Theaters and Cinemas (Subscribe)
Categories
- Ancient Theaters (2)
- Balaban and Katz (3)
Links
Allen Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio
http://www.rinestock.com/allen.html
Photographs of the movie theater built in 1921, from RineStock Studios.
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.
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.
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.
Cinema Treasures
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.
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.
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.
Grand Vision Foundation
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.
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.
Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley, California
Redwood building designed by architect Julia Morgan in 1908 as the St. John's Presbyterian Church. Brief description, photographs, plan.
Kilduff's Movie Theatre Survey
A survey of movie theatres in Maryland built between 1900 and 1950. Photographs, building dates and descriptions.
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.
Netherlands Cinema History
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.
Palace Theatre
Robert Alder provides an illustrated history of this 1925 theatre in Hilo, Hawaii. Includes historic photographs.
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.

