Monday, October 01, 2012

Yes, Virginia There Are Still Vintage Movie Theaters

Some of my favorite movie theater that still do it the old way: Suttons's Bay, MI; Jenkintown, PA; Redford, MI Oxford, MI, Traverse City Michigan, Chevy Chase, MD, Plymouth, MI. No better experiences for me.
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9 comments:

Charles Gramlich said...

Don't see many around. There's one in Covington near us, but it's had the same movie poster up for two years so I think it's closed.

9:49 AM
Chris said...

Love these.

9:50 AM
Brian Lindenmuth said...

The old movie theater in my town has been re-purposed as The Carroll Arts Center. They have bands, films, art shows, theater camps for kids in the summer, a free movie night for kids once a week in the summer. Just all sorts of stuff really.

Here's a pic:

http://www.agilitynut.com/p/carroll904.jpg

10:34 AM
Prashant C. Trikannad said...

Some of the major Indian cities are still holding on to their vintage theatres. Bombay still has a few though most have been demolished and replaced with snazzy multi-screen multiplexes. Some of the theatres still around have English names like Eros, Regal, Capitol, Imperial, Roxy, Edward, Excelsior, and New Empire, a British hangover I guess.

2:13 PM
Anders Engwall said...

The Svea theatre in Sundsvall, Sweden:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biografteatern_Svea_Sundsvall_07.jpg

Opened in 1912. One of my dearest cinematic memories is from there. Back in 1974, when I was 11, me and a bunch of friends took the bus into the city together to see a movie - for the first time without parents. And this was the theatre. The movie? "American Graffiti". Good times.

7:06 PM
Peter Rozovsky said...

I snapped a picture after last year’s Bouchercon of the Tivoli in St. Louis, or at least of its sign.
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3:30 AM
Kieran Shea said...

http://www.railroadsquarecinema.com/about/

One of my favs from back in the Maine days....

5:41 AM
Kent Morgan said...

Go online and check out the Lido in The Pas, Manitoba as it's a wonderful old-style theatre. I took tickets there during high school and when I was back for the town's 100th anniversary in August, the machine where we put the torn half of the ticket is still being used in the lobby. Most of the original fixtures that go back to the 1920s or '30s are still there. Only the seats have been replaced. The thetare is still in the family of the original owner.

9:57 PM
Ron Scheer said...

The Crest on Westwood Blvd in LA is another, with wonderful preserved wall murals inside.
http://tinyurl.com/8rrb68e

2:57 PM

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