There are two pictures of what once remained of this radioactive theater’s roadsign on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/coturan
Perhaps it depends on the theatre and where it is located; I have been to the Odeon Leicester Square twice in London where a reserved seat policy is in effect and never observed any problems, and both were soldout performances.
There are pictures of memorabilia and handbills on this theater’s gallery page at Drive-ins.com; one of the handbills promotes a horror night on which one could win a dead body, which the winner had to remove: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/fltgulf
Well, whether one likes the changes or not, stadium seating and digital projection are now becoming the standard for just about any newly-constructed or renovated theater. I am sure that most theater operators, especially the big chains, would say that this kind of seating and that type of projection are what the public wants, even though I think digital is still inferior to professionally projected film. For me, the only advantage to digital is that enables these live HD theatrical telecasts that I think are quite good and surpass the old theatrical broadcasts of events of past decades.
I don’t disgaree with you about the Castro, but that’s a unique theater in many ways. How many theaters these days even have marquees or even advertise in the papers? I can’t remember the last time I saw any movie advertised in a theater directory or on an exterior signboard (those are disappearing too) or even on most listings on theater websites that indicated anything about who was in the films (except for those websites that include facsimiles of movie posters), I think the Taft Fox’s problems are less related to marquee signage than to other problems.
There are two pictures of what once remained of this radioactive theater’s roadsign on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/coturan
Another view: View link
This page has some interior pictures and more about the Compton organ (scroll down a bit): http://www.comptonhaarlem.nl/engels/history.htm
Perhaps it depends on the theatre and where it is located; I have been to the Odeon Leicester Square twice in London where a reserved seat policy is in effect and never observed any problems, and both were soldout performances.
There are pictures and images of related memorabilia on this theater’s gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/intshad
A link to this theater’s gallery page at Drive-ins.com: View link
There are images of related memorabilia on this theater’s gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/intwes2
Alas, some of the images are really related to the Westlake Drive-in.
There are images of the theater and related memorabilia on this theater’s gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/intindd
This theater will be celebrating its 85th birthday on November 19 and 20, 2010: View link
According to this Lakes Wales Historic Archive page, with a picture, the theater was (also?) referred to as the Scenic Theatre:http://www.cityoflakewales.com/depot/17.htm
There are pictures of memorabilia and handbills on this theater’s gallery page at Drive-ins.com; one of the handbills promotes a horror night on which one could win a dead body, which the winner had to remove: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/fltgulf
This theater closed in June of 2010, apparently with little fanfare. The space it occupied will now be a sporting goods store: View link
This article has information about the theater’s reopening as a Fork & Screen operation as of November 17, 2010: View link
This theater will operate as one of AMC’s Fork & Screen theaters as of November 22, 2010: View link
This theater will become an AMC Fork & Screen location as of Dec. 8, 2010: View link
This theater will become one of AMC’s Fork & Screen theaters as Dec. 15, 2010: View link
An article about the recent upgrades, including pictures, is here: View link
There are pictures of the remains of this drive-in on its page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/intcin2
There are two pictures on its gallery page at drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/intmunc
There are pictures on its entry page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/intskyv
Apparently the immediate threat to the Fox has been relieved: View link
UPDATE: At least for the time being, the theater will continue to operate: View link and View link
Well, whether one likes the changes or not, stadium seating and digital projection are now becoming the standard for just about any newly-constructed or renovated theater. I am sure that most theater operators, especially the big chains, would say that this kind of seating and that type of projection are what the public wants, even though I think digital is still inferior to professionally projected film. For me, the only advantage to digital is that enables these live HD theatrical telecasts that I think are quite good and surpass the old theatrical broadcasts of events of past decades.
I don’t disgaree with you about the Castro, but that’s a unique theater in many ways. How many theaters these days even have marquees or even advertise in the papers? I can’t remember the last time I saw any movie advertised in a theater directory or on an exterior signboard (those are disappearing too) or even on most listings on theater websites that indicated anything about who was in the films (except for those websites that include facsimiles of movie posters), I think the Taft Fox’s problems are less related to marquee signage than to other problems.