Vintage Theater Programs and Advertising - Silent Era

Check out the films (including short comedies, newsreels, and cartoons) that were showing at particular theaters during the silent and early sound film era.  Notice that the big fancy theaters had big, fancy programs.  Some theaters had live stage shows before or during the presentation.  In the early years, films were just one act on a vaudeville program.

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Canada

The Grand Theatre, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, December, 1912

 

England

Pavilion Picture Palace, Lavender Hill, London, England, October 23, 1922

Scala Super Cinema, Liverpool, England, December 31, 1917

France

Lutetia Cinéma, Paris, France, June 14, 1918

Madeleine Cinéma, Paris, France, Winter 1924-1925

Palace Theater, Vincennes, France, March 4, 1921

Paramount Theater, Paris, France, March 9-15, 1928

Ternes-Cinéma, Paris, France, April 4, 1918

Japan

Aoi-Kwan Movie Hall, (Aoi Kan Theater) , Tokyo, Japan, May 17, 1920

New Zealand

Strand Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, March 15, 1919

United States of America

Albion Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, November 6, 1916

Aldine Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1922

Allen Theatre, February 10, 1919 (unknown location)

Allerton Theatre, Indepence, Iowa, June 1916

American Theatre, Canton, New York, June 14, 1926

American Theatre, Canton, New York, November 15, 1926

Amphion Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, May 6, 1913

Astor Theatre, New York, N.Y., December 1927

Bim's Endicott Theatre, New York, New York, January 27, 1929

Branford Theater, Newark, New Jersey, September 3, 1927

Boulevard Theatre, Los Angeles, California, August 15, 1926

Boulevard Theatre, Los Angeles, California, November 21, 1926

Boulevard Theatre, Los Angeles, California, November 28, 1926

Boulevard Theatre, Los Angeles, California, January 9, 1927

Boulevard Theatre, Los Angeles, California, February 20, 1927

Boulevard Theatre, Los Angeles, California, March 27, 1927

Broadway Theatre, Farmington, Maine, July 23, 1928

Bruhl's Grand Theater, Burlington, Iowa, September 16, 1917

California and Miller's Theatres, Los Angeles, CA, January 10, 1925

Capitol Theatre, New York City, New York, January 2, 1921

Capitol Theatre, New York City, New York, July 30, 1922

Capitol Theatre, New York City, New York, October 14, 1923

 Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles, California, January, 1928

Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles, California, April 10 Premiere of Street Angel and May 4, 1928

Central Theatre, Goshen, New York, May - July, 1919

Chase's Vaudeville, Washington, D.C., January 14, 1907

Chase's Vaudeville, Washington, D.C., September 21, 1908

Chatham Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, July 29, 1923

Circle Theatre, Buffalo, NY, September 19, 1921

Clune's Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, July 27, 1914

Colonial Theater and Airdome, Brooklyn, New York, June 5, 1916

Colonial Theatre, Milford, Connecticut, July 14, 1919

Colonial Theatre, Milford, Connecticut, October 20, 1919

Colonial Theatre, Milford, Connecticut, March 29, 1920

Colonial Theatre, Reading, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1924

Crescent Theatre, Ithaca, New York, July 16, 1917

Criterion Theatre, New York, New York, June 19, 1921

Dearborn Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, February 11, 1918

Dearborn Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, February 25, 1918

Dixie Theatre, Vandalia, Illinois, March 8, 1926

Dixie Theatre, Vandalia, Illinois, August 30, 1926

Empress Theatre, Rochester, New York, April 26, 1932

Erlanger Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, late 1927

Family Theatre (Unknown, possibly Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA) - January 29, 1917

Gem Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - January 15, 1917

Grand Theatre, Newcomerstown, Ohio, April 23, 1917

Grand Theatre, Newcomerstown, Ohio, July 2, 1917

Grauman's Chinese Theater, Los Angeles, California, August 1927

Grauman's Egyptian Theater, Los Angeles, California, December 6, 1924 premiere showing of Romola

Grauman's Egyptian Theater, Los Angeles, California, November, 1925 showing The Big Parade

Grauman's Million Dollar Theater and Grauman's Rialto Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA - October 13, 1924

Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre, New York, New York, August 2, 1908

Happy Hour Theatre, Lake Placid, New York, November 9, 1925

Highland Theatre, Utica, New York, June 19, 1916

Hoyburn Theater, Evanston, Illinois, November 13, 1916

Hudson Theatre, New York City, New York, February 26, 1917

Huntington Theatre, Hunting, New York, USA, February 11, 1929

Keith's Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, August 15, 1904

 

Keith's Palace Theatre, New York, New York, July 21, 1925

Keystone Theatre, New York, New York, May 2, 1925

Keystone Theatre, New York, New York, July 18, 1926

Knickerbocker Theatre, Cleveland Ohio, October 12, 1914

Liberty Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 4, 1916

Liberty Theatre, New York, June 19, 1916

 

Lincoln Theatre, Los Angeles, California, May 27, 1928

Liverpool Theatre, Liverpool, NY, September 6, 1927

Locust Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, September 17, 1928

Loew's Aldine Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, March 9, 1925

