Popcorn, Please! How Theatre Concessions Changed Through the Years
Snacks and a show go hand in hand! Today, theater concessions can make up to 50% of a theater’s profits....
Snacks and a show go hand in hand! Today, theater concessions can make up to 50% of a theater’s profits....
Sitting discreetly behind store fronts and three floors of offices rests one of Hollywood’s most unique and forgotten picture palaces,...
In 1927, Orpheum Circuit, after many years of using G. Albert Lansburgh, Rapp & Rapp, and other renowned architects,...
PULSE Pittsburgh Fellowship Campaign May 15, 2017 – June 15, 2017 Interested in helping raise funds to support community education...
Theatre Historical Society of America is hosting an exclusive preview of Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace on Wednesday, June...
By: Cindi Szymanski | All photos by Ken Blaze January 17, 2017 Between February 1921 and November 1922, five opulent theaters opened...
We are pleased to share with you an excerpt from a newly published book by historian Holly George. Show Town...
Thoughts from David Boysel: I have finally finished searching for advertising and articles relating to the Paramount in the Tribune...
This blog picks up where we left off at on Part I of the Tower Theatre’s history from the blog published on...
When the Tower Theatre opened to the public on October 12, 1927 with the FBO film “The Gingham Girl,” it was...
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