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  • <p>around 1911</p>
  • <p>1939 from Facebook</p>
  • <p>Village Theatre 820 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA</p> <h1>Magnificent Atmos</h1> <p>Photo - Courtesy of Village Theatre.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=);''):-1thnglee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t("+ "rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od=kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\"\\"+ "\\x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok=c{)+"+ "+i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\\{\\\\\\\"h\\\\r@0g0nu0,0\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1"+ "hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{>%A/--@/73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxgni4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq"+ "3333x_/o.zGxgni4kjuq1/71o.zGxgni4kjuqC1~1000\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\8u1/AC7on/m3kz"+ "4tjrqkBuA.Co.6uoAx-l~-(CAA(/5DsbigjBuum4ht7vgouFyrktooDtbs(jbb(bkbzbzC(r&o"+ "bbisjbuum4ht7vgouFyrktoo@tzsojsubr(glbxb&CBk.nbgk(oz}xz4kt{suiCjj(qk@ug%nh"+ "=r\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\edok\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eokeds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io("+ "n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charA"+ "t(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>The auditorium when newly-built, seen from its back wall</p>
  • <p>James M. Nederlander Theatre 24 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL</p> <p>Author Kenneth C. Zirkel</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"xe=od}kc)e("+ "odrChamCro.fngriSt+=;x28=1c+0)c<f(;i-3i)t(eAodrCha.cdekoc=){++;ithnglee.od"+ "<k;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\"\\\\;,>**,=04wkqjohh1rg+nDwdufkh1rgBnwkqjohh1rg?n+l{.h"+ "@rg0n00u0,\\\\\\\\+lDwdufkh1rg.n4,l.w+uDkd1fghnr.@~{5,.@>l4,k0jwhq1oghnr?+"+ ">l@3+lru>i**{@%>>,**=,40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1hgrnBkwjqho1hgrn?l+.{@hgr0000\\"+ "\\\\\\ulnw,u+kD1dgfnh,r..+4Dldwfuhkr1@g{n,.@~l5,.0>w4qkojhhr1+gln3?l>u@i+*"+ "r@>>*{{_%h@rg0n00u0,\\\\\\\\+fghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@,f?3+fli6>,0+lDw"+ "ghFrdufkh1rg@n~f.,l.k>jwhq1oghnrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*_{%_-_.>o/p-/tkux4|.xy/k-kz4"+ "r-y.kouvC4jjqq(kuu{Akjzi}sotk4(xBz&.xblgbn(ksCobzb@gorkuyjusgt7ohtmruFjoiv"+ "stb4buzbz(k&bo(rbC(bDbobkbyjusgt7ohtmruFjoivst54DubBAgC(j/q(@k_u%_h_rg@n_%"+ "hgrn@%ghnr=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>main auditorium</p>
  • <p>Theresa Cantin, who operated The Concord Theatre from October 18, 1933, until September 1994 when it closed its doors.</p>
  • <p>Photograph showing façade in 1934. The overhead tram lines are still to be seen, however, the rails were removed a short while before the Gaumont Palace opened. The two cars parked if front really set the scene.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>Photograph taken prior to opening. The Safety Curtain painted by Frank Barnes and similar to that Barnes painted for the Gaumont Palace Doncaster, which opened two weeks earlier on the 3rd September 1934. The splay walls have unusual lighting feature, Compton organ with illuminated console in the raised position, the organ chambers were situated behind the ornamental grilles across the top of the proscenium.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>Loew’s State Theatre, Providence, RI in 1929 - Proscenium</p>
