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Architecture

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Facades were works of art to attract patrons. Lobbies were enlarged. Murals created...

9/1/1980

Streamlined Dreams

Architecture

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Facades were works of art to attract patrons. Lobbies were enlarged. Murals created...

Facades were works of art to attract patrons. Lobbies were enlarged. Murals created. Marquees were made into large towers with many lights.

9/1/1980

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Amenities

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Clip: Special | 2m 7s | popcorn machines, candy, issue of keeping theater clean, more comfortable and... (2m 7s)

Art Deco style

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Clip: Special | 5m 54s | The 1930s brought the new Art Deco style, a fantasy of the future....not only in... (5m 54s)

the Depression

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Clip: Special | 7m 17s | At peak of Depression, owners responded to needs of communities - accepting potatoes... (7m 17s)

Early theater design

Early theater design

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Clip: Special | 3m 58s | In the 1920s, theater design was a classical fantasy. Then new technology such as... (3m 58s)

Elegance of Liebenberg's theaters

Elegance of Liebenberg's theaters

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Clip: Special | 2m 49s | remodeled crudely-designed silent theaters. Some communities first resisted marquees... (2m 49s)

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