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Motion pictures were generally only thought to be for the lower classes at that time as they were simple, short, and cost only five cents to attend. While the middle class regularly began to attend the nickelodeons by the early 1910s the upperclass continued to attend stage theater performances such as opera and big-time vaudeville. However, as more sophisticated, complex, and longer films featuring prominent stage actors were developed, the upperclass desires to attend the movies began to increase and a demand for higher class theaters began to develop. Nickelodeons could not meet this demand as the upperclass feared the moral repercussions of intermingling between women and children with immigrants. There were also real concerns over the physical safety of the nickelodeon theaters themselves as they were often cramped with little ventilation and the
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were all variously mixed and matched. This wealth of ornament was not merely for aesthetic effect. It was meant to create a fantasy environment to attract moviegoers and involved a type of social engineering, distraction, and traffic management, meant to work on human bodies and minds in a specific
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in 1948, which ordered all of the major film studios to sell their theaters. Most of the newly independent theaters could not continue to operate on the low admissions sales of the time without the financial support of the major studios and were forced to close. Many were able to stay in business by
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The movie palace's signature look was one of extravagant ornamentation. The theaters were often designed with an eclectic exoticism where a variety of referenced visual styles collided wildly with one another. French
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The movie palace was developed as the step beyond the small theaters of the 1900s and 1910s. As motion pictures developed as an art form, theatre infrastructure needed to change. Storefront theatres and nickelodeons catered to the busy work lives and limited budgets of the lower and middle classes.
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was born. Rather than exhibiting one program a night, the nickelodeon offered continuous motion picture entertainment for five cents. They were widely popular. By 1910, nickelodeons grossed $ 91 million in the United States. The nickelodeons were like simple storefront theatres, but differed in the
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theatres. The competitive vaudeville theatre market caused owners to constantly look for new entertainment, and the motion picture helped create demand, although the new form of entertainment was not the main draw for patrons. It was often used as a "chaser"—shown as the end of the performance to
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at the cost of one million dollars. This opening was the first example of a success in drawing the upper middle class to the movies and it spurred others to follow suit. As their name implies movie palaces were advertised to, "make the average citizen feel like royalty." To accomplish this these
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projector, a muslin sheet on which the motion picture was exhibited, darkened windows, and a box by the door to service as a ticket office (literally, the "box office".) Storefront theatres, supplied with motion pictures made in
Chicago and New York, spread throughout America. These theatres
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The movie house, in a building designed specifically for motion picture exhibition, was the last step before the movie palace. Comfort was paramount, with upholstered seating and climate controls. One of the first movie houses was Tally's
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chains in the 1980s and 1990s signaled the obsolescence of single-screen theaters. Many movie palaces were razed or converted into multiple-screen venues or performing arts centers, though some have undergone restoration and reopened to the public as historic buildings.
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built from the 1910s to the 1940s. The late 1920s saw the peak of the movie palace, with hundreds opening every year between 1925 and 1930. With the advent of television, movie attendance dropped, while the rising popularity of large
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in the 1980s and the megaplex in the 1990s. Some movie palaces were able to stay in business only by getting out of the way, at least with respect to the highest-grossing
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of the population from the cities, where all the movie palaces had been built, into the suburbs. The closing of most movie palaces occurred after
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1667:Paramount Theatre, Kankakee, Illinois, 1931
372:Arcada Theater, St. Charles, Illinois, 1926
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1624:Paramount Theatre, Aurora, Illinois, 1931
1334:Martin's Cinerama, Atlanta, Georgia, 1962
823:Fourth Avenue Theatre (Anchorage, Alaska)
243:United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
181:on Broadway, which was opened in 1914 by
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1067:Indiana Theatre (Terre Haute, Indiana)
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1551:Palace Theatre (Marion, Ohio)
1223:Loew's State Palace Theatre,
1041:Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace
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1905:North Tonawanda, New York
1835:, Detroit, Michigan, 1928
1251:Loew's Valencia Theatre,
1175:, Atlanta, Georgia, 1920s
1097:Charlottesville, Virginia
1055:Hollywood Pacific Theatre
1005:Grauman's Chinese Theatre
883:San Francisco, California
598:Commodore Picture House,
380:Santa Barbara, California
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2208:, Washington, D.C., 1933
1981:Hattiesburg, Mississippi
1715:Peery's Egyptian Theatre
1407:Odeon North End Cinema,
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652:Brookline, Massachusetts
461:Mount Pleasant, Michigan
2106:Uniontown, Pennsylvania
2031:Jersey City, New Jersey
1273:San Lorenzo, California
1199:Loew's Paradise Theatre
1183:Jersey City, New Jersey
648:Coolidge Corner Theatre
385:Arvest Midland Theatre
105:Beaux-Arts architecture
2177:Sacramento, California
2036:Stanley Theater, (now
1611:, Salt Lake City, 1918
1380:Odeon Leicester Square
1357:Million Dollar Theater
1311:, San Antonio, TX 1929
679:Santa Cruz, California
672:Sacramento, California
589:Carthay Circle Theatre
559:Durham, North Carolina
524:Port Chester, New York
226:Million Dollar Theater
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2073:Hastings, New Zealand
2023:, 1925, restored 1989
2021:Palo Alto, California
1926:, New York City, 1927
1920:, San Francisco, 1909
1874:Rialto Square Theatre
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1817:Radio City Music Hall
1522:Oxford Picture Hall,
1331:, New York City, 1914
1300:Kansas City, Missouri
1288:The Madison Theatre,
1179:Loew's Jersey Theatre
1169:, New York City, 1930
870:San Diego, California
817:Jacksonville, Florida
628:Indianapolis, Indiana
387:Kansas City, Missouri
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2278:Warner Grand Theatre
2167:Knoxville, Tennessee
2100:Woodland, California
1910:Rockingham Theatre,
1854:The Rex, Berkhamsted
1729:Park Ridge, Illinois
1587:Louisville, Kentucky
1189:Loew's Kings Theatre
1173:Loew's Grand Theatre
1161:Santa Fe, New Mexico
979:Monterey, California
975:Golden State Theatre
481:San Jose, California
451:New Braunfels, Texas
393:Avalon Regal Theater
367:Glendale, California
253:pornography theaters
211:S.L. "Roxy" Rothafel
157:The interior of the
116:Thomas Lincoln Tally
2747:Valentine, Maggie.
