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Allen Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio

http://www.rinestock.com/allen.html

Photographs of the movie theater built in 1921, from RineStock Studios.

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American Picture Palaces

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PALACE/home.html

Illustrated history by the University of Virginia of the extravagant buildings that sprang up in the inter-war years to house the movies. Includes socio-economic background, guide to Art Deco.

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Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust

http://www.glasgowmerchantcity.net/britanniapanopticontrust.htm

Aims to save and reuse the music hall in Glasgow built in 1857 and designed by Thomas Gildard and H.M.McFarlane. Includes a photograph and history.

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Carthalia

http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/

Andreas Praefcke's postcard collection of theatre buildings and concert halls worldwide. He provides notes on the history of some of the better-known ones.

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Cinema Treasures

http://cinematreasures.org

Dedicated to saving classic movie theaters in the US. News, database, photographs, virtual tours and message boards. Also aims, founders, sponsors and volunteer staff of the web-site.

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Drive In Theater

http://www.driveintheater.com/

The American phenomenon which began in the 1930s: open-air cinemas, viewed from automobiles. An illustrated history and list of theaters both operating and closed.

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Fox Theatre Building, Detroit, Michigan

http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18638_20846-54585--,00.html

Designed by C. Howard Crane and built in 1928, it is the "most exotic eclectic Hindu-Siamese-Byzantine theater of the golden age of the movie palace". Photographs, brief history.

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Grand Vision Foundation

http://www.grandvision.org

A non-profit organization to preserve and promote the Warner Grand Theater, an Art Deco movie palace in San Pedro, California. Includes a history of the theater, which opened in 1931.

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Historic Los Angeles Movie Theatres

http://www.losangelestheatres.googlepages.com

Bill Counter provides photographs and descriptions of historic movie theatres in Los Angeles along with links to other resources and databases.

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Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley, California

http://www.juliamorgan.org/

Redwood building designed by architect Julia Morgan in 1908 as the St. John's Presbyterian Church. Brief description, photographs, plan.

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Kilduff's Movie Theatre Survey

http://www.kilduffs.com

A survey of movie theatres in Maryland built between 1900 and 1950. Photographs, building dates and descriptions.

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Movie House History: Classic Theaters of Kansas

http://moviehousehistory.tripod.com/

Paul Salley lists theaters, opera houses and drive-in theaters in Kansas, with some history. Banners.

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Netherlands Cinema History

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kd/

Karel Dibbets explores the theaters, the people, the companies, and the visitors of Dutch cinemas from 1906 to the present. Large list of cinemas with opening dates, some with architect.

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Palace Theatre

http://www.palacehilo.org/

Robert Alder provides an illustrated history of this 1925 theatre in Hilo, Hawaii. Includes historic photographs.

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Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California

http://www.paramounttheatre.com

The official site offers photographs and a history (with source) of this extraordinary Art Deco theater. The 1930s movie palace was designed by San Francisco architect Timothy Pflueger.

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