Theaters Great Buildings Online provides photographs, details and bibliographies for a number of significant theaters of all periods across the world.
Theatre Royal, York, UK The official site includes a brief history of the theater built in 1744 and re-modelled in the 19th century.
The KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico A picture palace in the flamboyant, short-lived, Pueblo Deco style, designed by Carl Boller in 1925. Photographs and history from the City of Albuquerque.
Swedish Cinemas This stylish site by Kjell Furberg, cinema historian and photographer, provides an architectural feast from the silent era onwards. English and Swedish language versions.
American Picture Palaces Illustrated history by the University of Virginia of the extravagant buildings that sprang up in the inter-war years to house the movies. Includes socio-economic background, guide to Art Deco.
Cinema Treasures Dedicated to saving classic movie theaters in the US. News, database, photographs, virtual tours and message boards. Also aims, founders, sponsors and volunteer staff of the web-site.
Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California The official site offers photographs and a history (with source) of this extraordinary Art Deco theater. The 1930s movie palace was designed by San Francisco architect Timothy Pflueger.
Drive In Theater The American phenomenon which began in the 1930s: open-air cinemas, viewed from automobiles. An illustrated history and list of theaters both operating and closed.
Aztec On The River Theatre The official site of this theater in San Antonio (US), opened in 1926 in a fantasy Meso-American style. Includes photographs and history.
Netherlands Cinema History Karel Dibbets explores the theaters, the people, the companies, and the visitors of Dutch cinemas from 1906 to the present. Large list of cinemas with opening dates, some with architect.
Palace Theatre Robert Alder provides an illustrated history of this 1925 theatre in Hilo, Hawaii. Includes historic photographs.
Theatre Historical Society of America Nonprofit educational organization dedicated to documenting and celebrating historic theatres of all types in the United States.
Grand Vision Foundation A non-profit organization to preserve and promote the Warner Grand Theater, an Art Deco movie palace in San Pedro, California. Includes a history of the theater, which opened in 1931.
Fox Theatre Building, Detroit, Michigan Designed by C. Howard Crane and built in 1928, it is the "most exotic eclectic Hindu-Siamese-Byzantine theater of the golden age of the movie palace". Photographs, brief history.
Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust Aims to save and reuse the music hall in Glasgow built in 1857 and designed by Thomas Gildard and H.M.McFarlane. Includes a photograph and history.
Historic Movie Houses of Los Angeles A list with dates and brief descriptions of the theaters built (1910-32) along South Broadway for films and vaudeville.
La Scala Helensburgh Aims to bring back to life a cinema built in 1913 on the west coast of Scotland, designed by Neil Duff. Includes history, proposals and questionnaire.
Saenger Theatres A study of the former Saenger organization and its theaters, mainly in the US. A list, with illustrated histories of selected theaters, some now gone.
The Michigan Theater Constructed in 1927 in Ann Arbour, Michigan, to the design of Detroit architect Maurice Finkel as a vaudeville and movie palace. The official site includes an illustrated history.
Redford Theatre This 1928 cinema in Detroit was designed with a Japanese motif. Includes an illustrated history and details of its restoration by the Motor City Theatre Organ Society.
Theatron Features interactive walkthroughs of 3D models of present and past theatres, including those of ancient Greece and Rome. Requires Cosmo Player VRML Plug-in, Flash and Quicktime.
Scottish Surviving Cinemas and Theatres Historical archive of all surviving cinema buildings in Scotland and news on cinemas under threat of closure or demolition. A database with photographs and historical information on over 900 cinemas.
The Rex Cinema, Berkhamsted This Art Deco cinema in the UK, designed by David Nye in 1936, has been restored and re-opened. Includes photographs.
