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Feb 24, 2016 · A 1922 electrical fire burned Universal’s film storage unit. A hot New Jersey summer was enough to immolate every movie made by Fox before 1937; although seven fire companies arrived on the ...
- Romie Stott
Apr 24, 2015 · The Avon adapted, going digital in 2013. But for two years the owner allowed Umphenour to photograph and film what has become a relic in most US movie theaters: the 35mm projection booth. "I saw ...
- Smyrna Theatre; Smyrna, Delaware
- Alhambra Theatre; San Francisco, California
- Plains Theatre; Roswell, New Mexico
- Webb Theatre; Gastonia, North Carolina
- Runnymede Theatre; Toronto, Ontario
- Loma Theatre; San Diego, California
- Rivoli Theatre; Berkeley, California
- Loew's Valencia Theatre; Queens, New York
“After the Great Depression there was really no money left to invest in grand movie palaces,” say Marchand and Meffre, “so the trend was in smaller, simpler theaters that were more Streamlined Moderne.” This was the case with Delaware’s Smyrna Theatre, a first-run, single screen theater that opened its doors in 1948. With only 600 seats—including a...
Anyone who has stepped inside San Francisco’s Castro Theatrewill recognize the same extravagant display of worldly influences still evident on the walls of the city’s former Alhambra Theatre. Prominent local architect Timothy L. Pflueger, the mastermind behind both venues, designed this 1,625-seat single-screen movie palace, which opened in 1926, a...
The 1,030-seat, single-screen Plains Theatre opened in Roswell in 1946, just a year before the most infamous incident in local history. It’s one of the reasons that Marchand and Meffre drove over 300 miles from Texas to photograph this particular space. In 1947, what many believe to be a “flying saucer” crash landed on a ranch just outside Roswell....
Gastonia architect Hugh Edward White designed the 826-seat, single-screen Webb Theatre in 1927, and this Moderne-style movie house showcased films until 1951, when the city purchased it for use as retail and storage. Thankfully, Gastonia kept the bulk of the space’s interior features—including both its embossed plasterwork and balcony—intact. Still...
What began as a venue for vaudeville stage shows and silent films now attracts shoppers in search of Lancôme skin care and bottles of Chanel N°5 eau de parfum. Architect Alfred Chapman designed the 1,550-seat theater as an “atmospheric theater,” say Marchand and Meffre. “It’s a style of theater that’s meant to feel open-air. The ceiling is painted ...
“This theater is interesting in that it was done by one of the most prominent theater architects on the West Coast,” say Meffre and Marchand. They’re talking about S. Charles Lee, who designed everything from LA’s terra-cotta Tower Theatre (now home to an Apple store) to Hollywood’s historic Max Factor Building, which currently houses the Hollywood...
With its ornately painted ceiling and molded wall pillars reminiscent of some far-off exotic locale, it’s evident that Berkeley’s 1,402-seat Rivoli Theatre was a movie palace built to impress. The single-screen theater opened in 1926 as part of the Golden State Theatre and Realty Corporation, which owned dozens of San Francisco Bay Area theaters ov...
“Most of the former theaters that have been lucky enough to be reused are reused as churches,” say Marchand and Meffre, “and the Loew's Valencia is probably one of the most beautiful.” Architect John Eberson, who is best known for designing close to 100 atmospheric-style theaters across the U.S. (many of which have sadly been destroyed), created th...
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In 1910 it became law that projection equipment had to be housed in a separate area from the audience. So, cinemas had to construct projection rooms containing fire proof shutters. Also there had to be a bucket of water, a bucket of sand and an asbestos blanket, as fire precautions. The projection room had to be separate from the rewind area.
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- Hippodrome Cinema. This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland. 56.0176, -3.6082. Added by SEANETTA.
- Tampa Theatre. One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape. 27.9503, -82.4590. Added by J Ginsberg.
- Kinema in the Woods. This century-old cinema is complete with musical interludes and boasts a rare projection system. 53.1557, -0.2140.
- Garneau Theatre. This is one of the last remaining theatres in Canada to feature an Art Moderne architectural style. 53.5231, -113.5123.
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Apr 6, 2023 · Then, less than a decade later in 1932, Eastman Kodak company developed the 8mm film format as well as projectors like the Kodak Instamatic M67 motion picture film projector. Joined by companies like Bell and Howell, Argus, Pathe, and Canon who released their first 8mm movie projector in 1956, the CINE 8-T. Later, in the 1960s, the Super 8mm ...