  • <p>Photograph taken for opening Monday 5th September 1932 showing the breathtaking proscenium. Built by Architect W. E. Trent, with Assistant James Morrison. The above <br> photograph epitomises the grandeur of the Gaumont Palaces at their peak. How did those early audiences cope with watching films shown in such splendour, even the Frank Barnes Safety Curtain which the audience rarely saw is a work of art showing scenes from ancient Greek Mythology. A stepped and ribbed ceiling guides the eye down to the outer splay wall column, one of seventeen finished in gold and silver they pass through the gold Greek Key proscenium boarder eventually enclosing a colourful mass of swirling clouds from where winged horses try to break free. Illumination for the entire area was by concealed lighting. Below the dado either side coloured in dark stained mahogany panelling, finished with chrome banding highlighting the columns above. Plain green palms are set into each corner so as not to detract from the opulence viewed around, the Safety Curtain was raised in front of an invited audience for the opening ceremony, with broadcasting organist Fredric Bayco playing the Compton organ. Clark and Fenn were responsible for all the outstanding fibrous plaster work and internal decorations.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>On September 8, l938, the Enea brothers Salvadore and brother Sylvester J. Enea of Pittsburg opened The Enean Theatre on the Todos Santos Plaza. It Had air conditioning and had kid shows every Saturday at ll:00 a.m. Admission was 40 cents adults, 35 cents for seniors and 10 cents for children.</p> <p>Note: The Enea Brothers also operated the Palace and the California theaters as well as the Concord Inn a restaurant and motel on Concord Ave., today called the Crown Plaza.</p>
  • <p>Enean marquis</p>
  • <p>The entrance of the B & B Twin Drive-In in Independence, Missouri. Photo taken in 2021.</p> <p>More photos at: <a href="https://www.bigscreen.com/Marquee.php?theater=1643&view=photos">Photo Gallery</a></p>
  • <p>“This is Cinerama” opening night at the Broadway Theatre in New York circa 1952</p>
  • <p>New York Premiere (October 26th, 1955)</p>
  • <p>Photograph taken for opening of the Gaumont showing the splendid auditorium. Screen curtains match and align with the horizontal banding of the side walls in alternative colours. Compton organ is now in the raised position on its lift. Tub seating was finished in soft green moquette.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>The original TODD AO curve (129 arc)</p>
  • <p>as a Cinerama theatre</p> <p>screening</p> <p>This is Cinerama</p>
  • <p>Plaza Theatre Melbourne 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC - CINERAMA installation</p> <p>Notes by Eric White: Photo by David Harcoan.</p> <p>Hoyts was well placed to introduce Cinerama. It had led the exhibition industry in introducing CinemaScope and drive-in theatres, was owned by industry giant Twentieth Century Fox and had prestigious cinemas in all Australia’s capital cities.</p> <p>Cinerama sent a representative to Australia to inspect possible sites for conversion. The manager of Melbourne’s Esquire in the late fifties remembers being told by the city supervisor, Reg Potter, to expect a visit. A rather physically unprepossessing but fast talking American, Harry Goldberg, turned up in due course and gave the Esquire the once over. Hoyts New Malvern was also briefly considered. It was decided that the Plaza was the best proposition for Cinerama however. The Sydney Plaza was also selected.</p> <p>Cinerama reserved the right to control the choice of theatres for an installation. The technical requirements were complicated. Only wide auditoriums with the capacity for horizontal projection would do. There could be little or no ‘rake’ as key-stone distortion of the picture had to be avoided. There also needed to be adequate height for the screen as well as width.</p> <p>Cinerama was not to open in Melbourne until Boxing Day. The Melbourne Plaza closed for renovation on 22 October. The last program was “The Gift of Love” with Lauren Bacall and Robert Stack.</p> <p>The Plaza was Cinerama’s 40th theatre to open, but that does not mean that there were 40 cinemas operating at the end of 1958. Several had closed due to lack of new product. Only one new film per year was being produced, and many smaller U.S. cities could not sustain a twelve-month run. Hence there was a good supply of second hand equipment.