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Allen Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio - Photographs of the movie theater built in 1921, from RineStock Studios.

American Picture Palaces - 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.

Aztec On The River Theatre - The official site of this theatre in San Antonio (US), opened in 1926 in a fantasy Meso-American style. Includes photographs and history.

Cinema Treasures - 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.

Classic Theatres of Kansas - Paul Salley lists theaters, opera houses and drive-in theaters in Kansas, with some history. Banners.

Drive In Theater - 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.

Fox Theatre Building, Detroit, Michigan - 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.

Historic Movie Houses of Los Angeles - A list with dates and brief descriptions of the theaters built (1910-32) along South Broadway for films and vaudeville.

Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley, California - Redwood building designed by architect Julia Morgan in 1908 as the St. John's Presbyterian Church. Brief description, photographs, plan.

Movie Palace Locater - Includes map links to 300 movie theatres in the US.

Netherlands Cinema History - Karel Dibbets explores the theatres, 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.

Paramount Center For The Arts, Peekskill, New York - Designed by theatrical architects Rapp and Rapp to simulate the grand opera houses of Europe, the Paramount was built as a movie theatre and opened in 1930. Photographs and history.

Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California - 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.

Recreating The Theater of Dionysus in Athens - A computer reconstruction from the e-journal Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today.

Shakespeare's Globe Research Database - Describes and illustrates London playhouses in the 16th and 17th century, particularly the original Globe Theatre, and its modern reconstruction. From Reading University.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - Peter McCurdy describes the reconstruction by his firm of the Elizabethan theatre in London used by Shakespeare. Research, construction.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London - The official site includes images and archaeological evidence of the original Elizabethan circular theatre, the story of its reconstruction (1994-7) and a timeline.

Swedish Cinemas - This stylish site by Kjell Furberg, cinema historian and photographer, provides an architectural feast from the silent era onwards. English and Swedish language versions.

The Coleman Theatre Beautiful, Miama, Oklahoma - Photograph and brief history of this ornate Spanish Mission Revival building, opened in 1929.

The Fox Theatre, Salina, Kansas - This movie palace built circa 1931 will be restored as a performing arts facility. Photographs of the building from the 1930s to 1950s. Campaign news.

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