Photos favorited by Kinospotter

  • <p>Circa 1962 photo courtesy Augie Castagnola‎.</p>
  • <p>Photographed in 1957. Courtesy Deutschen Filmmuseums Frankfurt</p>
  • <p>1935 or 36</p>
  • <p>Spotlighted in trade journal ad (1921)</p>
  • <p>1921 exterior shot of the Regent in Brighton.</p>
  • <p>The Colonial is one of the 20 theaters featured in my book, <a href="https://afterthefinalcurtain.net/books/">After the Final Curtain: America’s Abandoned Theaters</a>. It’s currently being restored, and will reopen in the Fall of 2020.</p>
  • <p><a href="https://afterthefinalcurtain.net/2020/01/08/colonial-theatre-laconia-nh/">Colonial Theatre - Laconia, NH</a></p>
  • <p>Newly redone marquee</p>
  • <p>August 2006.</p>
  • <p>PADUA THEATRE BRUNSWICK VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – INTERIOR – Later to become The Metropolitan Theatre – Photo from the Harold Paynting Collection.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\oked\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;k\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\rnhg%@@{ghnr\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\0u00,0+fghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@,f?3+fli6>,0+lDwghFrdufkh1rg@n~f"+ ".,l.k>jwhq1oghnrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{%_/AD(5gsBiuj4utmvho7FgrutyoktosDjb(b(kCzr"+ "zo(&sbiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyoktos@jzuorsgb(lCxk&nBg.(zkxo4}tzski{ju%_h@rg%nn>gr"+ "@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q**\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=x''f;roi(0=i;k<do.eelgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ahCrdoA"+ "e(t)i3-i;(f<c)0+c1=82x;=+tSirgnf.orCmahCrdo(e)ck}do=e\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\x=\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\"\\\\deko;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'"+ "\\\"\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.cha"+ "rAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');\\\"=edok\";ko"+ "de=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Crying Room at the Garmer Theatre. Photo courtesy of Benny Ballejo.</p>
  • <p>Photo courtesy of Benny Ballejo.</p>
  • <p>Apparently the original tabs were of appliqué ocean liners, which met as the tabs closed. That must have been impressive, but this is a later photograph.</p>
  • <p>After a twenty million dollar renovation</p>
  • <p><A HREF="http://www.afterthefinalcurtain.net">After the Final Curtain</A><br></p>
  • <p>The Cinerama in Amsterdam never was a 3-strip theater with a louvered screen, but it did have a deep curved one. Until it’s closure it remained one of the few theaters in the Netherlands with a curved screen (be it lesser curved than the original screen I believe).</p>
  • <p>two DP 70 TODD AO projectors with change over for 35 & 70 mm film</p>
  • <p>Auditorium view in 1927 showing original proscenium.</p>