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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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A just punishment The recoil of fate.

A just punishment The recoil of fate.

Motion picture poster for "A Just Punishment" shows a man in a top hat holding a girl with a doll. To the left a man sits in a chair and a woman stands behind him. "Selig drama."

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 Tom Mix being bucked off a horse and an inset showing Mix with posssibly the director and fellow actor, and photographer in the background. Color lit... More

Des Kaisers Weihnachtsreise / HRE., Movie Poster

Des Kaisers Weihnachtsreise / HRE., Movie Poster

Poster shows a winter scene at the battfield field. In the background, a church with stars overhead; in the foreground, fence posts with barbed wire strung between them and evergreen trees. Text advertises Neus... More

Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich / H.R. Erdt.

Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich / H.R. Erdt.

Poster shows German soldiers around a cannon. In the background looms an image of General Paul von Hindenburg. Text advertises part 1 of the film "The Great Battle in France." Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Ze... More

William Fox presents bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen episodes : Episode nine "hurled from the clouds" / / Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland, O.

William Fox presents bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen episodes :...

Motion picture poster for "Bride 13, episode nine, Hurled from the clouds" showing a woman being pushed out of the cockpit of a seaplane over a large body of water; several battleships cruise the sea beneath th... More

Street scene showing movie theater, probably in the vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio

Street scene showing movie theater, probably in the vicinity of Lancas...

Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance to a movie house, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Entrance to a movie house, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

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

Group of schoolchildren waiting to get in the movies, San Augustine, Texas

Group of schoolchildren waiting to get in the movies, San Augustine, T...

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

Flags of the Confederacy displayed at movie house on Lincoln's birthday, Winchester, Virginia

Flags of the Confederacy displayed at movie house on Lincoln's birthda...

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

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 t...

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

Marquee of the Pantages Theatre, a legendary movie and vaudeville palace in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California

Marquee of the Pantages Theatre, a legendary movie and vaudeville pala...

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

Lakewood Drive-In Theater, Carson Street, Lakewood, California (LOC)

Lakewood Drive-In Theater, Carson Street, Lakewood, California (LOC)

Margolies, John,, photographer...Lakewood Drive-In Theater, Carson Street, Lakewood, California..1981...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on infor... More

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

San Pedro Drive-In Theater, angle from right, gray sky, Gaffey Street,...

Margolies, John,, photographer...San Pedro Drive-In Theater, angle from right, gray sky, Gaffey Street, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California..1977...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Note... More

Tri City Drive-In Theater, straight-on view, Redlands Boulevard, Loma Linda, California (LOC)

Tri City Drive-In Theater, straight-on view, Redlands Boulevard, Loma ...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Tri City Drive-In Theater, straight-on view, Redlands Boulevard, Loma Linda, California..1991...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date an... More

The Pastime moving picture show, Movie Poster

The Pastime moving picture show, Movie Poster

Advertising poster for Thomas Edison's kinetoscope films shows in the background, a boardwalk visible on the horizon; in the foreground, two women are perched on a rock in the ocean, they are wearing turn-of-th... 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.

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 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

Have a date with us Free to you and your friends, motion pictures, concert music, exhibit talks, guided tours : American Museum of Natural History / / Tyte...[?].

Have a date with us Free to you and your friends, motion pictures, con...

Poster announcing opportunity for the public to attend free programs, such as movies, concerts, exhibits, and tours, at the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79 St., New York City, showi... 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

Poster - The Hungry heart, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster - The Hungry heart, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Motion picture poster for "The Hungry Heart" shows a butterfly with the shape of a woman (actress Alice Brady?) hovering near roses. Caption: From the famous play "Frou Frou." Copyright 1917, World Film Corporation.

Poster - The Hungry heart, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster - The Hungry heart, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Motion picture poster for "The Hungry Heart" shows a butterfly with the shape of a woman (actress Alice Brady?) hovering near roses. Caption: From the famous play "Frou Frou." Copyright 1917, World Film Corporation.

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

Elliot & Sherman Film Corp. ... present D.W. Griffith's 8th wonder of the world The Birth of a Nation ...

Elliot & Sherman Film Corp. ... present D.W. Griffith's 8th wonder of ...

Motion picture poster for "The birth of a nation" shows title of film inside large red circle.

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

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

Costello Theater, Fort Washington Ave. about 160th St. Night view

Costello Theater, Fort Washington Ave. about 160th St. Night view

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

Movie poster, vicinity of Moundsville, Alabama

Movie poster, vicinity of Moundsville, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Marquee of the El Capitan, a restored movie palace on Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California

Marquee of the El Capitan, a restored movie palace on Hollywood Boulev...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Dubbed "Hollywood's First Home of Spoken Drama," the theater originally opened on May 3, 1926. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California P... More

Soll und Haben des Kriegs-jahres 1917 -- in den Union/Theatern / HRE.

