Photos favorited by irvl

  • <p>Isadore Brotman launched the Ritz Theatre November 3, 1935 with the film, “Caliente.” It closed February 19, 1942 with “You’ll Never Get Rich" when the New Ritz Theatre opened the next day across the street..</p>
  • <p>1946 photo courtesy Matt Suzon.</p>
  • <p>1949 Ushers Staff</p>
  • <p>1942 photo credit Charles Steinheimer LIFE Picture Collections.</p>
  • <p>June 9, 1950, opening day of the Varsity. Davis Enterprise newspaper ad.</p>
  • <p><A HREF="http://afterthefinalcurtain.net/">After the Final Curtain</A><br></p>
  • <p>Studebaker Theater House</p>
  • <p>Chicago Opera Theater pre-performance talk in the Studebaker Theater.</p>
  • <p>I took this photo while on a site visit in August 2016. The building is in rough shape.</p>
  • <p>The Vogue was in Orlando’s Colonialtown neighborhood at the corner of Colonial and Mills. It opened in 1940 and closed in the early 1970s. One its site presently is a CVS drugstore.</p>
  • <p>A play inside</p>
  • <p>A view from the street</p>
  • <p>State Theatre, Hammond IN in 1926: Art by the architect, Walter W. Ahlschlager (who also designed the Roxy in New York and the Davis & Logan in Chicago)</p>
  • <p>Proscenium, curtain, and box seats.</p>
  • <p>The Gem Theatre launched December 1, 1934 with Barbara Stanwyck in “Gambling Lady” and Lane Chandler in “Gun for Hire.”</p>
  • <p>Scan of a postcard showing the interior of the Missouri Theatre.</p>