Now
Available as a Video on Demand through March 31, 2021!
View
the HD re-master of the 2008 documentary, “THE OVIATT BUILDING” along
with a replay of our 2020 Q&A with writer/producer and Oviatt historian
Marc Chevalier and director Seth M. Shulman. Included in the Q&A replay are
extras screened during the event.
“THE
OVIATT BUILDING” is the untold story of downtown Los Angeles' first Art Deco
jewel: the 1928 Oviatt Building and its opulent penthouse. Though many of you
know the Oviatt Building for the vintage Cicada Nightclub, this Art Deco gem
began life as a fine men’s clothing store and living quarters for owner James Oviatt.
The film follows Oviatt as he travels through Europe, hiring its finest artists –including Rene Lalique– to furnish his new building like no other. Long lost archival images show each stage of the Oviatt building’s design, construction and opening. Long-held beliefs about its structural artwork are exposed as myths. We watch as James Oviatt struggles to pull his life’s work from the abyss of the Great Depression –with surprising success. Interviews with surviving relatives and employees bring vividly to life the Oviatt Building’s glory days.
Your ticket
purchase will allow you to watch “The Oviatt Building” and bonus Q&A at
home through a specially provided link.
Video on Demand Pricing:
$5.00 General Admission
$4.50 ADSLA Member
How this works:
When
you purchase a ticket, a link will be sent to you to view the film and extras from your
home. Once you click to watch the film, you will have 96 hours to finish the
stream. You can begin your 96 hours at any point from the time you receive your
link until 11:59 pm on March 7.
Non-members will need to create a free log-in with our ticketing agency
Agile Ticketing. Our program will stream live through Agile’s secure platform.
Agile will not sell or distribute your information. Members, please use your
existing log-in information to purchase tickets and view event.