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=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\")''n(oi.j()"+ "seerev.r')('itpl.sdekoe=od;kk\\\"\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\document.write\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\\\\\f\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@ai1pbng.ood\\\\\\\\c\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\i\\\\\\\\lt=t\\\\\\\\e\\\"\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\m>niienslo@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\\\\\/"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\);\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;"+ ")+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcrat"+ "Ak(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse("+ ").join('')" ;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>