Photos favorited by Kinospotter

  • <ol type="a"> <li>1980 photograph from the Billy Holcomb Collection, courtesy Don Lewis.</li> </ol>
  • <p>1954 photo credit & copyright © caferisque.</p>
  • <p>My cousin and I had walked over from his Westwood apartment actually to see “Old Gringo” at the Fox Westwood Village Theatre that night, and I brought my camera along.</p>
  • <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=\"nrgh@%qujkC(uqkjb(Cxtnm+F2D002C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpunn7xm"+ "Et1r\\u00014nFxmbbt6{66261rJ}j{lqn7xm4t:2r4}1{Jqj7lmntx4F_x3334\\u0001;24F"+ "Dr:2q6p}nw7umntxE1DrF91rx{Do00\\u0001FeD2+GD+eeej8Evxl7mwxyprkI:ujwxr|wnvr"+ "mGeeee+eeeeeee+eeeFnu}r}+eeev)eeeexl7mwxyprkI:ujwxr|wnvrmCx}urjveeee+eeeFo"+ "n{q)jEe1e+}e{n7rw\\u0000v}lnm~exF+mntxD+xtnmtFmx7ny|ru1}0072n{n\\u007F|{1n"+ "72xswr0120Ab(C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\u0001/Ciuqkji4gnIxjuGk.z/o93o"+ "A.lBi/61i7C>8~AC1zYoxmtl4uxIsgnIxju.k/iq_x3333juCk~(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk4"+ "rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ingxGz.o/_x3333qujkC~1.oBqu"+ "jk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,"+ "~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh"+ "@{\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(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>