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. Click Here for Silent Era Programs outside of the United States Click Here for Sound Era Theater Programs 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, Boston, Massachusetts, January 23, 1928 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 Fox Theatre and Strand Theatre, Aurora, Illinois, July 20, 1924 Fox Theatre and Strand Theatre, Aurora, Illinois, July 27, 1924 Gem Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - January 15, 1917 Grand Opera House and Rialto Theatres, West Chester, Pennsylvania, December 11, 1922 Grand Opera House and Rialto Theatres, West Chester, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1923 Grand Opera House and Rialto Theatres, West Chester, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1923 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 Theatre, Los Angeles, California, 1923 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 Iris Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, November 18, 1923 Iris Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, February 3, 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, June 25, 1927 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 Plaisance Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, February 5, 1928 Plaisance Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, January 27, 1929 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, Fox Theatre, and Strand Theatre, Aurora, Illinois, October 26, 1924 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 Roxy Theatre, New York City, New York, USA, September 29, 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 Warner Theatre, New York, New York, USA, 1926 Washington Theatre, Richmond, Indiana, September 8, 1918 Young's Ocean Pier Theatre, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Summer 1912 Last Modified January 16, 2025