picture palace
Britishnoun
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About five years ago, a mystery woman dropped off a bin bag filled with almost 30 old ledgers detailing about 40 years of early activity at the picture palace.
From BBC
There’s some of that same complexity in his series “Theaters,” mostly shot from the rear of old picture palaces.
From New York Times
Two years earlier, that Ninth Street NW picture palace had been renovated, its foyer floored in Pompeian marble, its side walls swathed in damask silk.
From Washington Post
The picture palace in the center of Thailand’s capital, the city’s last standalone big-screen cinema, on Sunday screened its final offering.
From Washington Times
“Motion picture palaces were hurt by television, theatre was hurt by talking pictures, Vaudeville was murdered by talking pictures. And now cinema is being hurt by streaming and Netflix,” he said.
From The Guardian
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