Photos favorited by Kinospotter

  • <p>Print ad and description courtesy Adam Carston at Windy City Ballyhoo: Chicago’s Moviegoing Past.</p> <p>“Balaban & Katz were so proud of the new marquee at their United Artists Theatre that they took out this ad to promote it on January 3, 1957, which gives us a great shot of the venue’s exterior and a giant poster display for Written on the Wind.”</p>
  • <p>Night time exterior of the Alisal Theatre at opening</p>
  • <p>The auditorium of the Montrouge Palace photographed at its opening in 1921.</p>
  • <p>Capitol around 1950</p>
  • <p>Capitol around 1950</p>
  • <p>1955 Kodachrome slide taken by my father, Martin A. Haas of Philadelphia, I believe from a bus or other vehicle!</p>
  • <p>Colin Anderson - Leader. My father Ken Caves plays saxophone and clarinet (second from right). Harry Willis - Bass, Keith Holt - Piano, Stan Farmer - Drums</p>
  • <p>A more recent photo.</p>
  • <p>Decorated for wartime fund raiser. Note chandeliers in front of boxes (believed added by Warner) and center mural covered for sound films. Stage has been re-draped</p>
  • <p>North side showing both balconies, colored and white, and portion of boxes. It appears some remodeling was done by Warner Brothers in addition to the marquee. The box chandeliers are also a later addition. Library image, used with permission.</p>
  • <p>Dazzling in the Dark (1939)</p>
  • <p>Howard Waugh of the Warner Theatre in Memphis goes with Joe E. Brown cutouts to promote “Fireman, Save My Child” in 1932.</p>