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\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\r=hn%gn@gr%h*_+@l,m*,qhru1y+uv,h*hw1o*v+hlrs@1"+ "ggnn_h>r__gn@%_r_h_%__@_g_n{,hur\\\\\\\\0000+fghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@"+ ",f?3+fli6>,0+lDwghFrdufkh1rg@n~f.,l.k>jwhq1oghnrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{_________%"+ "______/AD(5gsBiuj4utmvho7FgrutyoktosDjb(b(kCzrzo(&sbiuj4utmvho7Fgrutyoktos"+ "@jzuorsgb(lCxk&nBg.(zkxo4}tzski{ju_________%______h@rg__n___%>__rnhgn@gr1h"+ "svlo+w**1,huhyvu+h1,rmql*+,*_%__h@rg_%nn>gr@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+"+ "q**,%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw"+ "+l\\\\\\\\0,0un0g0@r.hl{n+g?1rhhjokqnwgB1rkhufwdnDg+1rhhjokq4w=0*,>*;,\\\""+ "\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x"+ "+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=\\\"xx;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+"+ "xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.ee"+ "lgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+k"+ "ode.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>