American Theatres of Today

Originally issued as two volumes in 1927 and 1930, this is one of the very few books on theatres produced during the era when movie palaces were being built all across the country. It contains chapters on many design and operational aspects of theatres of the period, and is 368 pages, with 113 theatres, 275 photographs, 278 plans and illustrations. This high quality 2009 reprint, sponsored by Theatre Historical Society of America, is a single hard-bound volume in the original large format and using heavy acid-free paper. The cover features gold-stamped text and blue cloth binding. In addition to the alphabetical index, there are cross reference indexes by theatre name, location and architect, as well as a list of corrections and clarifications to the original edition.

Theatres featured include:

175th Street Theatre
Alabama Theatre
Annex Theatre
Apollo Theatre
Belasco Theatre
Bellevue Theatre
Biltmore Theatre
Boulevard Theatre
Capitol Theatre
Carlton Theatre
Carolina Theatre
Carthay Circle Theatre
Cathaum Theatre
Central Theatre
Chicago Opera House Theatre
Cinema Art Theatre
Clairidge Theatre
Colonel Drake Theatre
Corona Theatre
Eastman Theatre
El Capitan Theatre
Electric Theatre
Embassy Theatre
Erlen Theatre
Fisher Theatre
Florida Theatre
Forty-Sixth Street Theatre
Fox Theatre
Fox Wilshire Theatre
Granada Theatre
Grand Theatre
Grauman s Chinese Theatre
Grauman s Egyptian Theatre
Guild Theatre
Harris Theatre
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Theatre
Imperial Theatre
Inwood Theatre
Jersey Theatre
Keith Albee Theatre
Keith s Georgia Theatre
Kimo Theatre
Kings Theatre
Kirby Theatre
La Trianon Theatre
Lafayette Theatre
Lincoln Theatre
Lobero Theatre
Loew s Coney Island Theatre
Loew s Theatre
Majestic Theatre
Majestic Theatre
Mansfield Theatre
Martin Beck Theatre
Maute Theatre
Mayan Theatre
Metropolitan Theatre
Midland Theatre
Midway Theatre
Minneapolis Theatre
Missouri Theatre
Music Box Theatre
Neptune Theatre
Oriental Theatre
Orpheum Theatre
Palace Theatre
Pantages Theatre
Paradise Theatre
Paragon Theatre
Paramount Theatre
Pasadena Community Playhouse
Pickwick Theatre
Pitkin Theatre
Players Playhouse Theatre
Playhouse, The
Ritz Theatre
Riverside Theatre
Roosevelt Theatre
Roxy Theatre
Royale Theatre
Sanford Theatre
Selwyn Theatre
St. George Theatre
Stadium Theatre
State Theatre
Tampa Theatre
Texas Theatre
United Artists Theatre
Uptown Theatre
Warner Brothers Theatre
Wilson Theatre
Wiltern Theatre
Wyatt Park Square Theatre
Ziegfeld Theatre

[This is] the classic 1920s-30s book on movie palaces and legitimate theatres, American Theatres of Today. This important reference work has long been out of print and is being reissued to mark the Theatre Historical Society of America's 40th anniversary. The book, by R.W. Sexton and B.F. Betts, was originally published as two separate volumes in 1927 and 1930, and is one of the very few theatre books produced during the era when movie palaces were being built all across the country. The 368-page volume features 113 theatres, 275 photographs and 278 drawings and plans, along with an introduction by famed showman Samuel L. 'Roxy' Rothafel. To do justice to this very special book, the original volumes were scanned using the latest technology and equipment, and THS is publishing it in a single volume, as originally produced with large-format 9 x 12 inch pages, and printed on heavy acid-free paper. --Film Journal International