In-Studio Blog

Restoring the Glory of the Oakland Paramount Theatre: The Ladies Smoking Lounge

Restoring the Glory of the Oakland Paramount Theatre: The Ladies Smoking Lounge

In the last “Smokin’” issue of Marquee (Volume 50 Number1), we shared a 1932 Photo of the Ladies Smoking Lounge....

Archiving the historic Embassy Theatre – Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Archiving the historic Embassy Theatre – Ft. Wayne, Indiana

This exciting text appeared in the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel for 14 May 1928 in a large advertisement featuring a fanciful...

M-I-C-K-E-Y  M-O-U-S-E

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

This past week I stumbled across a folder related to Mickey Mouse while working on a research request for someone. ...

Gone But Not Forgotten: Things We No Longer See in Movie Theatres

Gone But Not Forgotten: Things We No Longer See in Movie Theatres

Before the sprawling multiplex came the movie palace. Even from a distance, one recognized that it was a special place....

Farewell, Drake Theater (Oil City, PA)

Farewell, Drake Theater (Oil City, PA)

We had the opportunity to visit the former Drake Theater in Oil City, PA, which has been closed for many...

The Sunday Movie Fight

The Sunday Movie Fight

Although the decade of the 1920s is often thought of in terms of mobsters and flappers, bootlegging and dancing, the...

Film Exchanges in Pittsburgh

Film Exchanges in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is rich in theatre and film history, and as part of our holiday Pop-Up Nickelodeon, we’d like to share...

Harry Davis & John Harris – Pittsburgh’s Entertainment Visionaries

Harry Davis & John Harris – Pittsburgh’s Entertainment Visionaries

Pittsburgh is rich in theatre and film history, and as part of our holiday Pop-Up Nickelodeon, we’d like to share...

Davis and Harris – Pittsburgh’s First Nickelodeon

Davis and Harris – Pittsburgh’s First Nickelodeon

Pittsburgh is rich in theatre and film history, and as part of our holiday Pop-Up Nickelodeon, we’d like to share...

Film Projection Technology – Pop-Up Nickelodeon Exhibit

Film Projection Technology – Pop-Up Nickelodeon Exhibit

Pittsburgh is rich in theatre and film history, and as part of our holiday Pop-Up Nickelodeon, we’d like to share...

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