.”<b>3</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>3. <i>Torrance (CA) Herald</i>, Motion Picture Exposition and Revue; Coliseum to Seat 80,000; to Have Largest Stage In the World, March 30, 1923.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="leeg, post: 4109682, member: 17073"][ATTACH=full]1066999[/ATTACH] [B]Francis B. Davison was named director-general of the exposition. Thirty years earlier, he had served as chief inspector and adjuster of the 1892-93 Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Image from [I]The Numismatist[/I], February 2015, p. 37.[/B] “Virginia is watching California these days when preparations for the celebration of the Monroe Doctrine Centennial focus attention on Los Angeles. The American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Exposition, July 2 to August 4, will do honor to one of the great sons of this state, which has written so many brilliant pages into the history of the country. The fact that Francis B. Davison, the director general of the big California Revue and Exposition, has lived in Virginia and has been identified with some of its most progressive monuments gives assurance that in stressing the achievements of James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, the splendid influences of the state to which he belonged and to which he was always loyal, will not be forgotten. Mr. Davison is one of the few men who have chosen exposition work as a vocation for 30 years, ever since as a youth he went to the World’s Columbian Exposition as chief inspector and adjustor, he has concentrated his attention on what he believes is a most important educational medium. With this wide experience Mr. Davison has been able to plan something quite different from any previous exposition. For the first time in its history of about a quarter of a century the motion picture industry is to present a show all its own and it is promised that it will be as ‘different’ from all that have preceded it as the wonders of the screen are different from the old-fashioned means of entertainment. A Spanish-American city is to rise in Exposition Park in Los Angeles under the magic wand of the motion picture exposition management. As the Monroe Centennial celebration is to be international, enlisting the co-operation of all the American republics, the architecture has been chosen as typical of the bond connecting the early history and traditions of North and South America. The buildings will cover approximately 1,000,000 square feet of space. They will be colorful and charmingly grouped. The principal structures will face the Esplanade, 150 feet wide, which will lead from the main entrance to the great Community Coliseum now near completion. There will be a Woman’s Court with buildings surrounding patios situated on either side of the Esplanade. Here will be situated, also, and auditorium where morning congresses will be held. Men and women famous in the literary, educational and artistic world, leaders in club and welfare work, statesmen and reformers will speak at the congresses. Halfway between the main entrance and the peristyle of the coliseum there will be a circular plaza with a fountain in the center and high towers overlooking it. This will be the Court of the Americas. The coliseum will seat 80,000 persons. Here the evening programs will be presented on a stage that has been especially designed by F. B. Davison, director general. This stage, with three graduated levels, will solve many of the problems met with in all the modern bowls and stadiums. The design provides for a main level more than 200 feet square. This will be the largest stage ever provided for dramatic performances. The second level, which will be used for ballets and spectacles, will roof dressing rooms and spaces in which the floats and pageants can be prepared for exhibition. The bands and orchestras will occupy the uppermost level. The stage is suggestive of an Aztec temple and will be beautiful in the general effect. Every evening the program for the Historical Revue will be changed, material for the various episodes having been provided by the most careful research in which the universities of California have co-operated. Gorgeously costumed and brilliantly lighted, the groups on these floats will be most effective. They will be placed on revolving platforms that enable the audience to see them from every angle. Four floats will be shown at the same time and each will move from side to side of the big stage, so that the whole vast audience many see it. [ATTACH=full]1067001[/ATTACH] [B]The new ‘Coliseum’ in Los Angeles. [I]The People's Playground, How the Memorial Coliseum put Los Angeles on the Map, [/I]Hadley Mears, July 21, 2016. [/B] As the floats appear they will be filmed, the pictures to be presented later in all the leading motion picture theatres of the world. When the Revue and Exposition close an immense new library of great educational value will be assembled. This wonderful collection of pictures will be a permanent contribution to history and will be appreciated by educators. The president of the United States has accepted an invitation to attend the opening of the Monroe Doctrine Centennial, and, unless official duties prevent, he will come to California on a special train provided by the management of the exposition for him and the distinguished party that will accompany him. This party will include members of the cabinet, diplomats, senators and representatives with the ladies of their families. So much interest has been manifested in the Premiere by members of the Congress and officials of the Federal government, which is strongly supporting the Monroe Doctrine Centennial, that it is probable a second special train will be needed to accommodate the Premiere guests from Washington. The fact that the government at Washington is deeply interested in the Revue and Exposition is emphasized by the issue of a special coin. This new fifty-cent piece will be ready in time to be put in circulation when the exposition opens. There will be an issue of 300,000 of these coins.”[B]3[/B] [B]3. [I]Torrance (CA) Herald[/I], Motion Picture Exposition and Revue; Coliseum to Seat 80,000; to Have Largest Stage In the World, March 30, 1923.[/B][/QUOTE]
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