- Theaters - http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/theater.html
Great Buildings Online provides photographs, details and bibliographies for a number of significant theaters of all periods across the world.
- Theatre Royal, York, UK - http://www.theatre-royal-york.co.uk/
The official site includes a brief history of the theater built in 1744 and re-modelled in the 19th century.
- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London - http://shakespeares-globe.org/
The official site includes images and archaeological evidence of the original Elizabethan circular theater, the story of its reconstruction (1994-7) and a timeline.
- The KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico - http://www.cabq.gov/kimo/index.html
A picture palace in the flamboyant, short-lived, Pueblo Deco style, designed by Carl Boller in 1925. Photographs and history from the City of Albuquerque.
- Swedish Cinemas - http://www.algonet.se/~furberg/
This stylish site by Kjell Furberg, cinema historian and photographer, provides an architectural feast from the silent era onwards. English and Swedish language versions.
- American Picture Palaces - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PALACE/home.html
Illustrated history by the University of Virginia of the extravagant buildings that sprang up in the inter-war years to house the movies. Includes socio-economic background, guide to Art Deco.
- Cinema Treasures - http://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.
- Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California - http://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.
- Drive In Theater - http://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.
- Aztec On The River Theatre - http://www.aztecontheriver.com/home.htm
The official site of this theater in San Antonio (US), opened in 1926 in a fantasy Meso-American style. Includes photographs and history.
- Netherlands Cinema History - http://www.xs4all.nl/~kd/
Karel Dibbets explores the theaters, the people, the companies, and the visitors of Dutch cinemas from 1906 to the present. Large list of cinemas with opening dates, some with architect.
- Shakespeare's Globe Research Database - http://www.rdg.ac.uk/globe/
Describes and illustrates London playhouses in the 16th and 17th century, particularly the original Globe Theatre, and its modern reconstruction. From Reading University.
- Palace Theatre - http://www.palacehilo.org/
Historic photos and stories of 1925 theatre in Hilo, Hawaii.
- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - http://www.mccurdyco.com/page3.html
Peter McCurdy describes the reconstruction by his firm of the Elizabethan theater in London used by Shakespeare. Research, construction.
- Theatre Historical Society of America - http://www2.hawaii.edu/~angell/thsa/
Nonprofit educational organization dedicated to documenting and celebrating historic theatres of all types in the United States.
- The Ancient Theater of Ephesus - http://www.csanet.org/newsletter/may96/nl059603.html
Ïbrahim Ataç explains in the CSA Newsletter that a computer model of theater at Ephesus is to be made. Illustrations are included.
- Carthalia - http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/
Andreas Praefcke's postcard collection of theatre buildings and concert halls worldwide. He provides notes on the history of some of the better-known ones.
- Saenger Theatres - http://www.saengeramusements.com/
A study of the former Saenger organization and its theaters, mainly in the US. A list, with illustrated histories of selected theaters, some now gone.
- Grand Vision Foundation - http://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.
- Kilduff's Movie Theatre Survey - http://www.kilduffs.com
A survey of movie theatres in Maryland built between 1900 and 1950. Photographs, building dates and descriptions.
- The Uptown Theatre - http://uptowntheatre.com/
History of the landmark building in Chicago which opened in 1921, designed by architects Rapp and Rapp for the Balaban and Katz Corporation
- The Cinema Theatre Association - http://www.cinema-theatre.org.uk/
Promotes the study of old cinemas in the UK. Archives, publications, events, links.
- Theatre Royal Hyde - http://www.theatreroyalhyde.org.uk/
A registered charity with the aim of purchasing, restoring and re-opening the Edwardian Theatre Royal in Hyde, Manchester. Follow its progress and learn about the theatre's history.
- Fox Theatre Building, Detroit, Michigan - http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18638_20846-54585--,00.html
Designed by C. Howard Crane and built in 1928, it is the "most exotic eclectic Hindu-Siamese-Byzantine theater of the golden age of the movie palace". Photographs, brief history.
- Pickwick Theatre - http://www.pickwick.org/
This Art Deco national landmark in Park Ridge, Illinois was designed in 1928 by architects Zook and McCaughey. Pickwick Preservation Society gives a history and describes its activities.
- Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust - http://www.glasgowmerchantcity.net/britanniapanopticontrust.htm
Aims to save and reuse the music hall in Glasgow built in 1857 and designed by Thomas Gildard and H.M.McFarlane. Includes a photograph and history.
- Glasgow Cinemas - http://www.glasgowcinemas.co.uk
Stuart Neville explores the history of cinemas in Glasgow, Scotland, from the earliest cinemas. Illustrated with archive and new photographs, architect's plans and press advertisements.
- The Cerrito Theater - http://cerritotheater.org
El Cerrito's historic theater with its Art Deco interior and murals is one of California's hidden treasures. History, photographs and progress on its restoration.
- The Picture Palace - http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/picturepalace/
Louis Barfe's studies of UK cinema buildings and their architects.
- The Rex Cinema, Berkhamsted - http://www.therexcinema.com/
This Art Deco cinema in the UK, designed by David Nye in 1936, has been restored and re-opened. Includes photographs and links to articles on the restoration project.
- The Rose - http://www.rosetheatre.org.uk/
Built in 1587 by Philip Henslowe, the Rose was the first theatre on London's Bankside. In 1989 its remains were discovered and partially excavated midst a blaze of international press coverage. History, news and opening times.
- Historic Movie Houses of Los Angeles - http://lacity.org/tourist/movpalac.htm
A list with dates and brief descriptions of the theaters built (1910-32) along South Broadway for films and vaudeville.
- La Scala Helensburgh - http://www.lascala-cinema.com
Aims to bring back to life a cinema built in 1913 on the west coast of Scotland, designed by Neil Duff. Includes history, proposals and questionnaire.
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