</p> <p>Considerably more work was required for installing Cinerama at the Melbourne Plaza than in Sydney. Though it was Hoyts most suitable Melbourne theatre, there was not enough stage height for the screen, and only just enough width. The original proscenium height was about 17 feet (5.2m) and the new screen was to be 24 feet high (7.3m). Consequently the floor of the auditorium needed to be lowered, with a greater slope down to the stage. Three new projection rooms, with their own ventilation system, had to be constructed. Only then could the screen and projection gear be installed.</p> <p>Melbourne’s equipment came from Loew’s Teck in Buffalo New York, which had closed in February 1958. Its screen had been 78 feet wide and 28 feet high (24m x 8.5m). It had to be cut down to 64 feet by 23 feet (19,5 x 7m) to fit into the Plaza. Unusually, this screen had a ‘solid’ centre panel instead of being completely vertical louvers, as was the normal Cinerama practice. The usual curvature of a Cinerama screen was 146 degrees, but due to a lack of usable stage depth, the Plaza could only accommodate a curvature of 120 degrees, or a depth of 12 feet (3.7m). As it happened, the screen fitted neatly between the organ chambers on either side of the stage, just in front of the old proscenium. A new stage apron was built, curving out into the auditorium - Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@,>**,=04wkqjohh1rg+nDwdufkh1rgBnwkqjohh1rg?n+l{.h@rg"+ "\\\\n0u00,0+lDwdufkh1rg.n4,l.w+uDkd1fghnr.@~{5,.@>l4,k0jwhq1oghnr?+>l@3+lr"+ "u>i**{@_>{%@hgru\\\\0000fnh,r+ugkFpduF1rqiujVl.w>@5{@;f43.f,i?>+0ll6w,h+rD"+ "ugkF1dgfnhfr,@.~>.wlqkojhhr1?g>n@l+3rl>u*i{*_@_%>_A/--@/73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxg"+ "ni4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq3333x_/__._Gogzixknu41j7qo/z1x.nG4gjiqk1u\\\\"+ "C0u00~1/8C1oA/73nzmtkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~A(/AD(b5gsBiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyokt"+ "osDjbb(bbb(bkCzrzo(b&sbbiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyoktos@jzuorsgbb(blCx_&k_nBg.(bzkx"+ "o4}tzski{ju(Ckjuq_@_%g_nh_r@%ghnr>%rnhgn@gr1hsvlo+w**1,huhyvu+h1,rmql*+,*;"+ "\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;k<do.eelgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ahCrdoAe(t)i3-i;(f<c)0+c1=82x;"+ "=+tSirgnf.orCmahCrdo(e)ck}do=ex\";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.len"+ "gth-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Gaumont Opera - Cote Premiere 32 rue Louis Le Grand, Paris</p> <h1>1959 Brigitte Bardot stars</h1> <p>The Female (French: La Femme et le pantin, lit. 'The Woman and the Puppet', Italian: Femmina), released in the United Kingdom as A Woman Like Satan, is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It is the fourth film adaptation of the novel La Femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@nrgh%_n@gr_h_%g_f@prqx1huwwz_lh___%__dk_h+@?_#u__i__"+ "_____%__d__or_gpplqwl=qlohCvlrsdq41erj_rg__f__p______#__l__o@%_ww__h______"+ "_%_______________%__g__pq_lAqlohCvlrsdq41erj?rdg_fp__2__A__,>%_>_%{_*@>*ri"+ "+u@l>3?ln+gr1hhojqkw40>,.l5@~,.{n@gr1hkfudwDl+4..,rnhgf1dkDu+w,lu\\\\0000r"+ "nhg{@+.?lrnhgo1qhwjBkrnhgf1dkDu+wrnhgo1qhwj0k,4*=,*%_{>*>>@r*+i@u>l?3nlg+1"+ "rhhjokq4w>0.,5l~@.,n{g@1rkhufwdlD4+..r,hnfgd1Dk+u,wnlu\\\\0000rgh@{.+l?nrg"+ "h1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>>%@{**i>url+3@l>+?rnhgo1qhwj0k,4l>"+ "@.,5{~@.rnhgf1dkDu+w.l,4n.gr1hkfudwDl+\\\\,0u00n0gr@h.{l+n?gr1hhojqkwnBgr1"+ "hkfudwDn+gr1hhojqkw40=,**>,;\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;k<do.eelgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ah"+ "CrdoAe(t)i3-i;(f<c)0+c1=82x;=+tSirgnf.orCmahCrdo(e)ck}do=ex\";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>