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  • <h1>Opened on March 9, 1961, the 814-seat Cooper Theatre was the first of three Cinerama theatres built by the Cooper Foundation in the early-1960’s.</h1> <p>Known as the Golden Triangle, the three theatres were located in Denver, Omaha, and Minneapolis. Complete with massive screens and the latest sound technology, all three were designed to exhibit films made in the 3-strip Cinerama process.</p> <p>Renamed as the Cooper Cameo Theatre on December 25, 1975 when a second 300-seat Cameo Theatre was added to the side of the existing Cooper Theatre. The theatre later became part of the Commonwealth Theatres circuit, who franchised the Cooper name. They also built the Cooper 5, Cooper 6, Cooper 7, and Cooper Twin (none of which were Cinerama theatres), which were constructed to mimick the round, elevated roofs of the existing Cooper theatres.</p> <p>Visitors came from all over to see the Cooper Theatre and its wonderous screen. But after several years of delighting audiences and packing full houses, the Cooper Theatre began to draw fewer crowds.</p> <p>After Commonwealth Theatres, the Cooper Theatre was run by United Artists, who continued to operate the theatre until it was sold. Like Cinerama itself, the Cooper Theatre in Denver did not last forever. After years of changing hands, the massive theatre was finally sold to Barnes & Noble, who razed it in 1994 to build a new store.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\;k\\\"do=e\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\rnhg%@uqkj(Cqujk(bxC~mnl}v\\\\w\\\\\\\\u\\\\0000r7n{+}j1qEn)F{+o"+ "jeuvxrm}vCwrrnw|uxIjr:ykwp7xxmel)vr+u}F}+n+emevGwrrnw|uxIjr:ykwp7xxmEljv+8"+ "DGA2(b~C--Alux.oC6AoBqujk4rktmznAo11\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0u00/1iCqujk4ingxIujkG"+ "z.o/39Aol.iB6/i1C78>A~1CYzxotm4lxusIngxIujk.i/_q3x33j3Cu~kA(C~--lAxuo.6CoA"+ ".Buqkjr4tkzm3n/7oAC1/8\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0u00~1C1uqkji4gnGx.z1o/7q1ju4knixgzG"+ "o._/3x33q3juCk1~o.qBju4kkrmtnzqEju4knixgzGq.ju4kkrmtnz73@/--A/>%@{**i>url+"+ "3@l>n?gr1hhojqkwl>..~,@frnhgf1dkFugrDh+w,l60l>+i?f,3.f4@;5{>@.wVlujqi1ruFp"+ "dkFugr+h,f\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0u00n0gr@h\\\\{\\\\\\\";\\\\=x''f;roi(0=i;k<do.e"+ "elgnhti;++{)=cokedc.ahCrdoAe(t)i3-i;(f<c)0+c1=82x;=+tSirgnf.orCmahCrdo(e)c"+ "k}do=e\\\\x=\\\"deko;\\\"okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\";x='';for"+ "(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<"+ "kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Cineworld Cinema - Leicester Square 5 Leicester Square, London,</p> <h1>House lights going down</h1> <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>screen 1</p>
  • <p>around 1910/1911<br>under construction</p>
  • <p>around 1911</p>
  • <p>around 1911</p>
  • <p>1939 from Facebook</p>
  • <p>Village Theatre 820 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA</p> <h1>Magnificent Atmos</h1> <p>Photo - Courtesy of Village Theatre.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\k=do\\\\e\\\\\\\"r\\\\h=%nugk@(q/j(CgABbuD45ts"+ "viojFurmtho7tgsujybkbobDb(Cbr(ob&k(zbzub4btsviojFurmtho7tgsujyukrog@bzboCs"+ "k(nbglbx.&zBx(4ktos}izjkA{uuk(qqjj4Cvuok.y-r4zk-k/yx.|4xukt/-p/o>.@-*%i{u*"+ "l>3rl+n@g>1?hrjhkolq.w~>@.r,hffndgF1gkDu+r,h6wll+0?>,i.f43;f{@@5w>l.jViurq"+ "F1duFpgk+u,ruh\\\\f\\\\\\\\0\\\\00n0gr@h\\\\{;\\\\\\\\='\\\"fxr'i;0oi(k=d;"+ ".<eogehlin+t{;=+o)ecckadC.dhAr(o)e3tii(-<;)f+c108cx==2t;i+gSfronC.arCmdh(r"+ ")okedc=}xo;e\\\"\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+"+ "1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'')\\\""+ ";x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik"+ "}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(ko"+ "de.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.lengt"+ "h?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>The auditorium when newly-built, seen from its back wall</p>
