Open Directory - Arts: Architecture: Building Types: Theaters and Cinemas
See also: - Photographs of the movie theater built in 1921, from RineStock Studios. - 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. - A theater in San Antonio, Texas, opened in 1926 in a fantasy Meso-American style. Includes photographs and history. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Bill Counter provides photographs and descriptions of historic movie theatres in Los Angeles along with links to other resources and databases. - Redwood building designed by architect Julia Morgan in 1908 as the St. John's Presbyterian Church. Brief description, photographs, plan. - A survey of movie theatres in Maryland built between 1900 and 1950. Photographs, building dates and descriptions. - Paul Salley lists theaters, opera houses and drive-in theaters in Kansas, with some history. Banners. - 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. - 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. - This 1928 cinema in Detroit was designed with a Japanese motif. Includes an illustrated history and details of its restoration by the Motor City Theatre Organ Society. - A study of the former Saenger organization and its theaters, mainly in the US. A list, with illustrated histories of selected theaters, some now gone. - Historical archive of all surviving cinema buildings in Scotland and news on cinemas under threat of closure or demolition. A database with photographs and historical information on over 900 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. - El Cerrito's historic theater with its Art Deco interior and murals is one of California's hidden treasures. History, photographs and progress on its restoration. - Promotes the study of old cinemas in the UK. Archives, publications, events, links. - 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. - Constructed in 1927 in Ann Arbour, Michigan, to the design of Detroit architect Maurice Finkel as a vaudeville and movie palace. The official site includes an illustrated history. - This Art Deco cinema in the UK, designed by David Nye in 1936, has been restored and re-opened. Includes photographs. - Great Buildings Online provides photographs, details and bibliographies for a number of significant theaters of all periods across the world. - Nonprofit educational organization dedicated to documenting and celebrating historic theatres of all types in the United States. - The official site includes a brief history of the theater built in 1744 and re-modelled in the 19th century. - Features interactive walkthroughs of 3D models of present and past theatres, including those of ancient Greece and Rome. Requires Cosmo Player VRML Plug-in, Flash and Quicktime.
