The Chicago Theatre

The Chicago Theatre

Januari 09, 2012
downtown movie houses, Frank Sinatra, movie theaters, Norma Talmadge, The Sign on the Door

The Chicago Theatre, so grand and magnificent a building it was dubbed “the Wonder Theatre of the World” at its opening in 1921. The first o...

New Book on the World Theatre - Kearney, Nebraska

New Book on the World Theatre - Kearney, Nebraska

Juni 27, 2011
downtown movie houses, movie theaters

“Kearney’s World Theatre” by Keith Terry, is like that long, familiar walk down the carpeted aisle, the descending incline of a movie theatr...

Vaudeville Hangs On in 1943

Vaudeville Hangs On in 1943

Juni 16, 2011
downtown movie houses, Johnny Eager, Lana Turner, movie theaters, Robert Taylor, vaudeville, World War II

The Death of Vaudeville gets mentioned from time to time in movies of the 1930s, but here in Holyoke, Massachusetts (and not a few other pla...

The Biograph Theater - Chicago

The Biograph Theater - Chicago

Juni 02, 2011
Clark Gable, downtown movie houses, Manhattan Melodrama, movie theaters, Myrna Loy, William Powell

The Victory Gardens (Biograph) Theater in Chicago has a unique history and owes as much of its longevity to real-life as to reel-life circum...

Palace Theatre - Manchester, New Hampshire

Palace Theatre - Manchester, New Hampshire

April 25, 2011
Bob Hope, downtown movie houses, Harry Houdini, Jimmy Durante, movie theaters, Red Skelton, The Marx Brothers

The Palace Theatre of Manchester, New Hampshire was modeled after the Palace in New York City, and like that famous theater, brought vaudevi...

Victory Theatre - Holyoke, Mass. - A Tour Before Renovation.

Victory Theatre - Holyoke, Mass. - A Tour Before Renovation.

November 08, 2010
downtown movie houses, movie theaters

This time not off topic, but certainly off blog. Another in our series of old movie houses takes us to the Victory Theatre in Holyoke, Massa...

"Community" Theaters

"Community" Theaters

Mei 30, 2007
carnival glass, Depression glass, downtown movie houses, influence of the film industry on America

Two teenage girls in the 1930s won a prize turkey in a raffle at their local movie house. They lived in a city, close to the downtown where...