2390:Timothy L. Pflueger
2357:Frederick, Maryland
2272:Champaign, Illinois
2262:Evansville, Indiana
2145:Sunnyvale Theater,
2093:Kalamazoo, Michigan
1675:Oakland, California
1605:, Los Angeles, 1930
1359:, Los Angeles, 1918
1342:Ann Arbor, Michigan
1329:Mark Strand Theatre
1263:Los Angeles Theatre
1122:Lexington, Kentucky
1057:, Los Angeles, 1928
1007:, Los Angeles, 1927
999:Oakland, California
903:St. Louis, Missouri
893:Spokane, Washington
874:Jacobs Music Center
864:Salinas, California
807:Fargo, North Dakota
770:Fort Wayne, Indiana
738:The Electric Cinema
421:Tuscaloosa, Alabama
354:Alameda, California
344:Birmingham, Alabama
330:Akron Civic Theatre
272:second-run theaters
149:Atmospheric theatre
69:atmospheric theatre
2587:Hollywood Reporter
2327:Fresno, California
2306:Erie, Pennsylvania
2112:The Strand Theatre
1974:Pensacola, Florida
1827:Rahway, New Jersey
1811:Westland, Michigan
1787:Pomona, California
1783:Pomona Fox Theater
1652:Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1483:Memphis, Tennessee
1370:North Park Theatre
1296:Mainstreet Theater
1193:Brooklyn, New York
1152:Syracuse, New York
1142:Richmond, Virginia
1077:Ironwood, Michigan
1017:Hammersmith Apollo
1013:, Los Angeles 1922
995:Grand Lake Theater
989:Sherbrooke, Quebec
732:El Capitan Theatre
662:Rockford, Illinois
569:Richmond, Virginia
477:California Theatre
471:Richmond, Virginia
411:San Antonio, Texas
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159:Grand Lake Theatre
112:storefront theatre
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2313:Powers Auditorium
2292:Powers Auditorium
2163:Tennessee Theatre
2116:Marietta, Georgia
2001:Buffalo, New York
1979:Saenger Theatre,
1777:Lakeland, Florida
1705:Paramount Theater
1695:Paramount Theatre
1687:, 1928, (now the
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1671:Paramount Theatre
1658:Paramount Theater
1648:Paramount Theatre
1638:Paramount Theatre
1632:Austin, Minnesota
1628:Paramount Theatre
1615:Paramount Theatre
1374:Buffalo, New York
1362:Norwalk Theatre,
1315:Manchester Apollo
1283:Savannah, Georgia
1271:Lorenzo Theatre,
1132:Suffern, New York
1128:Lafayette Theatre
1093:Jefferson Theater
1083:Jefferson Theatre
923:Garde Arts Center
827:Anchorage, Alaska
677:Del Mar Theatre,
565:Carpenter Theater
529:Capitol Theatre,
493:, Australia, 1924
376:Arlington Theater
207:Oriental Theatres
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2017:Stanford Theatre
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1838:Regent Theatre,
1793:Princess Theatre
1725:Pickwick Theatre
1685:Portland, Oregon
1662:Denver, Colorado
1545:Albany, New York
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1473:Sioux City, Iowa
1459:Oriental Theatre
1449:Oriental Theatre
1348:Michigan Theatre
1338:Michigan Theater
1309:Majestic Theatre
1290:Peoria, Illinois
1148:Landmark Theatre
1138:Landmark Theatre
1118:Kentucky Theater
1073:Ironwood Theatre
837:Atlanta, Georgia
726:DeKalb, Illinois
722:Egyptian Theatre
712:Egyptian Theatre
658:Coronado Theatre
634:Congress Theater
555:Carolina Theatre
535:British Columbia
457:Broadway Theatre
447:Brauntex Theatre
427:Biograph Theater
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