In-Studio Blog

History of the Tower Theatre: Part II

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...

The B. F. Keith’s Theatre in Boston was named after B.F. Keith (the ‘K’ in the future company RKO Pictures, though...

In the early 1920s, the motion picture industry had been experimenting with ways to bring sound into the moviegoing experience....

A prominent theatre muralist was Anthony Heinsbergen (1894-1981). At an early age Heinsbergen’s family moved to Los Angeles where he...

Movie theatres offered attendees to be treated like royalty while they visited for an afternoon or evening of entertainment. They...

Each theatre is a marvel of design and engineering. Building a sound structure is only part of the equation. Architects...

The C. Howard Crane designed Roosevelt enjoyed nearly 60 years as a stately movie palace in downtown Chicago. It opened...

The Pekin Theatre located at 27th and State on Chicago’s south side was one of the country’s first if not...

By Joseph R. DuciBella, ASID Some tidbits on the UPTOWN THEATRE, Chicago (Rapp & Rapp, 1925) came to light just...