Classic movie theater architecture

AKA "the Riv" • opened with advertised capacity of 2,600 • French Renaissance design by brothers C.W. (1861-1927) and George L. (1878-1949) Rapp -- Rapp and Rapp, Chicago • managed by Balaban and Katz • building included 8 retail storefronts and 36 "bachelor apartments" • featured live music acts with movies • catering to women, had nursing station & children's playroom • converted to nightclub, 1986, now a live concert venue Jazz Age Chicago • Cinema Treasures • Uptown Historic District…

Brayton Movie Theater - location: Los Angeles

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The Normal Theater is a fully restored Art Deco movie theater in Normal, IL. Built in 1937, it was a state-of-the-art cinema and has shown the latest in film entertainment for more than 50 years until the theater closed in May 1990. The Town of Normal purchased the theater in 1993 and restored it to its present fully operational condition. National Register of Historic Places #97000818.

The Orinda Theatre, a classic example of Streamline Moderne style, was opened on December 27, 1941 featuring the American Western film Texas with William Holden, Glenn Ford and Claire Trevor. Read more at

Old movie theater in downtown.

Southport Corridor, Chicago. The Music Box Theatre

The Marcus Palace Cinema in Sun Prairie is a brand new state-of-the-art modern cinema with 12 auditoriums, designed by TK Architects International #cinemadesign

Picturehouse Cinema

Coronet Cinema

Showing current movies. Originally named the Princess Theatre with 601 seats. Scant info seems to point out this theatre was built or rebuilt in the 1940's.

Few spaces combine visual splendor and colorful history like America's great old theaters

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

A cinema in an old theater? Yesss 🍿✨ @daily_sleeper