Paradise Theatre in Vancouver, CA

 

Times Square Theatre, New York

The Tennessee Theatre, Knowxville

Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Theatre

Detour (1945)

Chance events trap a hitch-hiker Al Roberts into a tightening net of trouble.

Wonderful Film Noir classic that creates a hopeless fate almost too extreme to believe, but that's just as well part of its message.

On rewatching: Highly entertaining low-budget Noir drama with an over-the-top (and extremely unlikely) doom-laden plot - and a particularly vicious femme fatale.

Halliwell*: "A minor cult movie with as much doomladen dialogue and film noir angles as could be shovelled into a Poverty Row 'B' at the time. On the whole, less than meets the eye."

Maltin***: "Now-legendary B movie, filmed in less than a week, is the qintessence of film noir...(Savage, in an unforgettable performance), Ulmer makes best of his meagre budget."

On Golden Pond (1981)

Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.

From memory: Old-fashioned, conservative and at times humorous family drama convinces by the sheer strength of the three stars' performances.

Halliwel***: "A film remarkable not so much for what it is - a well-acted, decent screen presentation of a rather waffling and sentimental play - as for the fact that in the sophisticated eighties enough people paid to see it to make it a box-office record-breaker. This was mainly due to affection for its star, whose last film it was, but also to an American desire for a reversion to the old values of warmth and humanity after the sex and violence which the screen had lately been offering."

Maltin***: "Fonda, in his last feature, is no less than brilliant...Hepburn...Sometimes simplistic comedy-drama...gets a heavy dose of Star Quality."

Continentale Cinema, Tottenham Court Road, London

Sonomarin (Midway), Petaluma, CA

Strand Theatre, Broadway, New York

Not The Moulin Rouge Cinema - Headington, Oxford

Drive-in Movie Theater

Young couple snuggling behind the wheel of his convertible as they watch large screen action behind rows of cars at a drive-in movie theater. Los Angeles, 1949

The Carlton Cinema, Dublin

The Carlton Cinema opened in December 1915. The building sustained damage during the Easter Rising and the Civil War and eventually closed in 1936. The Carlton Cinema was rebuilt and re-opened to the public in April 1938. It was noted for its beautiful cafe and restaurant. The cinema was nicknamed 'the House of Horror' during the 1970s due to the frequency of horror films shown there. It became a multi-screen venue in 1976. The Carlton Cinema closed in October 1994.

Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles

The Thing from Another World (1951)

Jane Eyre (2011)

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Masterful adaptation of  Charlotte Brontë's classic novel is brilliant in all departments and manages to translate the complex relationship to the screen, highlighted by the perfect performances by Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender.

Maltin***: "Wasikowska is well cast...Exquisite but restrained interpretation rests largely on its talented leading lady's shoulders. Screenwriter Moira Buffini has juggled the chronology of the novel but retained its dramatic power."

The Prince of Wales Theatre, London

The Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, 1966

Roxy Theater, New York

Cineteca Matadero de Legazpi, Madrid, Spain

Victory Theater, New York

History:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Victory_Theater

The Roxy Theatre, New York

The Roxy Theatre in 1927

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