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  • Allen Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio - Photographs of the movie theater built in 1921, from RineStock Studios.
  • American Picture Palaces - Illustrated history by the University of Virginia of the extravagant buildings that sprang up in the inter-war years to house the movies. Includes socio-economic background, guide to Art Deco.
  • Aztec On The River Theatre - The official site of this theater in San Antonio (US), opened in 1926 in a fantasy Meso-American style. Includes photographs and history.
  • Carthalia - Andreas Praefcke's postcard collection of theatre buildings and concert halls worldwide. He provides notes on the history of some of the better-known ones.
  • Cinema Treasures - Dedicated to saving classic movie theaters in the US. News, database, photographs, virtual tours and message boards. Also aims, founders, sponsors and volunteer staff of the web-site.
  • Drive In Theater - The American phenomenon which began in the 1930s: open-air cinemas, viewed from automobiles. An illustrated history and list of theaters both operating and closed.
  • Fox Theatre Building, Detroit, Michigan - Designed by C. Howard Crane and built in 1928, it is the "most exotic eclectic Hindu-Siamese-Byzantine theater of the golden age of the movie palace". Photographs, brief history.
  • Grand Vision Foundation - A non-profit organization to preserve and promote the Warner Grand Theater, an Art Deco movie palace in San Pedro, California. Includes a history of the theater, which opened in 1931.
  • Historic Movie Houses of Los Angeles - A list with dates and brief descriptions of the theaters built (1910-32) along South Broadway for films and vaudeville.
  • Historic Wayne Theatre - History and restoration of the vaudeville house built in 1926-1927 in the small town of Wayne, Michigan by local construction engineer Charles K. Miller.
  • Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley, California - Redwood building designed by architect Julia Morgan in 1908 as the St. John's Presbyterian Church. Brief description, photographs, plan.
  • Kilduff's Movie Theatre Survey - A survey of movie theatres in Maryland built between 1900 and 1950. Photographs, building dates and descriptions.
  • Movie House History: Classic Theaters of Kansas - Paul Salley lists theaters, opera houses and drive-in theaters in Kansas, with some history. Banners.
  • Netherlands Cinema History - Karel Dibbets explores the theaters, the people, the companies, and the visitors of Dutch cinemas from 1906 to the present. Large list of cinemas with opening dates, some with architect.
  • Palace Theatre - Historic photos and stories of 1925 theatre in Hilo, Hawaii.
  • Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California - The official site offers photographs and a history (with source) of this extraordinary Art Deco theater. The 1930s movie palace was designed by San Francisco architect Timothy Pflueger.
  • Recreating The Theater of Dionysus in Athens - A computer reconstruction of this ancient amphitheater from the e-journal Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today.
  • Saenger Theatres - A study of the former Saenger organization and its theaters, mainly in the US. A list, with illustrated histories of selected theaters, some now gone.
  • Shakespeare's Globe Research Database - Describes and illustrates London playhouses in the 16th and 17th century, particularly the original Globe Theatre, and its modern reconstruction. From Reading University.
  • Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - Peter McCurdy describes the reconstruction by his firm of the Elizabethan theater in London used by Shakespeare. Research, construction.
  • Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London - The official site includes images and archaeological evidence of the original Elizabethan circular theater, the story of its reconstruction (1994-7) and a timeline.
  • Swedish Cinemas - This stylish site by Kjell Furberg, cinema historian and photographer, provides an architectural feast from the silent era onwards. English and Swedish language versions.
  • The Ancient Theater of Ephesus - Ïbrahim Ataç explains in the CSA Newsletter that a computer model of theater at Ephesus is to be made. Illustrations are included.
  • The Cinema Theatre Association - Promotes the study of old cinemas in the UK. Archives, publications, events, links.
  • The KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico - A picture palace in the flamboyant, short-lived, Pueblo Deco style, designed by Carl Boller in 1925. Photographs and history from the City of Albuquerque.
  • The Picture Palace - Louis Barfe's studies of UK cinema buildings and their architects.
  • The Uptown Theatre - History of the landmark building in Chicago which opened in 1921, designed by architects Rapp and Rapp for the Balaban and Katz Corporation
  • Theaters - Great Buildings Online provides photographs, details and bibliographies for a number of significant theaters of all periods across the world.
  • Theatre Historical Society of America - Nonprofit educational organization dedicated to documenting and celebrating historic theatres of all types in the United States.
  • Theatre Royal Chatham, UK - The Theatre Royal Chatham Trust present a slide-show and illustrated history of this ornate Late-Victorian theater, and its efforts to save and restore it.
  • Theatre Royal, York, UK - The official site includes a brief history of the theater built in 1744 and re-modelled in the 19th century.
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