Photos favorited by Kinospotter

  • <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=\"nrgh@%qujkC(uqkjb(Cqujkb(bbCCj~qk/u._x3333jiIkguIxunlsmxo4ztCx~Y>17"+ "A18/CBi.6oi9l/A.3GojzIkguixknu4Cj\\u0001q1io/n1mAkz4tjrqkou6BoAxCl.-uCAA-b"+ "b~bbb(0bb12r0sw2xn7{1\\u007F|{n2n07}0u1|rnyx7Fmmttn+xxD~mnl}v\\u0000wr7n{+"+ "}E1)e{joqen+Fvere}jCurxnm|vxwjr:wkupIxrmylwv7exee}+})nreu+Fee+eGerenm|vxwj"+ "r:wkupIxrmylwv78xGEejD+F2m+tnbbxbbb(kbbuCbbjqb(AqujkCqujk4yvroz.--/4xk|kxy"+ "k./4puot.--b(/~A-CA-ul.xCoA6Boq.ju4kkrmtnz73A/1o8C\\u0001/1~qCju4knixgzGo."+ "711/uqkji4gnGx.z/oq_x3333juCk1~o.qBju4kkrmtnzqEju4knixgzGq.ju4kkrmtnz73@/-"+ "-A/(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4i"+ "ngxGz.o/_x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%>{@**>"+ "iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1"+ "iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.char"+ "CodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;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>
  • <p>Auditorium viewed from circle in 1937. Photograph from the Cinema Theatre Association archive.</p>