The history of this cinema is to be found here: http://towiki.ru/view/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80 It was opened in 1913 as “Mars”, then renamed “Intimny” and “Kinoteatr im. Maksima Gorkovo” (“Maxim Gorky Cinema”), in 2005 “Kinomir”. In 1962 it got a new facade with a mural, which was destroyed in 2005 during another rebuilding. It was closed in 2017 for renovations (and hasn’t opened yet now in 2020). Apparently, works started in 2019: https://www.riatomsk.ru/article/20190913/remont-nachalsya-v-bivshem-kinoteatre-imgorjkogo-v-tomske/
Kishinev is the Russian name of “Chișinău” (hence only one Moldovan city within CinemaTreasures, not two…). For the real address, website and correct location of this cinema see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36133045
I have a postcard of an “Orphium Theatre” [sic!] in Lima, Ohio. It’s a card with an undivided back, making it possible to date it as pre-1907. The building depicted says “Bank of Lima Building”, with no hint of a theatre name… Maybe this is the “old Orpheum” that is discussed above? Does anyone know where this has been?
Here’s the card: http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/4892
Sites like https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%253A108786 place the theatre depicted here at the NE corner of 9th / Holmes Streets, and say it was later named “Auditorium Theatre”.
https://kchistory.org/week-kansas-city-history/show-must-go says it was demolished in 1945.
This is all very confusing… Maybe we are talking about two theatres, but the image here is misleading?
This must be from the original Parsons Theatre, not the “Grand Theatre” that rather confusingly is listed under its last name, “Parsons Theatre”, here.
The photo caption of a postcard of ca. 1910 (this is right, I have the same card posted in 1908) contradicts the statement “opened in May 1924” in the main text.
My site had it listed as “Redwood Theatre” because this is what the postcard reverse says. I changed it now, knowing the name from reading this CT entry. Maybe it was not even meant as a name on the postcard, but rather as a description: made from redwood.
This is supposed to be the building that Edward Hopper depicted in his 1936 cityscape painting “The Circle Theater”. https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-hopper/the-circle-theatre
Mannheim having been founded in 1607, there’s nothing medieval there… The Cineplex name is from 1996, but the cinema is actually older (see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34380020 )
The photo of the proscenium seems to be of another theatre, the “Park Theatre” in Fulton Street, Brooklyn (known as “Shubert Theatre” or “Shubert Park Theatre” from 1905 to Dec 1907), according to https://books.google.de/books?id=X8GqBndVPZYC&pg=PA282
Since 2012 the building is used as a musical theatre, again named “Rossiya” (the Pushkin name has gone). See http://stage-musical.ru/
The history of this cinema is to be found here: http://towiki.ru/view/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80 It was opened in 1913 as “Mars”, then renamed “Intimny” and “Kinoteatr im. Maksima Gorkovo” (“Maxim Gorky Cinema”), in 2005 “Kinomir”. In 1962 it got a new facade with a mural, which was destroyed in 2005 during another rebuilding. It was closed in 2017 for renovations (and hasn’t opened yet now in 2020). Apparently, works started in 2019: https://www.riatomsk.ru/article/20190913/remont-nachalsya-v-bivshem-kinoteatre-imgorjkogo-v-tomske/
Kishinev is the Russian name of “Chișinău” (hence only one Moldovan city within CinemaTreasures, not two…). For the real address, website and correct location of this cinema see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36133045
Is this the same theater (maybe after a rebuilding?) as the one on my postcard named “Ft. James Theater”?
Link: http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/4945
The Google Satellite image looks kind of similar, but I cannot really identify it with the one on the postcard.
The marquee advertises William Holden and Deborah Kerr in the 1956 movie “The Proud and Profane” .
The theatre has been closed in 2013 for financial reasons. See http://allaboutwayside.org/index.php?title=The_Final_Curtain
I have a postcard of an “Orphium Theatre” [sic!] in Lima, Ohio. It’s a card with an undivided back, making it possible to date it as pre-1907. The building depicted says “Bank of Lima Building”, with no hint of a theatre name… Maybe this is the “old Orpheum” that is discussed above? Does anyone know where this has been?
Here’s the card: http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/4892
Why Walnut Street?
Sites like https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%253A108786 place the theatre depicted here at the NE corner of 9th / Holmes Streets, and say it was later named “Auditorium Theatre”.
https://kchistory.org/week-kansas-city-history/show-must-go says it was demolished in 1945.
This is all very confusing… Maybe we are talking about two theatres, but the image here is misleading?
This must be the original Parsons Theatre, not the “Grand Theatre” that rather confusingly is listed under its last name, “Parsons Theatre”, here.
This must be from the original Parsons Theatre, not the “Grand Theatre” that rather confusingly is listed under its last name, “Parsons Theatre”, here.
This must be the original Parsons Theatre, not the “Grand Theatre” that rather confusingly is listed under its last name, “Parsons Theatre”, here.
This must be the original Parsons Theatre, not the “Grand Theatre” that rather confusingly is listed under its last name, “Parsons Theatre”, here.
This must be the original Parsons Theatre, not the “Grand Theatre” that rather confusingly is listed under its last name, “Parsons Theatre”, here.
sorry, wrong caption uploaded by me! The correct one should be: “First Floor, Gentlemen’s Lounging Room, B. F. Keith’s Theatre, Syracuse, N. Y.”
The photo caption of a postcard of ca. 1910 (this is right, I have the same card posted in 1908) contradicts the statement “opened in May 1924” in the main text.
My site had it listed as “Redwood Theatre” because this is what the postcard reverse says. I changed it now, knowing the name from reading this CT entry. Maybe it was not even meant as a name on the postcard, but rather as a description: made from redwood.
The marquee advertises a double feature of “Blow Up” and “A Very Private Affair”. (I also have this card, and could read it with a magnifying glass).
The correct coordinates are 53°41'30.66"N, 1°37'36.70"W (53.69185 -1.62686).
This is supposed to be the building that Edward Hopper depicted in his 1936 cityscape painting “The Circle Theater”. https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-hopper/the-circle-theatre
According to Google, the theatre is now closed. As I couldn’t find anything online about its programme, this seems to be true.
Mannheim having been founded in 1607, there’s nothing medieval there… The Cineplex name is from 1996, but the cinema is actually older (see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34380020 )
A postcard sent in 1965 (but probably from ca. 1957): http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/3294
Lots of information and images here: http://cinemasparaiso.blogspot.com/2012/01/cinema-monumental-o-gigante-dos-anos-50.html
Photos at Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bioscoop_Tower
The photo of the proscenium seems to be of another theatre, the “Park Theatre” in Fulton Street, Brooklyn (known as “Shubert Theatre” or “Shubert Park Theatre” from 1905 to Dec 1907), according to https://books.google.de/books?id=X8GqBndVPZYC&pg=PA282