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Theatre construction in the late 1930’s and early 40’s slowed as a result of the Great Depression and...
Theatre construction in the late 1930’s and early 40’s slowed as a result of the Great Depression and...
The women who worked in the Movie Palaces during the Golden Age of cinema were far more than just pretty...
In the early 1900’s the roof garden was a distinctive feature of summer life in New York City as it...
In the 1940s members of Loew’s sales team were dispatched throughout regions in New England. Their job was to survey...
When going to a show or a movie it is easy to focus on the stage and forget to look...
The American Theatre Architecture Archive house by the Theatre Historical Society of America contains records and artifacts that document America’s historic...
Another prominent theatre muralist was Anthony Heinsbergen (1894-1981). At an early age Heinsbergen’s family moved to Los Angeles where he...
Louis Grell was born in Iowa in 1887 and began making art at an early age. After formal training in...
What a thing to behold it must have been, to witness the birth of the cinema industry in Pittsburgh, Pa.,...
As movie palaces grew in size into the 1920s operators looked for new ways to attract women to come and...
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