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State Theatre (Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
State Theatre or State Theater may refer to: Australia * State Theatre (Adelaide), former cinema in Hindley Street built on the site of the old Wondergraph * State Theatre (Melbourne), a theatre opened in 1984, part of the Arts Centre Melbourne * State Theatre (Sydney), heritage-listed cinema built in the 1920s * State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, a theatre complex opened in 2011 United States California * Golden State Theatre, also known as State Theatre, Monterey * State Theatre (Oroville, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Butte County * State Theatre (Los Angeles) * State Theatre (Red Bluff, California) Delaware * State Theater (Newark, Delaware) Florida * Hippodrome State Theatre, Gainesville * State Theatre (St. Petersburg, Florida) * State Theatre (Plant City, Florida) Indiana * Blackstone-State Theater, also known as State Theater, in South Bend Kentucky * State Theatre (Elizab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Theatre (Adelaide)
Wondergraph, Wondergraph Theatre and variations were names given first to a technology, and then to picture theatres run first by the Continental Wondergraph Company (represented by two German men who arrived in Perth, Western Australia, in 1910); and then, in Adelaide, South Australia, by the Wondergraph Company (1910–1911), and then the Greater Wondergraph Company, established around 1911 and in existence until 1939. The Continental Wondergraph Company was registered in Perth in early 1910, and later that year set up an open-air cinema in Semaphore, South Australia, Semaphore. This was followed in 1911 by the Wondergraph Theatre, an indoor picture theatre in Goodwood, South Australia, Goodwood. The Greater Wondergraph Company was established in Adelaide around 1911 by a group of South Australian men led by Mandel Finkelstein, who built the first Wondergraph picture theatre in Hindley Street in 1912–13, and over time built a cinema chain in the city and suburbs. In Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Theatre (Portland, Maine)
The State Theatre is a historic theater located at 609 Congress Street (Portland, Maine), Congress Street, at its intersection with High Street (Portland, Maine), High Street, in downtown Portland, Maine, which features a combination of Moorish architecture, Moorish and Art Deco architecture. It reopened as a 1,870-seat performing arts venue in 2010. History The State Theatre was designed by Portland architect Herbert W. Rhodes, originally containing 2,300 seats. The building it is located in replaced the Charles Libby Mansion. The theatre was designed to be a creative combination of Spanish, Italian, and Art Deco aesthetics with elaborate works of art. The theater's expensive furnishings, which included wrought iron stairs, bronze doors, tapestry rugs hung from vaulted ceilings decorated with intricate moldings and paintings, four Spanish balconies, and a Wurlitzer organ were some of the remarkably lavish highlights of the original building. It was also technologically advanced fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loew's State Theatre (New York City)
The Loew's State Theatre was a movie theater at 1540 Broadway on Times Square in New York City. Designed by Thomas Lamb in the Adam style, it opened on August 29, 1921, as part of a 16-story office building for the Loew's Theatres company, with a seating capacity of 3,200 and featuring both vaudeville and films. It was the first theater on Broadway to cost $1 million. It was initially managed by Joseph Vogel, who later became president of Loew's Inc. and then MGM. For several years it was a second-run theater featuring live acts and a feature (most often an MGM film that would have premiered at the Astor Theatre before having its initial run at the Capitol, both Loew's movie houses located just a few blocks from the State), although it also had frequent personal appearances and short subjects. Loew's became the last theater in Times Square to continue booking vaudeville acts as that medium declined in the 1930s; when it hosted its last vaudeville show on December 23, 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Theater (Ithaca, New York)
State Theatre of Ithaca is a historic, 1600-seat theatre located at Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York that hosts various events from bands, to plays, to comedy acts, to silent films, and more. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1996. History of the State Theatre The State Theatre building dates back to 1915. Designed by local architect Henry N. Hinckley, it was originally the Ithaca Security Company auto garage and dealership. The Berinstein family purchased the building in 1928. They hired architect Victor Rigaumont to design and oversee the transformation of the garage and showroom into a cinema and vaudeville palace. Rigaumont incorporated elements of the Moorish and Renaissance Revival Styles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Theater (Clovis, New Mexico)
The State Theater is an art deco-style theater in Clovis, New Mexico, which opened in 1936. It is still in use, although today it presents live musical acts rather than movies. It is one of three historic movie theaters in Clovis. The centerpiece of the marquee is a tall, vertical, cylindrical glass brick column. In 2007 the theater, at 504 Main Street, was added to both the State and National Register of Historic Places listings in New Mexico This is a list of properties and districts in New Mexico that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,100 listings. Of these, 46 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in each of the state's 33 coun ... (SR#1899, NRHP # 355920). It is one of two historic movie theaters in Clovis that are on the NRHP, the other being the Lyceum Theater at 409 Main Street. The nomination of the theater as part of the Clovis Railroad and Commercial Historic District includes the description of the State Theater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Theatre (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