Loew's Aldine Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, July 12, 1926

Loew's Grand Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, November 15, 1926

Loew's Greeley Square Theater, New York, New York, May 10, 1926

Loew's Greeley Square Theater, New York, New York, October 18, 1926

Loew's Greeley Square Theater, New York, New York, December 20, 1926

Loew's New Rochelle Theater, New Rochelle, New York, October 25, 1926

Loew's State Theatre, Buffalo, New York, July 6, 1925

Loew's State Theatre, Eureka, California, January 10, 1925

Loew's State Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, August 21, 1924

Loew's State Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, May 23, 1925

Lorenz and Lehigh Orpheum Theatres, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1916

Lyric Theatre, Elizabeth, New Jersey, April 11, 1921

Madison-Monroe Theater, Brooklyn, New York, January 29, 1917

Majestic Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, October 27, 1914

Mark Strand Theater, Lynn, Massachusetts, March 18, 1928

Memorial Hall, Paxtonville, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1924

Metropolitan Theatre, Los Angeles, California, December 26, 1925

 

Metropolitan Theatre, Washington D.C., January 2, 1927

Miles Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, April 29, 1918

Miller's Theater, Los Angeles, California, May 6th, 1917

 

Mozart Theatre, (Milwaukee, Wisconson?), December 15, 1913

National Theatre, Unknown location, USA, May 15th, 1922

New Colonial, Baltimore, Maryland, January 10, 1921

Click here for a whole collection of programs from the New Plaza Theatre in Milford, Delaware.

New Princess Theatre, Shelby, North Carolina, October 12, 1925

Opera House, Washington, Indiana, January 22, 1913

Orient Theatre, Jersey City, New Jersey, November 13, 1921

Orient Theatre, Jersey City, New Jersey, May 21, 1922

Oriole Baseball Park (and outdoor theater), Baltimore, Maryland, August 14th, 1916

Pantages Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA, April 1, 1929

Palace Theatre, White Plains, New York, January 1-7, 1917

Paramount Theatre, New York, New York, October 15, 1927

Pastime Theatre, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, July 19th, 1916

 

Peoples Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 11, 1927

Peoples Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 7, 1927

Pictureland Theatre, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA, July 9, 1917

Plaisir Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1914

Plaza Theatre, New York City, New York - August 26, 1928

Princess Theatre, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, USA, March 1927

Regent Theatre, Albany, New York, USA March 5, 1917

Regent Theatre, Albany, New York, USA, June 18, 1917

Regent Theatre, Albany, New York, USA, September 24, 1917

Regent Theatre, Albany, New York, USA, October 1, 1917

Regent Theatre, Albany, New York, USA, October 8, 1917

Regent Theatre, Geneva, New York, March 13, 1922

Regent Theatre, Newark, New Jersey, USA, March 15, 1925

Rialto Theatre, New York City, New York, USA, July 27, 1919

Rivoli Theatre, New York City, New York, USA, August 10, 1919

Roxy Theatre, New York City, New York, USA, September 10, 1927

Roxy Theatre, New York City, New York, USA, January 14, 1928

Roxy Theatre, New York City, New York, USA, February 18, 1928

San Carlos Theater, Los Angeles, California, October 23, 1927

Savoy Theatre, South Paris, Maine, USA, July 16, 1917

Schwartz's Garden Theatre, Los Angeles, California, May 21, 1927

 

Shea's Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, New York, March 8, 1926

Shubert Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, October 31, 1926

Society Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA, March 9, 1914

Stanley Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, November 22, 1926

Stanley Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, January 1, 1927

Stanley Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, January 17, 1927

Stanley Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, February 7, 1927

Stanley Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, February 21, 1927

Stanley Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, March 7, 1927

Stanley Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, April 4, 1927

Star Theatre, Ithaca, New York, USA, July 16, 1917

Starland Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 17, 1928

 

 

 

State Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2, 1925

State Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, December 29, 1923

Strand Theatre, New York, New York, USA, January 28, 1915

Strand Theatre, New York, New York, USA, November 14, 1915

Strand Theatre, New York, New York, USA, December 26, 1915

Strand Theatre, New York, New York, USA, August 13, 1916

Strand Theatre, New York, New York, USA, April 16, 1927

Strand Theatre, Saginaw, Michigan, July 2, 1916

Strand Theatre, Saginaw, Michigan, July 9, 1916

Strand Theatre, Saginaw, Michigan, July 16, 1916

Strand Theatre, Saginaw, Michigan, July 23, 1916

Symphony Theater, Compton, California, USA, November 13-19, 1925

Tally's Broadway Theatre, Los Angeles, California, September 20, 1915

Theato Theatre (5th Street Theatre), Richmond, Virginia, USA, December 25, 1916

Theato Theatre (5th Street Theatre), Richmond, Virginia, USA, May 14, 1917

Theatorium (unknown), December 28, 1911

Town Hall, Brewster, New York, USA, October 18, 1911

Washington Theatre, Richmond, Indiana, September 8, 1918

Young's Ocean Pier Theatre, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Summer 1912

 


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