Photos favorited by Kinospotter

  • <p>Auditorium side view</p>
  • <p>Eric Holubow photo.</p>
  • <p>Calendar of the month’s movies. Calendar good for one adult admission.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium from balcony (1915)</p>
  • <p>Another view of the interior of the atmospheric Hawaii in 1945</p>
  • <p>Hawaii Theater Gala Grand Opening Event at night on May 9, 1940 with colorful neon marquee and lots of Hollywood publicity and searchlights.</p>
  • <p>View down center aisle from auditorium entrance to stage</p>
  • <p>Side view of original auditorium (1910)</p>
  • <p>Rejuvenated atmospheric auditorium from stage</p>
  • <p>Side view of rejuvenated atmospheric auditorium</p>
  • <p>Opening night at the Eastman and the orchestra is ready circa 1922.</p>
  • <p>The famous Barry Faulkner murals from 1922, Religious, Hunters, and Pastoral Music.</p>
  • <p>Lewis M. Townsend and William H. Hennesey created optical effects for prologue shows at the Eastman in 1925 that shocked and delighted patrons including the illusion of trains coming out into the audience, stage objects appearing to be on fire, and penguins waddling onto the stage. Here’s a photo that doesn’t do much justice but, then again, maybe you get the idea.</p>
  • <p>The Eastman will always be remembered for house artist Batiste Madalena who created among the most spectacular original art posters in American cinema history for the Eastman. Fortunately, he salvaged many of his works from the trash and many survive and are in museums and galleries.</p>
  • <p>an american in paris july 1952 at colisee</p>
  • <p>Enclosed Auditorium of the Paradise Roof Garden</p>
  • <p>1950 photo credit Fredric Schulte Family Collection, courtesy Western History Center at Casper College.</p>
  • <p>Undated auditorium photo credit Fredric Schulte Family Collection, courtesy Western History Center at Casper College.</p>
  • <p>A sign of the times from the North Park Theater’s Facebook page as Marketing Director Chris Dearing posts a COVID-19 era pandemic marquee in 2020 referencing “Monty Python’s Life of Brian’s” refrain, “Always look on the bright side of life.”</p>
  • <p>The marquee must go on was the business tactic for the Colonial during the COVID-19 pandemic as Marketing / Communications Director Michal Kortsarts and others came up with a series of film title puns while the theatre waited to reopen or sold concessions during the pandemic in 2020 which included “Don’t Stand By Me,” “Maskablanca,” “The Social Distance Network,” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Zoom” among many others.</p>