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What's in Movie Theaters Tonight?

Movie posters and theaters.Created by: LOC's Public Domain ArchiveDated: 1930
William Fox presents bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen episodes : Episode nine "hurled from the clouds" / / Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland, O.
Movie posters and movie theaters.
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Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Newsie, ten years old. Going into a moving picture theatre with his papers.  Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Newsie, ten years old. Going into a moving picture theatre with his pa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Good night, Motion Picture Theaters

Good night, Motion Picture Theaters

Photo shows a woman yawning in her night clothes while holding a lit candle. Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograp... More

The Gaumont Co. L'T'D. London presents the motion picture records of the undying story of Capt. Scott and animal life in the Antarctic / The Morgan Lith. Co., Cleveland, O.

The Gaumont Co. L'T'D. London presents the motion picture records of t...

Motion picture poster for "Capt. Scott and Animal Life in the Antarctic" showing view from an ice cave of a ship moored in the distance. From photo copyright 1912 by H.G. Pontiny, F.R.G.S.

C. D. Two hearts finally united.

C. D. Two hearts finally united.

Motion picture poster for "C.D." shows a woman interacting with a man in a Civil War uniform. An older man sits in front of them at a telegraph. "A Civil War drama." "Through me the spy escaped!"

You never can tell A Selig farce comedy.

You never can tell A Selig farce comedy.

Motion picture poster for "You Never can Tell" shows two men dressed as gladiators in front of a motion picture camera. In the lower left is an insert for "Who Got Stung" showing a group of women attacking a g... More

Cupid turns the tables, Movie Poster

Cupid turns the tables, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "Cupid turns the tables" shows a man standing in the middle of two women all with their eyes wide and mouths open in surprise; one woman clutches the man's arm. Caption: "Great heaven... More

Official United States war films / H. Devitt Welsh.

Official United States war films / H. Devitt Welsh.

Poster showing a battleship with searchlights flaring. Produced by Signal Corps USA and Committee on Public Information. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Little Lord Fauntleroy, Movie Poster

Little Lord Fauntleroy, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "Little Lord Fauntleroy" shows party scene with guest watching Littile Lord Fauntleroy, (Mary Pickford), coming down the steps holding his grandfather's hand, (Claude Gillingwater); in... More

Ideal Pictures presents Jesus of Nazareth, the story of our lord The prince of peace.

Ideal Pictures presents Jesus of Nazareth, the story of our lord The p...

Motion picture poster for "Jesus of Nazareth" shows a portrait of Jesus Christ.

Movie theatre front in an Alabama town

Movie theatre front in an Alabama town

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, New Hamshire. Farm Security Organization photograph

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, New Hamshire. Farm Secur...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Man in front of movie theater, Waco, Texas

Man in front of movie theater, Waco, Texas

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man working with a projector in a movie theater] / [MST].

[Man working with a projector in a movie theater] / [MST].

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 1261C, frame 17.

The Spanish Colonial-style Plaza Theatre, built in 1927 as a movie house. It is now a performing-arts center in El Paso, Texas

The Spanish Colonial-style Plaza Theatre, built in 1927 as a movie hou...

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The old Senator movie theater became a live-music venue in this lively college (California State University at Chico) city in northern California

The old Senator movie theater became a live-music venue in this lively...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, California

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, Ca...

The theater, opened in 1942, is among the last Streamline Moderne theaters built by architect S. Charles Lee. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection ... More

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, California

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, Ca...

The theater, opened in 1942, is among the last Streamline Moderne theaters built by architect S. Charles Lee. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection ... More

Ada Theatre, 700 Main Street, Boise, Ada County, ID

Ada Theatre, 700 Main Street, Boise, Ada County, ID

Significance: Still used as originally planned, this neo-Egyptian Revival Style building, unique to Idaho, is the only survivor of the movie palace and grand cinema era in Boise. The theater was designed by Tou... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Brown McDowell 12 year old usher in Princess Theatre. Works from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. Can barely read; has reached the second grade in school only. Investigator reports little actual need for earnings.  Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Brown McDowell 12 year old usher in Princess Theatre. Works from 10 A....

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glen White in Gem's great instructive play, Absinthe--Reflective moments / Metropolitan Division, U.S. Lithograph Company.

Glen White in Gem's great instructive play, Absinthe--Reflective momen...

Motion picture poster for "Absinthe" shows a man seated, with hand on head, at table with three glasses of absinthe. Universal films trademark in lower left corner.

The Wedding march, Movie Poster

The Wedding march, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The Wedding March" shows Eric von Stroheim as the character Prince Nicki von Wildeliebe-Rauffenburg. Purchase; 1975. A Paramount Pictures film. No. 2853.

