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  • Cinema Treasures
  • www.cinematreasures.org
  • 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.
4.3
(1)
  • Theatre Royal, York, UK
  • www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
  • The official site includes a brief history of the theater built in 1744 and re-modelled in the 19th century.
4.0
(si*)
  • The Michigan Theater
  • www.michtheater.org
  • 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.
4.0
(si*)
  • Berkeley Playhouse, Berkeley, California
  • www.berkeleyplayhouse.org
  • Redwood building designed by architect Julia Morgan in 1908 as the St. John's Presbyterian Church. Brief description, photographs, plan.
4.0
(si*)
  • Drive In Theater
  • www.driveintheater.com
  • 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.
3.9
(si*)
  • Redford Theatre
  • redfordtheatre.com
  • 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.
3.9
(si*)
  • The Rex Cinema, Berkhamsted
  • www.therexberkhamsted.com
  • This Art Deco cinema in the UK, designed by David Nye in 1936, has been restored and re-opened. Includes photographs.
3.9
(si*)
  • Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California
  • www.paramounttheatre.com
  • 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.
3.9
(si*)
  • Grand Vision Foundation
  • www.grandvision.org
  • 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.
3.8
(si*)
  • Kilduff's Movie Theatre Survey
  • www.kilduffs.com
  • A survey of movie theatres in Maryland built between 1900 and 1950. Photographs, building dates and descriptions.
3.6
(si*)
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