How many was that again…?

More than you think i bet …..will try to work at getting that number..

in the greater L.A. area, you could also add Disney’s El Capitan, Grauman’s Chinese, Bay and…

And as an off-branch question, I’d love to know how many true ‘movie palaces’ are still in operation. (As opposed to single-screeners, which I guess could have largish numbers of seats, but also could include ‘nabes’, with under 500).

What a great road-trip that would be, hitting all the extant movie palaces!

In ChicagoLand, definitely the PICKWICK, in near-northwest suburb of Park Ridge. So, take-in a flick there, just as our (ahem) next (?) pres. did in her youth.

Technically a 4-plex for several yrs, the main auditorium is a completely separate (original) bldg from screens 2-3-4, and as such can definitely be considered a 1st-run single-screen vintage theatre (I intend to see “Juno” myself there this weekend). In their promotional material they advertise themselves as the largest auditorium of its kind in the area.

Token gripe: I’m a trailer lover, and the PICKWICK’s always been a little lean w/ the POCA’s.

The definition of ‘movie palace’? Well, I think that’s a poll in itself.

Surely you know one when you see one, yes? The three I visited recently in the NYC area qualify, even if we’re going back to their heyday: Loew’s Jersey, The Stanley and The Zeigfeld. (I’m including this one because of its stairways, the refreshments area, the winding approaches to the auditorium, the ladies' washroom facilities…as well as the size of the auditorium itself…understanding that it was built at the end of the 60s.)

The Century and Tivoli, Palace and Capitol in my home town would have qualified. As would have The Uptown, The University, The Eglinton…and The Elgin in Toronto.

So let’s hear it; what defines a ‘movie palace’?

DC Metro area (NoVA, MD and DC), I’d say we have three. possibly four; Washington DC’s AMC Uptown, the independent Greenbelt MD’s P&G Old Greenbelt and Baltimore MD’s Senator and lastly, DC’s Avalon. I’d say the Avalon is single screen given the fact that it originally was that and that an upstairs auditorium was added years later not changing the original auditorium’s set up in any way.

Actually, you could count AFI’s Silver, too. The original auditorium is still showing first fun movies..Juno comes to mind.

i am going to guess 350..

Seattle Area: (I include ANY single screener, “Palace”,“Art House” or “Sub-run” or not):
Cinerama – http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2571.html
Columbia City Cinema – http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/26113.html
Egyptian – http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2574.html
Guild 45th – http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2578.html
Guild 45th Addition – This might be cheating but it is a completely separate building – http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/15076.html
Neptune – http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2583.html
Seven Gables – http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2591.html
Blue Mouse (Tacoma) – http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2613.html
Des Moines Cinema – http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/11237.html
Big Picture Seattle
Big Picture Redmond
Chalet Cinema (Enumclaw)
Enumclaw Cinema (Enumclaw)
Not that bad (although some great losses). We have a few twins and triplexes as well.
NorthBend Theatre ( North Bend)

In Vancouver, all single screens first-run:

The Rio
Ridge
Park
Van East
Dunbar

Rep houses:

Denman Place
Hollywood

In the Boston area:

Still operating as single screen movie theatres:
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge – art & repertory
Loring Hall, Hingham – first run
Studio Cinema, Belmont – second-run
Cabot Street Cinema, Beverly – second-run, program changes at least weekly; also used by a resident magic show on Sundays
Newburyport Screening Room – very small second-run art-house in a charming small city center

Downtown Boston ‘palaces’ converted (or re-converted) to live stages:
Wang Theatre
Opera House
Cutler Majestic

Other cinemas now used as live stages:
Strand Theatre, Dorchester – closed for renovation last year but should reopen soon. Owned by the city of Boston
Regent Theatre, Arlington (special movie showings still show up here occasionally)
Orpheum Theatre, Foxboro – has occasionally shown movies as well

For an area as proud of its history as ours, this isn’t a lot.

And a couple more old Boston cinemas now used exclusively as concert halls. It has been so long since they showed movies that I tend to forget them:
Berklee Performance Center – unrecognizably modernized inside
Orpheum Theatre – used primary for rock concerts

In Philadelphia, Pa, we have 0 single screen theatres that are stil used as a movie theatre.

Single Screen Theatres that are still standing but not used as movie theatre:
Stanley Warner’s Circle Theatre
RKO Stanley Warner’s Boyd Theatre/Sameric Theatres-United Artists-Regal Entertainment Group’s Sameric 4 Theatre (1980’s Sameric 2-3-4 addition now a Gap, original Boyd/Sameric #1 awaiting restoration)
Trans-Lux Theatre/United Artists Eric’s Place Theatre (now Foot Action)
Stanley Warner’s Karlton Theatre/William Goldman’s Midtown/Budco-AMC Midtown Twin Theatre (now Prince Music Theatre)
Arcadia Theatre (now a clothing store)
Stanley Warner’s Roosevelt Theatre
Mayfair Theatre (lobby now used as a bank)
Devon Theatre
Green Hill Theatre
Stanley Warner’s Aldine Theatre/Viking Theatre/Rugoff’s Cinema 19 Theatre/Sameric-United Artists Sam’s Place Twin Theatre (Now used as CVS/pharmacy)

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