Photos favorited by classictheaters

  • <p>Photo by George Mann of the comedy dance team, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barto_and_Mann">Barto and Mann</a>.</p>
  • <p>A 1946 shot of the front of the Loew’s State.</p>
  • <p>Exterior with RKO signage (1955)</p>
  • <p>August 1928 images and description courtesy of bldg. 51 archive and Urban Remains.</p> <p>“finally beginning to digitize a massive pile of original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photographic prints of work done by the short-lived chicago architectural firm of graven and mayger (1927-28). i hope to have this project completed by the end of the month.</p> <p>i’ve included a few images (interior and posterior) of detroit’s 3400-seat holywood theater completed in 1927. the theater was demolished in 1963 to make way for a parking lot."</p> <p>chicago architects graven and mayger had apprenticed with noted theater architects c.w. rapp and g.l. rapp, whose chicago firm designed some 400 movie palaces across the country, starting in 1921 with the lavish french baroque chicago theater.</p> <p>compared to rapp & rapp, the firm of graven & mayger was a flash in the pan. in a partnership spanning just 15 months in 1927-1928, the pair designed eight grand theaters across the country before finding their way to obscurity.</p>
  • <p>Twilight shot of the Hollywood Theatre in Detroit circa 1941 with “They Met in Bombay”</p>
  • <p>August 1928 images and description courtesy of bldg. 51 archive and Urban Remains.</p> <p>“finally beginning to digitize a massive pile of original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photographic prints of work done by the short-lived chicago architectural firm of graven and mayger (1927-28). i hope to have this project completed by the end of the month.</p> <p>i’ve included a few images (interior and posterior) of detroit’s 3400-seat holywood theater completed in 1927. the theater was demolished in 1963 to make way for a parking lot."</p> <p>chicago architects graven and mayger had apprenticed with noted theater architects c.w. rapp and g.l. rapp, whose chicago firm designed some 400 movie palaces across the country, starting in 1921 with the lavish french baroque chicago theater.</p> <p>compared to rapp & rapp, the firm of graven & mayger was a flash in the pan. in a partnership spanning just 15 months in 1927-1928, the pair designed eight grand theaters across the country before finding their way to obscurity.</p>
  • <p>August 1928 images and description courtesy of bldg. 51 archive and Urban Remains.</p> <p>“finally beginning to digitize a massive pile of original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photographic prints of work done by the short-lived chicago architectural firm of graven and mayger (1927-28). i hope to have this project completed by the end of the month.</p> <p>i’ve included a few images (interior and posterior) of detroit’s 3400-seat holywood theater completed in 1927. the theater was demolished in 1963 to make way for a parking lot."</p> <p>chicago architects graven and mayger had apprenticed with noted theater architects c.w. rapp and g.l. rapp, whose chicago firm designed some 400 movie palaces across the country, starting in 1921 with the lavish french baroque chicago theater.</p> <p>compared to rapp & rapp, the firm of graven & mayger was a flash in the pan. in a partnership spanning just 15 months in 1927-1928, the pair designed eight grand theaters across the country before finding their way to obscurity.</p>
  • <p>The Westville Theatre circa 1947 in New Haven with a small line</p>
  • <p>Photograph by Marc Davidson</p>
  • <p>Marquee and entrance (1938)</p>
  • <p>February 1963. Photo courtesy of outsidelands.org and opensfhistory.org.</p>
  • <p>Paramount Oakland, date unknown, most likely 1980’s.</p>
  • <p>no cinema. it is a club, a venue for bands, often closed.</p>
  • <p>The remains of the box seats at the Paramount Theatre.</p> <p><a href="http://www.afterthefinalcurtain.net/">After the Final Curtain</a></p>
  • <p>In opening scenes of “Joker”, 2019.</p>
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  • <p>Night view circa 1917</p>
  • <p>Modernized marquee and entrance (1955)</p>
  • <p>Auditorium towards stage (1955)</p>
  • <p>I shot this shortly before it was demolished. Being a love of graphics especially old American forms I would love to see a picture of the marquis in full bloom. Actually any other good picture. I think I have a better shot than the one I uploaded and will look for it.</p>