Silver Screens

Spectacular cinemas from Hollywood to Hong Kong

Jane Crowther

• Publisher: Pavilion Books
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Historic Preservation in Architecture
• eBook ISBN:
  9780008647520

A celebration of the world's most cherished cinemas, from vintage movie houses to quirky start-ups. Grab your popcorn and settle in to the world of Silver Screens, where the magic of cinema lives on.

'A must-have travel guide for movie lovers and an invitation to rediscover the magic of going to the cinema' – Film Review Daily

Cinemas are where emotions come alive – where heartstrings are tugged, fears exposed, and joy explodes with every happy ending. Cinemas are a place of communal experience, of first dates and unforgettable reactions.

Silver Screens captures that magic, celebrating remarkable movie houses and drive-ins around the world that are still showing films today. Part travel guide, part love letter to cinema, it whisks you across the globe through stunning photography.

Step inside art deco masterpieces like Jaipur's Raj Mandir and Melbourne's Sun Theatre; visit icons such as Hollywood's Chinese Theatre and Madrid's Cine Doré; and uncover hidden gems in far-flung corners of the world. From the northernmost to the southernmost, from India's largest single screen to Italy's officially smallest, from Britain's oldest to the world's very first – Silver Screens is your ticket to cinema's most extraordinary destinations.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Note to Readers
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• The Cinema at Selfridges, London
• Cinema Impero, Asmara
• The Castro Theatre, San Francisco
• Landmark Theatre, Syracuse
• The Civic Theatre, Auckland
• SFC Shangying Cinema Luxe, Suzhou
• The New Beverly, Los Angeles
• The Kinema in the Woods, Lincolnshire
• Music Box Theatre, Chicago
• Cinema São Jorge, Lisbon
• Duke of York’s Picturehouse, Brighton
• The Astor Theatre, Melbourne
• Orinda Theatre, Orinda
• Puskin Cinema, Budapest
• The United Theatre on Broadway, Los Angeles
• Park Theatre, Manitoba
• Le Grand Palais, Cahors
• Archipelago Cinema, Kudu Island
• L’Arlequin, Paris
• Jean Cocteau Cinema, Santa Fe
• Eden Theatre, La Ciotat
• Plaza Theatre, Atlanta
• Sun Picture Gardens, Broome
• Khudozhestvenny Electro-Theatre, Moscow
• Prospector Theatre, Ridgefield
• Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City
• Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
• Uránia National Film Theatre, Budapest
• Village East by Angelika, New York
• Beta Cinema, Ho Chi Minh City
• Cine Doré, Madrid
• Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles
• United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba, Tokyo
• Labia Theatre, Cape Town
• Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles
• Splendid Palace, Rīga
• Cinesphere, Toronto
• Cromarty Community Cinema, Cromarty
• TCL Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles
• Electric Cinema, White City, London
• Cinéma Le Cosmos, Strasbourg
• Catalina Casino, Catalina Island
• Kino International, Berlin
• Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles
• Shankweiler’s Drive-In, Orefield
• Giunti Odeon, Florence
• Studio 28, Paris
• BFI Southbank, London
• ArcLight Cinerama Dome, Los Angeles
• Arena di Pola, Pula
• Sheridan Opera House, Telluride
• Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, Sydney
• Raj Mandir Cinema, Jaipur
• Michigan Theatre, Detroit
• The Enzian, Maitland
• Sala Grande, Venice
• Embassy Theatre, Wellington
• The Circuit Playhouse, Memphis
• Cinéma du Panthéon, Paris
• Busan Cinema Centre, Busan
• El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles
• The Roxy, Wellington
• Cinema dei Piccoli, Rome
• Olympic Studios, London
• La Pagode, Paris
• Dagmar Teatret, Copenhagen
• Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
• Le Colisée, Carcassonne
• Texas Theatre, Dallas
• Stella Cinema, Dublin
• Egyptian Theatre, Park City
• The Station Cinema, Richmond
• The Barn Cinema, Totnes
• The Rustic Theatre, Idyllwild
• Sun Theatre, Melbourne
• Mareel, Shetland
• Paris Theatre, New York
• The Rex, Berkhamsted
• Katuaq, Nuuk
• Vidiots, Los Angeles
• Prince Charles Cinema, London
• Biograph Theatre, Chicago
• The Hippodrome, Bo’ness
• Grand Rex, Paris
• Cineteca, Madrid
• Museum Lichtspiele, Munich
• Paramount Theatre, Oakland
• Kamari Cinema, Santorini
• Royal Theatre Tuschinski, Amsterdam
• Cinémathèque Française, Paris
• Soho Theatre Walthamstow, London
• Grand Lake Theatre, Oakland
• The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres, Toronto
• Fox Theatre, Detroit
• Colosseum Kino, Oslo
• Filmcasino, Vienna
• Pálás, Galway
• The Callicoon Theatre, Callicoon
• Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes
• Screen on the Green, London
• List of Searchable Terms
• Picture Credits
• About the Publisher