Photos favorited by MPol

  • <p>The ornate wide and railing of the main lobby staircase.</p>
  • <p>Nice view of the main lobby from just inside the doors from the vestibule.  One of the most ornate lobbies around with exotic motifs from numerous cultures.</p>
  • <p>The auditorium is to the left of the main foyer.</p>
  • <p>Front Facade of the Oriental Theatre</p>
  • <p>Wide view showing the large office building the Oriental lobby is incorporated into.</p>
  • <p>1993 image (from an old print I scanned) shows the theatre during its Show Follies porn incarnation, along with the adjacent Embassy 2, 3, 4.</p>
  • <p>Syosset Theater Grand Opening</p>
  • <p>The photographer of this historical photograph is unknown.</p>
  • <p>Courtesy:Batgung and Moddesy.</p>
  • <p>Ad for last day of operation, April 25, 1959.</p>
  • <p>This is the way the Franklin Theatre looked for much of the time, after it’s opening in 1937 on Main Street in Franklin, Tennessee.</p>
  • <p>From Main Street, the view of the new Franklin Theatre, on the re-opening night: June 3, 2011.</p>
  • <p>Grand stairway to upper lobby</p>
  • <p>Theater organ</p>
  • <p>Gigantic balcony and projection ports</p>
  • <p>Private box detail</p>
  • <p>Upper lobby with grand staircase</p>
  • <p>House view from stage rear</p>
  • <p>Main ceiling</p>
  • <p>1978 photo. Films were still being shown regularly, along with the stage show featuring the Rockettes. There were only a handful of people in the audience for a prime time evening performance, a pretty good indication that this traditional policy of films plus a stage show at popular prices would soon be ending forever.</p>
  • <p>1987 photo.</p>