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• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - History of the landmark building in Chicago which opened in 1921, designed by architects Rapp and Rapp for the Balaban and Katz Corporation
  
• - The official site includes images and archaeological evidence of the original Elizabethan circular theater, the story of its reconstruction (1994-7) and a timeline.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Photographs of the movie theater built in 1921, from RineStock Studios.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - The official site of this theater in San Antonio (US), opened in 1926 in a fantasy Meso-American style. Includes photographs and history.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Louis Barfe's studies of UK cinema buildings and their architects.
  
• - This stylish site by Kjell Furberg, cinema historian and photographer, provides an architectural feast from the silent era onwards. English and Swedish language versions.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Redwood building designed by architect Julia Morgan in 1908 as the St. John's Presbyterian Church. Brief description, photographs, plan.
  
• - Great Buildings Online provides photographs, details and bibliographies for a number of significant theaters of all periods across the world.
  
• - The official site includes a brief history of the theater built in 1744 and re-modelled in the 19th century.
  
• - Nonprofit educational organization dedicated to documenting and celebrating historic theatres of all types in the United States.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Ïbrahim Ataç explains in the CSA Newsletter that a computer model of theater at Ephesus is to be made. Illustrations are included.
  
• - Promotes the study of old cinemas in the UK. Archives, publications, events, links.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Paul Salley lists theaters, opera houses and drive-in theaters in Kansas, with some history. Banners.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - A survey of movie theatres in Maryland built between 1900 and 1950. Photographs, building dates and descriptions.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Describes and illustrates London playhouses in the 16th and 17th century, particularly the original Globe Theatre, and its modern reconstruction. From Reading University.
  
• - Historic photos and stories of 1925 theatre in Hilo, Hawaii.
  
• - A list with dates and brief descriptions of the theaters built (1910-32) along South Broadway for films and vaudeville.
  
• - A computer reconstruction of this ancient amphitheater from the e-journal Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Peter McCurdy describes the reconstruction by his firm of the Elizabethan theater in London used by Shakespeare. Research, construction.