And in 2009 , Nike partnered with us to create this beautiful rooftop . Hi , I'm Gilbert Smith and I'm the president of the Montauban Company . When people come here , they book either a love seat or individual seats .
Just operating the rooftop takes care of the entire overhead of running the theater annually . Gilbert is truly poured all of his love into this place . In fact , he's about to help one of his long time customers pop the question to his girlfriend right before your eyes .
In 1993 Ricardo Monon won the s a lifetime achievement award . Gilbert sat in the audience with his wife , Ricardo's daughter , Anita Ricardo joked , I'd like to thank my wonderful daughter , Anita , to whom I gave a glorious name , Anita Monon , but she got married and now she's Anita Smith . Well , one writer had this to say , fear , not Ricardo , your glorious name lives , fear not to the artist of are seeking to achieve greatness .
This place has so much cool history . It's no wonder Gilbert has dedicated his life to keeping it running since taking it . Over 2006 , Gilbert has had over 600 screenings of movies to over 50,000 people creating memorable nights for so many Angelenos and truly the most wonderful setting .
That is all the time we have for tonight . Thank you for joining us and thank you to Gilbert Smith for one of the best nights we've ever had and congratulations to the lucky couple , but we got to go because the movie is about to start . Cheers .