Poster - Saturday night, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Saturday night, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Motion picture poster for the film "Saturday Night" shows a flirtatious young woman and an older man seated at a restaurant or nightclub table. Behind the young woman stands a worried looking young man wearing a fez(?).

Poster - Three friends, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Three friends, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Motion picture poster for "Three Friends" shows three men clasping hands while sitting at a table in a bar.

The Rustler's reformation, Movie Poster

The Rustler's reformation, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The rustler's reformation" shows cowboy with arm around woman. Copyright 1913 by Selig Polyscope Co. A Selig western drama.

Negro going in colored entrance of movie house on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Negro going in colored entrance of movie house on Saturday afternoon, ...

Photograph shows side of Crescent Theatre in Belzoni, Mississippi. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County...

Significance: The Academy Building was constructed by the Borden Family, textile entrepreneurs of Fall River. The prominent structure, with Ruskinian Gothic details, was designed by Hartwell and Swasey of Bost... More

Jeffries-Sharkey pictures - under the direction of William A. Brady & Thomas O'Rourke

Jeffries-Sharkey pictures - under the direction of William A. Brady & ...

Early motion picture poster showing scene from the boxing match between James J. Jeffries and Tom Sharkey on November 3, 1899. Caption continues: The greatest motion photographs ever taken by the American Muto... More

Welcome, Motion Picture Theaters

Welcome, Motion Picture Theaters

Photo shows a woman with open arms who appears to be rising from an opening tulip flower. Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humor... More

3 minutes intermission while changing pictures

3 minutes intermission while changing pictures

Photo shows woman pointing at pocket watch dial. Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a ... More

Ladies and children are cordially invited to this theatre. No offensive pictures are ever shown here

Ladies and children are cordially invited to this theatre. No offensiv...

Photo shows song birds and roses. Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a fancy carved fr... More

The tell tale knife Catching cattle rustlers.

The tell tale knife Catching cattle rustlers.

Motion picture poster for "The Tell Tale Knife" shows a man (Tom Mix) embracing a woman (Goldie Colwell) in western dress. Behind them is a large knife.

The mysterious beauty Following a phantom love.

The mysterious beauty Following a phantom love.

Motion picture poster for "The Mysterious Beauty" shows a woman entering a dentist's office just as the dentist is extracting a man's tooth. "Farce comedy by Will M. Hough."

At the transfer corner, Movie Poster

At the transfer corner, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "At the transfer corner" shows a couple sitting on a blanket under a large red umbrella; in the background another couple standing together with woman holding parasol. Caption: Dollar... More

Rosemary, that's for remembrance True love never dies.

Rosemary, that's for remembrance True love never dies.

Motion picture poster for "Rosemary, That's for Remembrance" shows a man taking the hand of a woman who is holding a bouquet. They are in a formal setting. In the lower right corner is an insert for "Doc Yak's... More

United States official war films / Kerry ; The Hegeman Print N.Y.

United States official war films / Kerry ; The Hegeman Print N.Y.

Poster showing silhouette of soldiers and firing cannon against a red, white, and blue sky, with United States seal below.

Adolph Zukor presents a John Emerson - Anita Loos production, Shirley Mason and Ernest Truex in Good-bye Bill by John Emerson and Anita Loos

Adolph Zukor presents a John Emerson - Anita Loos production, Shirley ...

Motion picture poster for "Good-Bye Bill" shows portraits of Shirley Mason and Ernest Truex. "Directed by John Emerson." "A Paramount Picture."

Thru special arrangement with the Italian government [...] the Italian battlefront

Thru special arrangement with the Italian government [...] the Italian...

Motion picture poster, text only, advertising film coverage of World War I in Italy. Printed paste-on: Isis Theatre entire week starting Monday July 15.

Idle men attend the morning movies. There are three such movies in one block. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Idle men attend the morning movies. There are three such movies in one...

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beach Theatre, Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Florida. Entrance marquee I

Beach Theatre, Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Florida. Entrance marquee I

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In front of the movie theater. Chicago, Illinois

In front of the movie theater. Chicago, Illinois

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sheffield is home to the Ritz Theater, a 1920's silent movie house that has been restored to its original grandeur

Sheffield is home to the Ritz Theater, a 1920's silent movie house tha...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

San Pedro Drive-In Theater, angle from left, Gaffey Street, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California (LOC)

San Pedro Drive-In Theater, angle from left, Gaffey Street, San Pedro,...

Margolies, John,, photographer...San Pedro Drive-In Theater, angle from left, Gaffey Street, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California..1979...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, ... More

San Pedro Drive-In Theater, closer view of angle from left Gaffey Street, Los Angeles, California (LOC)

San Pedro Drive-In Theater, closer view of angle from left Gaffey Stre...