Soll und Haben des Kriegs-jahres 1917 -- in den Union/Theatern / HRE.

Poster shows two coats of arms and crowns(?). Text over the image is film title; text below states where film is being shown. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Mural painted by artist Sunny DeLipsey of Athens, Texas, depicting an early movie poster, on the rear wall of the Books and Crannies bookstore located in the old Iris Theater building in Terrell, Texas, east of Dallas

Mural painted by artist Sunny DeLipsey of Athens, Texas, depicting an ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Iris operated from 1925 to 2001 before closing. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith'... More

Greenbelt, Maryland. Crowd coming out of a cooperative movie house on Saturday night

Greenbelt, Maryland. Crowd coming out of a cooperative movie house on ...

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

RKO theatre candy stand, New York City. Stand II, view I

RKO theatre candy stand, New York City. Stand II, view I

Public domain photograph of organ, keyboard instrument, church, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Entrances of moving picture theaters, (Chicago?), no. 2, unidentified]

[Entrances of moving picture theaters, (Chicago?), no. 2, unidentified...

Halftone reproduction of photograph. Copyright by Decorators' Supply Co. Public domain photograph of movie theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Kleine presents Julius Caesar The magnificent photo spectacle in six parts.

George Kleine presents Julius Caesar The magnificent photo spectacle i...

Motion picture poster for "Julius Caesar" shows a man in chains, costumed as a Gaul, surrounded by men costumed as Roman soldiers.

Mural painted by artist Sunny DeLipsey of Athens, Texas, depicting an early movie poster, on the rear wall of the Books and Crannies bookstore located in the old Iris Theater building in Terrell, Texas, east of Dallas

Mural painted by artist Sunny DeLipsey of Athens, Texas, depicting an ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Iris operated from 1925 to 2001 before closing. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith'... More

Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers, (selling 3 months average earnings 25 cents per week). Father working Morocco Mills, earns $18 weekly. Boy's earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 8 hours per day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers,...

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

Movie poster, Washington, D.C. - Vintage movie public domain poster

Movie poster, Washington, D.C. - Vintage movie public domain poster

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

Mary Pickford in Through the back door / The H.C. Miner Litho. Co. N.Y.

Mary Pickford in Through the back door / The H.C. Miner Litho. Co. N.Y...

Motion picture poster for "Through the back door" showing Mary Pickford pulling on harness of mule.

Schoolchildren going to the movies, San Augustine, Texas

Schoolchildren going to the movies, San Augustine, Texas

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

Theater on the highway from Los Angeles, California to Santa Monica where many large aircraft plants attract the midnight movie crowd

Theater on the highway from Los Angeles, California to Santa Monica wh...

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.

The Mexican a courageous revenge., Movie Poster

The Mexican a courageous revenge., Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The Mexican" shows a woman, (possibly Inez Walker), on her knees with child pleading with a man, (possibly Tom Mix).

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.

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

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

[Entrances of moving picture theaters, (Chicago?), no. 11, Normal Theatre]

[Entrances of moving picture theaters, (Chicago?), no. 11, Normal Thea...

Halftone reproduction of photograph. Copyright by Decorators' Supply Co. Public domain photograph of movie theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Official United States war films now being shown / The Hegeman Print N.Y.

Official United States war films now being shown / The Hegeman Print N...

Poster showing an airplane casting a searchlight on the water, as a sailor on a small gunboat peers through binoculars. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Movie theatre. Moore Haven, Florida

Movie theatre. Moore Haven, Florida

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

Movie theater. Saginaw, Michigan

Movie theater. Saginaw, Michigan

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

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

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

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

Movie theatre, Chicago, Illinois

Movie theatre, Chicago, Illinois

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

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

Those coming in late may remain to the next performance / D'Artois & Cie.

Those coming in late may remain to the next performance / D'Artois & C...

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 12." Copyright claimant: Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title and ... More

Sleepy Sam, the sleuth, Movie Poster

Sleepy Sam, the sleuth, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster text. Extra! Extra! A home-talent movie. Sleepy Sam, the Sleuth. See our townspeople in a real moving picture. Funniest of all comedies - a real reel scream. At this theater. A Norman Fil... More

Children at a movie house on Sunday. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Children at a movie house on Sunday. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gentlemen will please remove their hats and kindly refrain from smoking / D'Artois & Cie.

Gentlemen will please remove their hats and kindly refrain from smokin...

Paper print made from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 13." Copyright claimant: Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title and o... More

Where some of the newsboy's money goes.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

Where some of the newsboy's money goes. Location: Wilmington, Delawar...

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

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

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