Vintage theater exterior design

The Lido Theater in Newport Beach is over 80 years old and harkens back to a different era in time. First opened in 1938, this pre-WWII movie theater features elegant lobby chandeliers, vintage poster cases, the original box office, art deco architectural details, a balcony, and a magnificent red velvet waterfall curtain on an elevated stage.

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

Coolidge Theater, Brookline, Mass Awesome marquee, theater sign. Art deco with streamline moderne details.

The Landis Theater in Vineland , NJ Went here almost every weekend as a child (RM)

This is the historic Paramount Theater on Charlottesville's Main Street. Here's the info from the Paramount Website: Built in 1931, Charlottesville's Paramount Theater has held a starring role both now and in the past. Once a home for movies and community events, The Paramount's doors were closed for thirty years before recent restoration returned the theater's former glory. If you like this photo, you can get prints (framed and unframed) and greeting cards here in my imagekind gallery.

Loew’s Kings Theater, Brooklyn NY

The very cool marquee for the Wiltern Theater, this great Art Deco 12 story building and theater was built in 1931, renovations were begun in 1981 and completed in 1985, the Wiltern Theater is now one of the premier concert venues and a true Historical-Cultural Landmark in Los Angeles

Opened as the Panorama Theater. It became the Adolphus Theater, preenting vaudeville from November 27, 1911 when it was taken over by Adolph Ramash...

Historic Kiggins Theater Photography copyright: Elizabeth Rose Photography

Louis Skidmore (1897-1962), the architect for the John Hancock Center and the Sears Tower in Chicago, designed this Art Deco style movie house on W...

Paramount Theater.

The Henrico Theatre was built in 1938, designed by architect Edward Francis Sinnott.

Bellaire Theater