Margolies, John,, photographer...San Pedro Drive-In Theater, closer view of angle from left Gaffey Street, Los Angeles, California..1979...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Titl... More

An Embarrassing predicament, Movie Poster

An Embarrassing predicament, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "An Embarrassing Predicament" shows a man, a woman and a clergyman. Caption: Popping the question. A Selig Comedy - Trade S Mark. Copyright 1914 by Selig Polyscope Co.

Arabia the equine detective, Movie Poster

Arabia the equine detective, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "Arabia the Equine Detective" shows Lillian Logan and two men standing next to a horse. Caption: Introducing Arabia the human horse. A Trade S Mark film. Copyright 1913 by Selig Polys... More

The Moving Picture Cowboy Tom Mix doing stunts. The way he told the story, and what he really did.

The Moving Picture Cowboy Tom Mix doing stunts. The way he told the st...

Motion picture poster for "The moving picture cowboy" shows advertising motion picture comedy of Tom Mix jumping from horse to railroad car in front of photographer and seated on ground with hand on his head. ... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Ivanhoe - concert / theatrical poster, Movie Poster

Ivanhoe - concert / theatrical poster, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "Ivanhoe" shows actor King Baggot as Ivanhoe. Caption: The great "IMP" feature film. Produced by Herbert Brenon at Chepstow Castle. Three reels. Stamped on back: Nederlands Filmmuseum... More

The Sheriff's reward A heart taken prisoner : Cowboy drama / / Goes Litho. Co., Chicago.

The Sheriff's reward A heart taken prisoner : Cowboy drama / / Goes Li...

Motion picture poster for "The sheriff's reward" shows cowgirl saying to cowboy, "The cattle thieves are after you!" Copyright 1914 by Selig Polyscope Co.

Douglas Fairbanks in The black pirate

Douglas Fairbanks in The black pirate

Motion picture poster for "The Black Pirate" showing Douglas Fairbanks in romantic and swashbuckling scenes.

Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures / Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures / Courier Litho. Co., B...

Motion picture poster for "Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures" shows people watching a motion picture in a theater of a battle at sea during the Spanish-American War; includes insert of head-and-sho... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County, MA

Academy Building, 68-114 South Main Street, Fall River, Bristol County...

Significance: The Academy Building was constructed by the Borden Family, textile entrepreneurs of Fall River. The prominent structure, with Ruskinian Gothic details, was designed by Hartwell and Swasey of Bost... More

Pictures changed / D'Artois., Motion Picture Theaters

Pictures changed / D'Artois., Motion Picture Theaters

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. B 14." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Selig presents playing with fire The penalty of flirtation.

Selig presents playing with fire The penalty of flirtation.

Motion picture poster for "Playing with Fire" shows a man standing at a kitchen table, pointing at a crying woman and child. "By James Oliver Curwood in two reels."

The woman of it A vision of the primitive.

The woman of it A vision of the primitive.

Motion picture poster for "The Woman of It" shows a man extending a hand to a woman, wet and prostrate on a coastline. "A psychological drama."

The Norman Film M'F'G Co. presents "the crimson skull" Baffling western mystery photoplay / / Ritchey Lith. Corp. N.Y.

The Norman Film M'F'G Co. presents "the crimson skull" Baffling wester...

Three panel motion picture poster for "The Crimson Skull" showing, in the top panel, a woman resisting the embrace of a man attempting to kiss her; in the middle panel appear the title and credits along with bu... More

[Trans-Lux Theater, 58th St. and Madison Ave., New York City; side view of exterior]

[Trans-Lux Theater, 58th St. and Madison Ave., New York City; side vie...

No. JO 8759 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Trans-Lux Movies Corp.

Waiting for the movie to open, Sunday afternoon, Pharr, Texas

Waiting for the movie to open, Sunday afternoon, Pharr, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man holding a teddy bear, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man holding a teddy bear, Texas, during G...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexican man in front of movie theater, San Antonio, Texas

Mexican man in front of movie theater, San Antonio, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children and farmers waiting to go into movie on Saturday afternoon. Littleton, New Hampshire

Children and farmers waiting to go into movie on Saturday afternoon. L...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A small movie house on the main street of Durham, North Carolina

A small movie house on the main street of Durham, North Carolina

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a gas station, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, North Carolina. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a gas station, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a gas station, North Carolina. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

School teachers in Centralhatchee, Georgia have organized movies in the school auditorium for those who can't get to town. Heard County, Georgia

School teachers in Centralhatchee, Georgia have organized movies in th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school auditorium, college, education, building interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Movie show billboard, Yuma, Arizona

Movie show billboard, Yuma, Arizona

Public domain photograph of sport activity, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Augustine, Texas. Movie theater

San Augustine, Texas. Movie theater

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man purchasing a movie ticket from a woman in a ticket booth as a couple stands to the side] / [MST].

