Looks like the status on this one should have been changed to closed/demolished a while ago. I will be around there tomorrow, but the posts from two years ago don’t leave much doubt.
I think the argument about classic theaters v. multiplexes has been dispensed with. I have added quite a few megaplexes myself recently. I do think that this site has more to offer than Cinematour, and I think that more information and comments on the multiplexes will be filled in as time goes on. Obviously there is more input on the “classic” houses as opposed to the standard twelve-screen concrete box.
Is there any way to get even a rough estimate of how many operating drive-ins are left in the US? I think the peak was in the thousands back in the early to mid 50s.
I had a similar experience. I went out taking pictures on a Sunday morning and wandered into several theater/churches to check out the interiors. About half the time I was questioned, although I was never asked to leave directly.
Here is an October 1939 ad from the NYT. Apologies if I missed it somewhere in the preceding entries:
http://tinyurl.com/2ra6v3
How many people recognzed Dean Stockwell as the boy without reading the credits? I had a hunch but I had to peek.
A good film. I always thought Peck’s character was a little naive, even for 1947 (“Shocked! Shocked to find anti-Semites in Connecticut!).
Here is a 1944 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2b2wxw
Here is a November 1947 ad from the NYT:
http://tinyurl.com/35p554
Here is a photo of Major Bowes in his apartment, from the Ben Hall book mentioned above:
http://tinyurl.com/yrb5w3
Looks like the status on this one should have been changed to closed/demolished a while ago. I will be around there tomorrow, but the posts from two years ago don’t leave much doubt.
I think the horse has been beaten enough. Back to the theater.
If I were to keep a running count, I have been ejected from the Lincoln and the State, both in Los Angeles.
How about St. Patrick’s Cathedral on 5th Avenue in NYC? Or any of the 500 year old churches in Europe. Full of tourists with cameras.
I’m an atheist. Maybe it shows.
I think the argument about classic theaters v. multiplexes has been dispensed with. I have added quite a few megaplexes myself recently. I do think that this site has more to offer than Cinematour, and I think that more information and comments on the multiplexes will be filled in as time goes on. Obviously there is more input on the “classic” houses as opposed to the standard twelve-screen concrete box.
Is there any way to get even a rough estimate of how many operating drive-ins are left in the US? I think the peak was in the thousands back in the early to mid 50s.
I will be in that area tomorrow. I will take some photos.
I had a similar experience. I went out taking pictures on a Sunday morning and wandered into several theater/churches to check out the interiors. About half the time I was questioned, although I was never asked to leave directly.
Here is a December 1967 ad from the NYT:
http://tinyurl.com/2faxyj
Here is a September 1969 ad from the NYT:
http://tinyurl.com/2uuddn
I was watching the pilot episode of Baretta tonight, and there was a night shot of the Linda Lea with the marquee lit up. Very nice.
Here is a photo circa 1988:
http://tinyurl.com/2ckrnr
Here is some detail from the upstairs lobby ceiling:
http://tinyurl.com/2ldyax
That was a couple of albums ago. You’ve got to get up to speed.
The west is the best. Get here, and we’ll do the rest.
Here is a view of the box office, circa 1974:
http://tinyurl.com/27ch54
Here is a view of the box office circa 1976:
http://tinyurl.com/2z9mn5
Here is a photo circa 1974:
http://tinyurl.com/2zbyrk