State Theatre New Jersey is a nonprofit theater, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It has seating for 1,850 people. Designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb in 1921, it is one of the oldest theaters in the State of New Jersey. History The State Theatre was built in 1921 as Reade's State Theatre by Thomas W. Lamb and managed by Walter Reade for both movies and live performances. It opened with five vaudeville acts and a single matinee screening of the silent western ''White Oak'', starring William S. Hart. Patrons, including first ticket buyer, nine-year-old Victor Levin, paid 20-30 cents per admission. The theater was placed under the management of Benjamin Franklin Keith and Edward Franklin Albee II of B.F Keith Theatre chain, which then was the largest vaudeville theater chain in the early 1920s. After the death of Keith, Albee continued the operation and eventually merged with Orpheum, the largest western booking agency to form Keith-Albee-Orpheum (KAO). In 1928, The Radio Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyric Center For The Arts
The Lyric Center for the Arts (aka Lyric Theater) is a historic theater in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. History The theater was originally built as a vaudeville/movie theater and opera house in 1912. Architects Franklin Ellerbe, Olin Round and William Sullivan (located in the Palladio Building in Duluth, Minnesota) designed the building in 1911. Virginia businessman Henry Sigel commissioned the architects to design an opera house to be built on the site of the McGarry Hotel, which burned to the ground during the catastrophic fire in Virginia in 1900. The building was designed for use as a mixed-use commercial space, with the auditorium located behind a storefront space. The two-story auditorium was designed in a vernacular style fitting the current style and materials available. The second floor also houses a ballroom and a lounge. The building was renamed the State Theater when it was remodeled in the 1930s by then-owner Paramount Studios, who utilized it as one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Theatre (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
State Theatre or State Theater may refer to: Australia * State Theatre (Adelaide), former cinema in Hindley Street built on the site of the old Wondergraph * State Theatre (Melbourne), a theatre opened in 1984, part of the Arts Centre Melbourne * State Theatre (Sydney), heritage-listed cinema built in the 1920s * State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, a theatre complex opened in 2011 United States California * Golden State Theatre, also known as State Theatre, Monterey * State Theatre (Oroville, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Butte County * State Theatre (Los Angeles) * State Theatre (Red Bluff, California) Delaware * State Theater (Newark, Delaware) Florida * Hippodrome State Theatre, Gainesville * State Theatre (St. Petersburg, Florida) * State Theatre (Plant City, Florida) Indiana * Blackstone-State Theater, also known as State Theater, in South Bend Kentucky * State Theatre (Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Theatre (Traverse City, Michigan)
The State Theatre is a movie theater in Traverse City, Michigan. In its current iteration, it is operated by the Traverse City Film Festival, and presents a year-round schedule of film and live performances. The State is the fourth theatre on its site on East Front Street. The first theatre on the block, Steinberg's Grand Opera House, opened in 1894. It closed in 1915, and was succeeded by the Lyric Theatre, which burned down in 1923. A new Lyric Theatre was built on the same site, and burned down 25 years later in 1948. The present-day theatre, the State, opened in 1949 and operated as a first-run cinema until 1996. Multiple proposals to reuse the State failed, until it reopened in 2005 as the home of the Traverse City Film Festival. Major renovations were completed in 2007, turning the State into a contemporary atmospheric theatre. Predecessors The predecessors of the State Theatre were built by Julius H. Steinberg, Traverse City's first Jewish resident. "Grandfather Julius" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Theatre (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
The State Theatre is a Spanish-styled atmospheric theatre in Kalamazoo, Michigan, designed by renowned architect John Eberson. The State was built for W.S. Butterfield Theatres in 1927, and remains in operation today, presenting live shows. The theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. Nationwide context In the United States, the mid to late 1920s was a booming time for the film industry. With the growing power and vertical integration of major companies, between 1922 and 1930 the total investment in the film industry jumped from $78 million to $850 million. The average weekly attendance at American movie theatres doubled from 40 million in 1922 to 80 million in 1928. A key component to this growth was the creation of movie theatres. There was competition to provide a tremendous experience which led to the extravagant era of the Picture Palace. The term Picture Palace is used to describe the opulent style of theatre that seated thousands. The icono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fillmore Detroit
The Fillmore Detroit is a multi-use entertainment venue operated by Live Nation. Built in 1925, the Fillmore Detroit was known for most of its history as the State Theatre. It is located near the larger Fox Theatre in the Detroit Theatre District along Woodward Avenue across from Comerica Park and Grand Circus Park. The Fillmore Detroit features a theatre with a Grand Lobby and three levels of seating, as well as the State Bar & Grill which has a separate entrance and is open when the theatre is not hosting events. The Detroit Music Awards are held annually at The Fillmore Detroit in April. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. History The site of the Fillmore was previously home to an earlier theatre known as the Central and then, from 1913-1923, as the Grand Circus Theatre. This theatre was demolished to make way for the 1925 construction of what was then called the Francis Palms Building. The building was named for Francis Palms, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