[Man purchasing a movie ticket from a woman in a ticket booth as a cou...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 1261, frame 5.

The State Theater in Austin, Texas

The State Theater in Austin, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Orginally built in 1935 by Interstate Circuit Inc. The theater was converted from an existing building by architect W. Scott Dunne. C... More

Marquee of the Uptown Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas, along Texas Route 180, once the main road between Fort Worth and Dallas

Marquee of the Uptown Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas, along Texas Rou...

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

The web of desire, Movie Poster

The web of desire, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The web of desire" shows the head of Ethel Clayton and hands holding a spider web with two men and jewelry trapped inside. Copyright 1917 by World Film Corpn.

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Alabama Theatre, 1811 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Alabama Theatre, designed by Chicago architects Graven & Mayger, was erected in 1927 by Paramount's Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theatre for the southeastern region of the United State... More

Ivanhoe - concert / theatrical poster, Movie Poster

Ivanhoe - concert / theatrical poster, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "Ivanhoe" shows actor King Baggot as Ivanhoe. Caption: The great "IMP" feature film. Produced by Herbert Brenon at Chepstow Castle. Three reels. Stamped on back: Nederlands Filmmuseum... More

Ivanhoe - concert / theatrical poster, Movie Poster

Ivanhoe - concert / theatrical poster, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "Ivanhoe" shows actor King Baggot as Ivanhoe. Caption: The great "IMP" feature film. Produced by Herbert Brenon at Chepstow Castle. Three reels. Stamped on back: Nederlands Filmmuseum... More

"The Bull-dogger" / Ritchey Lith. Corp.

"The Bull-dogger" / Ritchey Lith. Corp.

Motion picture poster for "The bull-dogger" shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of African American cowboy, Bill Pickett, wearing a cowboy hat and with one arm raised as though he were leaning against something... More

The Sheriff's reward A heart taken prisoner : Cowboy drama / / Goes Litho. Co., Chicago.

The Sheriff's reward A heart taken prisoner : Cowboy drama / / Goes Li...

Motion picture poster for "The sheriff's reward" shows cowgirl saying to cowboy, "The cattle thieves are after you!" Copyright 1914 by Selig Polyscope Co.

Mabel's lovers: the suprised suitor / B.P.

Mabel's lovers: the suprised suitor / B.P.

Motion picture poster for "Mabel's lovers, the suprised suitor" shows Mabel Normand with four men staring at her legs; one man faints into the arms of another; well dressed woman standing in background. A Keys... More

The Salted mine (Carson), Movie Poster

The Salted mine (Carson), Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The salted mine" shows a man and woman in a forest. In the foreground, the man sits on a stool in front of his horse; in the background, the woman sits astride a horse. A Film Import... More

La veuve du marin / Faria., Movie Poster

La veuve du marin / Faria., Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for a silent movie showing a widow with children standing by the sea observing a shipwreck as another woman prays before a crucifixion statue of Jesus Christ. Transfer; LC MBRS; 2001; (DL... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grand Riviera Theatre, 9222 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County,...

Significance: The Grand Riviera is a representative example of a large neighborhood moving picture theatre of the mid-1920s. The octagonal corner entrance tower is a distinctive feature of the exterior, and th... More

[Majestic Theatre, Detroit, Mich.], Motion Picture Theaters

[Majestic Theatre, Detroit, Mich.], Motion Picture Theaters

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Good night / D'Artois., Motion Picture Theaters

Good night / D'Artois., Motion Picture Theaters

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. B 16." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Advertise your business on this screen and get results. See the manager

Advertise your business on this screen and get results. See the manage...

Photo shows a cow and pansy flowers. Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a fancy carved... More

Loud talking or whistling not allowed

Loud talking or whistling not allowed

Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a fancy carved frame. J170028 U.S. Copyright Office... More

If annoyed when here, please tell the management

If annoyed when here, please tell the management

Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a fancy carved frame.

George Kleine presents the Cines photo drama Quo Vadis Nero sings while Rome burns.

George Kleine presents the Cines photo drama Quo Vadis Nero sings whil...

Motion picture poster for "Quo Vadis" showing Nero playing lyre while citizens of Rome flee the fire.

4 minutes late A change of heart.

4 minutes late A change of heart.

Motion picture poster for "4 Minutes Late" shows a man on a train holding a watch. "I'll fix the watch, ditch his engine, and win the girl!"

The tragedy that lived The fatality of love.

The tragedy that lived The fatality of love.

Motion picture poster for "The Tragedy that Lived" shows a man with a gun standing over a man lying on the ground at his feet "By James Oliver Curwood." "Selig drama."

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