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=\"oked\\\"==xdeko)}(cdeCoarChomfrg.intr=Sx+8;12+=)c<0(cif3;)-(iAtdeCo"+ "arche.od=k{c+)i+h;gten.ldekoi<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\"\\\\@{ghnr0000\\\\u,\\\\+f"+ "ghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@,f?3+fli6>,0+lDwghFrdufkh1rg@n~f.,l.k>jwhq1ogh"+ "nrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{/%--t.uo4p./ykkxk|4x-/.-ozvr4yjkqukCujAqq(juCkb(C~jkqu33"+ "33_xi/k.ujxIngsIxu4ltmxoYz1CA~8>C7i16/iBl.Ao39o/z.kGujxIng4ijkquiC0100\\\\"+ "u/\\\\11Aozntmrkk4ujBqAoC6.ouxAl--~CbA(b2b00w1xr7s12|nn{7F00\\\\un\\\\7{02"+ "10r}yu7|mntxnFxmDtt+mxFne+2Deee+jGE8xv7lwmyxrpIku:wjrxw|vnmreG+eeeeeee+eee"+ "eeFeunr})}eee+eeeexv7lwmyxrpIku:wjrxw|vnmrxCu}jrev+eeeeeFenoq{j)eE+e1e}n{r"+ "0000\\\\u7\\\\w}vnl~mxe+tDmxFnxtnm|7uy}r0120{7Fn07u0\\\\\\\\{nn|21s7rx1w00"+ "+2nFxmbt(bCbjkqub(qAjuCkuqkjy4rvzo-./-x4|kxkky/.p4ou.t--(/kCuj%qh@rg\\\\n="+ "\\\"deko;\\\"okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode"+ ".length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?"+ "kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;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>