http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/07/02/stefanie_klavens_celluloid_dreams_a_series_about_historic_american_movie.html (http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/07/02/stefanie_klavens_celluloid_dreams_a_series_about_historic_american_movie.html)
I love these places
https://www.google.com/search?q=richmond+movie+palace&num=100&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=SIS0U5TIG9eeqAa80IDwCw&ved=0CAsQ_AUoBA&biw=1075&bih=611#imgdii=_ (https://www.google.com/search?q=richmond+movie+palace&num=100&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=SIS0U5TIG9eeqAa80IDwCw&ved=0CAsQ_AUoBA&biw=1075&bih=611#imgdii=_)
Here's one in Pretoria: Africa's first and last 'atmospheric theatre'. Sadly in decay now.
www.cinemasouvenirs.net/CapitolPta01.html (http://www.cinemasouvenirs.net/CapitolPta01.html)
Sad to see: especially pages 2 and 3. :bluesad:
The last one in my area was The Granada in Malden, Massachusetts. I used to go there when I was a kid and then as a teenager. Here are some movies I saw there in the 1970s and 80s:
* MOTHER'S DAY (1980) and DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) double feature
* CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) and IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (1953) double feature in 3-D!
* ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969)
* MOONRAKER (1979)
* THE ROSE (1979)
* UP IN SMOKE (1978) and THE WARRIORS (1979) double feature
* YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE (1983)
I'm sure there are others that I can't remember at the moment.
PALACE THEATRE (PALACE CIVIC CENTER) LORAIN, OHIO
This was the original exterior; the vertical part of the marquee was gone by the time I came along....
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z77/alandhopewell/GetImage_zps571d1e86.jpg)
The auditorium looks like this....
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z77/alandhopewell/hist4_zps4c736b23.jpg)
After a refurbishment (and name change) in 1976, the outside looks thus....
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z77/alandhopewell/Palace_Theater_Lorain_OH_zpsbbc460e9.jpg)
The Lorain Palace Civic Center, on the National Register of Historic Places....big whoop- I'd rather have the old Palace back.
Great memories, guys.
Here in Columbus, OH...
http://www.capa.com/venues/southern-theatre (http://www.capa.com/venues/southern-theatre)
Boy...the movies I watched there...