  • <p>James M. Nederlander Theatre 24 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL</p> <p>Author Kenneth C. Zirkel</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\;)'':)1-htg"+ "nel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edok+)1+i(tArahc.edok"+ "=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\')('injo).e(rsver"+ "e).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;oducemtnw.iret\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\(<\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ arhfe\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\iatl:oidemsnoian1lb@giopd"+ "nc.mo\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\t tiel\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\idemsnoian1lb@giopdnc.mo/<>a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;)=\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\deko\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\=edok\\\"\\\\;kode=kode.split('').reverse()."+ "join('')\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>main auditorium</p>
  • <p>Theresa Cantin, who operated The Concord Theatre from October 18, 1933, until September 1994 when it closed its doors.</p>
  • <p>Photograph showing façade in 1934. The overhead tram lines are still to be seen, however, the rails were removed a short while before the Gaumont Palace opened. The two cars parked if front really set the scene.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>Photograph taken prior to opening. The Safety Curtain painted by Frank Barnes and similar to that Barnes painted for the Gaumont Palace Doncaster, which opened two weeks earlier on the 3rd September 1934. The splay walls have unusual lighting feature, Compton organ with illuminated console in the raised position, the organ chambers were situated behind the ornamental grilles across the top of the proscenium.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>Loew’s State Theatre, Providence, RI in 1929 - Proscenium</p>
  • <p>Photograph taken for opening Monday 5th September 1932 showing the breathtaking proscenium. Built by Architect W. E. Trent, with Assistant James Morrison. The above <br> photograph epitomises the grandeur of the Gaumont Palaces at their peak. How did those early audiences cope with watching films shown in such splendour, even the Frank Barnes Safety Curtain which the audience rarely saw is a work of art showing scenes from ancient Greek Mythology. A stepped and ribbed ceiling guides the eye down to the outer splay wall column, one of seventeen finished in gold and silver they pass through the gold Greek Key proscenium boarder eventually enclosing a colourful mass of swirling clouds from where winged horses try to break free. Illumination for the entire area was by concealed lighting. Below the dado either side coloured in dark stained mahogany panelling, finished with chrome banding highlighting the columns above. Plain green palms are set into each corner so as not to detract from the opulence viewed around, the Safety Curtain was raised in front of an invited audience for the opening ceremony, with broadcasting organist Fredric Bayco playing the Compton organ. Clark and Fenn were responsible for all the outstanding fibrous plaster work and internal decorations.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>
  • <p>On September 8, l938, the Enea brothers Salvadore and brother Sylvester J. Enea of Pittsburg opened The Enean Theatre on the Todos Santos Plaza. It Had air conditioning and had kid shows every Saturday at ll:00 a.m. Admission was 40 cents adults, 35 cents for seniors and 10 cents for children.</p> <p>Note: The Enea Brothers also operated the Palace and the California theaters as well as the Concord Inn a restaurant and motel on Concord Ave., today called the Crown Plaza.</p>
  • <p>Enean marquis</p>
  • <p>The entrance of the B & B Twin Drive-In in Independence, Missouri. Photo taken in 2021.</p> <p>More photos at: <a href="https://www.bigscreen.com/Marquee.php?theater=1643&view=photos">Photo Gallery</a></p>
  • <p>“This is Cinerama” opening night at the Broadway Theatre in New York circa 1952</p>
  • <p>New York Premiere (October 26th, 1955)</p>
  • <p>Photograph taken for opening of the Gaumont showing the splendid auditorium. Screen curtains match and align with the horizontal banding of the side walls in alternative colours. Compton organ is now in the raised position on its lift. Tub seating was finished in soft green moquette.</p> <p>Ron Knee</p>