Metropolitan Theatre
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Visual materialSubject(s): circa 1940
| Theaters | Arroceros, Ermita, ManilaOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website General Note(s): The idea to construct a theater for the Manileños came in 1924, when the Philippine Legislature approved a project to build a people's theater in the Mehan Gardens. Six years later, its cornerstone was laid and the Metropolitan Theatre was inaugurated on December 10, 1931. It was designed by Filipino architect Juan Arellano using a modern expressionistic style, where the theater's facade is a great rectangular window of transluscent glass, highlighted on either side by tapestries of colored tiles. Inside, two mural paintings, "The Dance" and "The Spirit of Music" by National Artist Fernando Amorsolo, were displayed. (Source: Landmarks of Manila: 1571-1930, Visitacion de la Torre, 1981) YYYImage type: Reproduction: Photograph
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Architecture | AR00686 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | AR00686 |
The idea to construct a theater for the Manileños came in 1924, when the Philippine Legislature approved a project to build a people's theater in the Mehan Gardens. Six years later, its cornerstone was laid and the Metropolitan Theatre was inaugurated on December 10, 1931. It was designed by Filipino architect Juan Arellano using a modern expressionistic style, where the theater's facade is a great rectangular window of transluscent glass, highlighted on either side by tapestries of colored tiles. Inside, two mural paintings, "The Dance" and "The Spirit of Music" by National Artist Fernando Amorsolo, were displayed. (Source: Landmarks of Manila: 1571-1930, Visitacion de la Torre, 1981) YYY
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