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I'm a vintage bijou and drive-in theatre buff. Whenever I travel, I do some research to see if any classic theatres, hardtop or ozoners, might be nearby, and I've been known to go way out of my way to view (or, even better, patronize) them.
I'll be catching three classic Orson Welles pictures -- CITIZEN KANE, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, and TOUCH OF EVIL -- at the semi-restored Loew's Jersey in Jersey City this weekend.
Los Angeles has the most extant old theatres of any city I've visited, and I make it a point to patronize them whenever I visit. I'm especially fond of the Village and the Bruin theatres in Westwood and, of course, the Chinese in Hollywood.
NYC doesn't have much to offer in the way of classic movie theatres, aside from the Zeigfeld and the Paris (though it has loads of classic legit theatres, of course), but, in addition to the aforementioned Loew's Jersey, the Lafayette in Suffern, a relatively short NJ Transit train ride away, is a beautifully restored 1920s theatre that I love to visit. In the spring and fall, they show old movies there every Saturday morning, and it's well worth the 2-hour round-trip travel time.
On the Vanity Fair web site, there is a new feature story about the history of the faux-Egyptian trend in movie-theater design in the 1920s. It's by Bruce Handy, and it's pretty interesting. There's a good accompanying slide show, too.
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/egyptomania200801
Any other old theatre buffs out there?
I'll be catching three classic Orson Welles pictures -- CITIZEN KANE, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, and TOUCH OF EVIL -- at the semi-restored Loew's Jersey in Jersey City this weekend.
Los Angeles has the most extant old theatres of any city I've visited, and I make it a point to patronize them whenever I visit. I'm especially fond of the Village and the Bruin theatres in Westwood and, of course, the Chinese in Hollywood.
NYC doesn't have much to offer in the way of classic movie theatres, aside from the Zeigfeld and the Paris (though it has loads of classic legit theatres, of course), but, in addition to the aforementioned Loew's Jersey, the Lafayette in Suffern, a relatively short NJ Transit train ride away, is a beautifully restored 1920s theatre that I love to visit. In the spring and fall, they show old movies there every Saturday morning, and it's well worth the 2-hour round-trip travel time.
On the Vanity Fair web site, there is a new feature story about the history of the faux-Egyptian trend in movie-theater design in the 1920s. It's by Bruce Handy, and it's pretty interesting. There's a good accompanying slide show, too.
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/egyptomania200801
Any other old theatre buffs out there?
