So, then, anywhere between LA and NYC, please nominate the best of the best! Preferably, theaters that are still operating in some capacity.

I'll start the list with:

• KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque NM (Boller Bros, 1927, Pueblo Deco)
  
• Coleman Theatre, Miami OK (Boller Bros, 1929, Spanish Baroque)
  
• Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee WI (AH Bauer, 1927, East Indian)
  
• Al Ringling Theatre, Baraboo WI (Rapp & Rapp, 1915, Beaux Arts)
  
• Heights Theatre, Columbia Heights MN (1926, Beaux Arts)
  
• Uptown Theatre, Washington DC (John J Zink, 1936, Art Deco)
  
• Loews Jersey, Jersey City NJ (Rapp & Rapp, 1929, Italian Baroque)
  
• Radio City Music Hall, New York NY (Donald Deskey, 1932, Art Deco)
  
• Fox Theatre, Saint Louis MO (C Howard Crane, 1929, Siamese) and it's twin in Detroit MI
  
• Powell Symphony Hall (Loews Saint Louis), Saint Louis MO (Rapp & Rapp, 1925) across the street from the Fox
  
• Midland Theatre, Kansas City MO (Thomas W Lamb, 1927) (Marcus Loew's favorite)
  
• Tivoli Theatre, University City MO (1924)
  
• Keith-Albee Theatre, Huntington WV (Thomas W Lamb, 1928, Spanish Baroque)
  
• Byrd Theatre, Richmond VA (Fred Bishop, 1928)
  
• Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL (Rapp & Rapp, 1921, French)
  
• Indiana Theatre, Indianapolis IN (Rubush & Hunter, 1927, Spanish Baroque)
  
• Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City UT (1949)
  

I could probably go on forever ...

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And of course back in March we briefly had a big character when came to call!

Hey Adam M stop changing your pic. Moving round the old SR's is making me dizzy.

When do we get the one of you draped seductively over the QTRU ?

Orpheum, Downtown Los Angeles, CA (G. Albert Lansburgh, 1926, French Baroque)
Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles, CA (S. Charles Lee, 1931, Versailles)
El Capitan, Hollywood, CA (G. Albert Lansburgh, 1926, East Indian)
Grauman's Egyptian, Hollywood, CA (Meyer & Holler, 1922, Egyptian)
Checchi Gori Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA (1936)
Grauman's Chinese, Hollywood, CA (Raymond Kennedy, 1927, Chinese)
Silent Movie Theater, Hollywood, CA (1942) (How's this for a history!)
New Beverly, Los Angeles, CA (a dump, but great programming and lots of character)
Old Town Music Hall, El Segundo, CA
Warner Grand, San Pedro, CA (B. Marcus Prieca, 1931, Art-Deco)
The Bay, Seal Beach, CA
Mann (Fox) Village, Westwood, CA (Percy Parke Lewis, 1931, Spanish Moderne)
Cinerama Dome, Hollywood, CA (Welton Beckett, 1963, Geodesic)
Nuart, Santa Monica, CA (another dump, but lots of character)
The Art, Long Beach, CA (still another dump, but lots of character)

Paul
SMPTE Hollywood Section
Mercenary video/16/35/70mm/IMAX projectionist
"When the money runs out, so does I."

OK found it. Web Page is: http://www.texas-theatre.org/

Dick - I though of doing an animated gif of me humping the projector, but thought it might be a bit much for a public forum. I'll send you a sexy QTRU photo soon, but the photo shoot will have to occur well after hours, as the booth gallery window has no curtain.

Miles City: The Montana Theatre, built in 1936, still almost completely original auditorium decor...single screen with around 600 seats.

Forsyth: Roxy Theatre (that's mine!) built in 1930, Spanish design by Charles Wood of Spokane WA. Exterior, including neon marquee still completely original, lobby walls and doors are original, with modern auditorium and booth.

Bozeman: Ellen Theatre, one of Carmike's few single-screen houses. Needs a good cleaning but it's still classic.

Anaconda: Washoe Theatre. Beautifully preserved inside. A 1400 seat house in a town of 4000 people. Has SDDS sound, cloth wall murals, etc.

Missoula: Wilma Theatre. One of the finest classic movie theatres in the northwest. It has had 2 extra screens added but without major changes to the main auditorium. (I believe this was the first theatre in Montana to have digital sound.)

All of these towns are right on Interstate 94 (or 90, west of Billings) except Anaconda, which is about 10 miles off the highway.

John Eickhof could probably add more to this list. There are pictures of many of these theatres and lots of others on his website www.nteequip.com. (Scroll down to "Theatre Picture Gallery" links.)

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