Embassy Theatre Continues to Update Archives
The Fort Wayne (IN) Embassy Theatre’s ninetieth anniversary year, 2018, has been a busy one with a special show in...
The JCCP – Pittsburgh’s Premiere Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadowcast
Pittsburgh: The Home of Rocky Horror By the Junior Chamber of Commerce Players For more than 40 years, the Junior...
The Tiniest Cinema in the Solar (Powered) System
Imagine an intimate theatre experience with 7 of your closest friends…literally. And imagine that cinema coming to you! If you’re...
THE JAM HANDY – A FILMMAKING ICON AND AMERICAN RELIC
By Jonathan Boschen One iconic building tucked away in the city of Detroit MI is a performing arts center and...
Rooftop Garden Theaters
In the late 1880s, inspired by European designs, architects and building planners decided to make use of a structure’s roof...
Raymond K. Shepardson: The Father of Cleveland’s Playhouse Square Foundation
Ray Shepardson (January 13, 1944 – April 14, 2014) was a theatre restoration specialist and theatre operator credited by many with beginning the...
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
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
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
Before the sprawling multiplex came the movie palace. Even from a distance, one recognized that it was a special place....