1940s theatre

Movie Theater Box Offices 1940s 1930s | Box Office Girl, 1940

Photographer: E.L. Ruddy Company Ltd. ca. 1941 City of Toronto Archives Series 1230, Item 6072

Now that the boys are a older and they can take direction a little better, we are free to add a little oomph to our Christmas card photos. And they know that I only ask them to dress up and take nice photos ONE time a year on Christmas . . . and at Easter which is really two times a year and also Halloween which makes three, but who's counting? I digress. So this year, I thought we might go with the theme It's a Wonderful Life - a crowd favorite that's played in movie theaters every…

In this age of instant news available wherever you go 24/7 it can be easy to forget that in years gone by, people got a lot of their information from newsreels at the movies. It was especially impo…

В Париже в марте 1945 года открылась интересная выставка «Театр моды», организованная Парижским Синдикатом высокой моды. С большим энтузиазмом в этом проекте приняли участие 40 кутюрье, 36 модисток и 20 парикмахеров. Были созданы 180 кукол высотой около 80см на 14 небольших театральных сценах, настоящие прически, миниатюрные сумочки, шляпки, туфельки, перчатки и даже пудреницы! Невероятная работа, учитывая, в какое сложное время она была проделана! «Le Théâtre de la Mode», une exposition…

Dracula 1958 marquee renamed Horror of Dracula in the US

Billboard and marquee for the world premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's "Spellbound," The Astor Theatre (45th St. and Broadway), Oct. 1945. Courtesy of Photofest, Inc.