There\u2019s something divine about decay. Traces of what once was; eras of very different social concerns, tastes and aspirations.\u00a0\nMovies can give us a window into the past, and as French photography duo Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre are proving, so too can movie theatres, particularly those partially chewed...
Paramount Theater, Newark, NJ. Images © Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
The early 20th-century brought with it an entertainment boom. Hundreds of theatres popped up across the US, with many major movie studios commissioning architects to build extravagant, palatial auditoriums to satisfy the swelling appetites of spectators. Since 2005, photographic duo Marchand and Meffre have travelled across America to visit these theatrical relics. In hundreds of lushly coloured images, they have captured the rich architectural diversity of the theatres’ exteriors and interiors, from neo-Renaissance to neo-Gothic, Art Nouveau to, 2011. Opened in 1927 and designed by Louisville-based architect W Earl Gore for Kentucky theatre operators Leo F Keiler and Rodney C Davis of Columbia Amusement and Realty Company.
Some sites have not been left entirely for dead. But as the 1960s matured, so too did domestic TV sets and multiplexes. During the following decades, the heyday of the movie theatre was tarnished by modernisation. These majestic buildings, in turn, began taking on less majestic roles: bingo halls, basketball courts, bus depots, warehouses, fitness centres, flea markets, car parks and retail stores.
, IL, 2014. Opened in 1918, designed by architect John E O Pridmore. It was successively operated by the Ascher Brothers circuit and Balaban & Katz Corp. In 1980 a fire damaged the building, and after restoration it hosted the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, finally closing in 2006. In 2012, the roof partially collapsed. The building has since been stabilised and is awaiting renovation. Proctor’s Theater, Troy, NY.
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