List of Movie Palaces
This is a list of selected movie palaces, with location and year of construction.
- Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama, 1927
- Alameda Theatre, Alameda, California 1932
- Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, California, 1931
- Alex Theatre, Glendale, California, 1925
- Aztec On The River Theatre, San Antonio, Texas, 1926
- Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1938
- Biograph Theater, Chicago, Illinois, 1914
- Brauntex Theatre, New Braunfels, Texas 1942
- Broadway Theatre, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 1920
- Boyd Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1928
- Byrd Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, 1928
- California Theatre, San Jose, California, 1927
- Capitol Cinema, Ottawa, Ontario, 1920
- Capitol Theatre, Rome, New York, 1928
- Capitol Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1921
- Carolina Theatre, Durham, North Carolina, 1926
- Carpenter Theater, Richmond, Virginia, 1928
- Castro Theatre, San Francisco, California, 1922
- Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1921
- Congress Theater, Chicago, Illinois, 1926
- Coronado Theatre, Rockford, Illinois, 1927
- Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California, 1927
- Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1916
- Crest Theatre, Sacramento, California, 1912
- Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres, Toronto, Ontario, 1913
- Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles, California 1922
- El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, California 1926
- Embassy Theatre (Fort Wayne), Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1928
- Englert Theatre, Iowa City, Iowa 1912
- Fargo Theatre, Fargo, North Dakota 1926
- Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, Florida, 1927
- Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, 1929, the only surviving movie palace in Atlanta, Ga.
- Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, 1928
- Fox Theatre, San Diego, California, 1929, now Copley Symphony Hall
- Fox Theatre, San Francisco, California,
- Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, 1929
- Gateway Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1930
- Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, California, 1926
- Hawaii Theatre, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1922
- Indiana Theatre (Indianapolis, Indiana), 1933
- Ironwood Theatre, Ironwood, Michigan, 1928
- Jefferson Theatre, Beaumont, Texas 1927
- Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1912
- Lafayette Theatre, Suffern, New York, 1924
- Landmark Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, 1926
- Landmark Theatre, 1928 (formerly Loew’s State Theatre), Syracuse, New York
- Lensic Theater, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1931
- Loew's 175th Street Theater, New York City, New York, 1930
- Loew's Grand Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, 1920s
- Loew's Jersey Theatre, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1929
- Loew's Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, 1929
- Loew's Paradise Theatre, The Bronx, New York, 1929
- Loew's Penn Theatre, (now Heinz Hall), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1927
- Loew's State Palace Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1926
- Loew's Tara Cinema, Atlanta, Ga., 1968, now a multiplex; renamed the Lefont Tara years later, and now the Regal Tara
- Loew's Valencia Theatre, Queens, New York, 1929
- Los Angeles Theatre, Los Angeles, California
- Lorenzo Theatre, San Lorenzo, California, currently in restoration by the Lorenzo Theatre Foundation.
- Mainstreet Theater, Kansas City, Missouri, 1921 (formerly the Empire and the RKO Missouri)
- Martin's Cinerama, Atlanta, Georgia, 1962 (formerly the Tower Theatre, later renamed the Atlanta Theatre and later still, the Columbia Theatre; from 1962 onward, however, no matter what the name, it always retained its ultra-curved screen. Later stopped its movie operations and became the new home of the Academy Theatre, the oldest live professional theatre company in Georgia.)
- Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1928
- Michigan Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, 1926
- Norwalk Theatre, Norwalk, Ohio, 1941
- Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, 1928
- Ohio Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, 1921
- Olympia Theatre, Miami, Florida, 1926
- Ouimetoscope, Montreal, Quebec, 1906
- Oriental Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1926
- Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1927
- Orpheum Theatre, Sioux City, Iowa, 1927
- Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, Tennessee, 1928
- Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1927
- Orpheum Theatre, Wichita, Kansas, 1922
- Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, Illinois, 1928
- Palace Theatre, Albany, New York, 1931
- Palace Theatre, Marion, Ohio, 1928
- Palace Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, 1922
- Palace Theatre, Lorain, Ohio 1928
- Palace Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928
- Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, 1927
- Paramount Theatre, Austin, Minnesota, 1929
- Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1928
- Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, 1931
- Paramount Theatre, Portland, Oregon, 1928, (now the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)
- Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington 1927
- Paramount Theatre, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1926, (now the Golders Green Hippodrome Concert Hall)
- Peery's Egyptian Theatre, Ogden, Utah, 1924
- Polk Theatre, Lakeland, Florida, 1928
- Pomona Fox Theater, Pomona, California, 1931
- Quo Vadis Entertainment Center, Westland, Michigan, 1966
- Redford Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, 1928
- The Rex, Berkhamsted, England, 1938
- Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, Illinois, 1926
- The Ritz Theatre, Tiffin, Ohio, 1928
- Rockingham Theatre, Reidsville, North Carolina, 1929
- The Roxie, San Francisco, California, 1909
- Roxy Theatre, New York, New York, 1927
- Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, Ga, built 1926, renamed the Roxy in 1938
- Riviera Theater, Chicago, Illinois, 1918
- Saenger Theatre, Mobile, Alabama, 1927
- Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1927
- Saenger Theatre, Pensacola, Florida, 1925
- Senator Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, 1939
- Shea's Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, New York
- Stanley Theater (now an Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses), Jersey City, New Jersey, New Jersey, 1928
- Stanley Theater, (now Benedum Center), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1928
- Stanley Theatre, Utica, New York, 1928
- Stanley Theatre (now Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage), Vancouver, British Columbia, 1930
- State Theater, Cleveland, Ohio, 1921
- State Theatre Center for the Arts, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1922
- Tampa Theatre, Tampa, Florida, 1926
- Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1928
- United Artists Theatre, Los Angeles, 1927; now known as Dr. Gene Scott's Los Angeles University Cathedral
- Universal Palace Theater, Florida, 2009
- Uptown Theater, Washington, D.C., 1933
- Uptown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925
- Uptown Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, 1920
- Warner Grand Theatre, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, 1931
- Warner Theater, Powers Auditorium, Youngstown, Ohio, 1930
- Warner Theatre, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1931
- Warner Theatre, (now Powers Auditorium), Youngstown, Ohio, 1931
- Warnors Theatre, Fresno, California, 1928
- Warren Theatres, Wichita, Kansas, 1996
- Washoe Theater, Anaconda, Montana, 1931
- Weinberg Center, Frederick, Maryland, 1926 (formerly the Tivoli Theatre)
- Wilshire Theater, Beverly Hills, California, 1930
- Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, 1930
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