Theaters and Cinemas
Theaters and Cinemas Links
- 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.
- Allen Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio Photographs of the movie theater built in 1921, from RineStock Studios.
- Theaters Great Buildings Online provides photographs, details and bibliographies for a number of significant theaters of all periods across the world.
- Theatre Royal, York, UK The official site includes a brief history of the theatre built in 1744 and re-modelled in the 19th century.
- 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.
- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London The official site includes images and archaeological evidence of the original Elizabethan circular theatre, the story of its reconstruction (1994-7) and a timeline.
- Fox Theatre Building, Detroit, Michigan 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.
- Historic Movie Houses of Los Angeles A list with dates and brief descriptions of the theaters built (1910-32) along South Broadway for films and vaudeville.
- Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California 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.
- Theatre Royal Chatham, UK The Theatre Royal Chatham Trust present a slide-show and illustrated history of this ornate Late-Victorian theatre, and its efforts to save and restore it.
- Recreating The Theater of Dionysus in Athens A computer reconstruction of this ancient amphitheater from the e-journal Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today.
- Classic Theatres of Kansas Paul Salley lists theaters, opera houses and drive-in theaters in Kansas, with some history. Banners.
- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Peter McCurdy describes the reconstruction by his firm of the Elizabethan theatre in London used by Shakespeare. Research, construction.
- Movie Palace Locater Includes map links to 300 movie theatres in the US.
- Shakespeare's Globe Research Database Describes and illustrates London playhouses in the 16th and 17th century, particularly the original Globe Theatre, and its modern reconstruction. From Reading University.
- Aztec On The River Theatre The official site of this theatre in San Antonio (US), opened in 1926 in a fantasy Meso-American style. Includes photographs and history.
- The KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico A picture palace in the flamboyant, short-lived, Pueblo Deco style, designed by Carl Boller in 1925. Photographs and history from the City of Albuquerque.
- Drive In Theater 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.
- The Fox Theatre, Salina, Kansas This movie palace built circa 1931 will be restored as a performing arts facility. Photographs of the building from the 1930s to 1950s. Campaign news.
- Paramount Center For The Arts, Peekskill, New York Designed by theatrical architects Rapp and Rapp to simulate the grand opera houses of Europe, the Paramount was built as a movie theatre and opened in 1930. Photographs and history.
- Netherlands Cinema History Karel Dibbets explores the theatres, 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.
- The Coleman Theatre Beautiful, Miama, Oklahoma Photograph and brief history of this ornate Spanish Mission Revival building, opened in 1929.
- Swedish Cinemas This stylish site by Kjell Furberg, cinema historian and photographer, provides an architectural feast from the silent era onwards. English and Swedish language versions.
- The Picture Palace Studies of UK cinema buildings and their architects.
- American Picture Palaces 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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