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unusual facts about movie palaces



Theatre Historical Society of America

The Theatre Historical Society was founded in 1969 by writer and theatre historian Ben M. Hall, author of the first book celebrating America's movie palaces, The Best Remaining Seats.


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Combat Zone, Boston

It was located between the classic, studio-built movie palaces such as the RKO-Keith and Paramount theaters and the stage theatres such as the Colonial on Boylston Street.

Gerry Moore

Moore spent the years 1922-1939 working freelance in London, playing movie palaces and nightclubs.

Woods Theatre

The Woods was designed in the grand style of movie palaces of the early 20th century by the firm Marshall and Fox, which also designed such still-extant Chicago structures as the Blackstone Theatre (later renamed the Merle Reskin Theatre) and the Drake Hotel.