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• Recommended Titles in our Catalogue
• After Sunset: The Life & Times Of The Drive-in Theater
• Palaces Of The Night: Canada's Grand Theatres
• The "Nabes": Toronto's Wonderful Neighbourhood Movie Houses
• The Show Starts On The Sidewalk : An Architectural History Of The Movie Theatre
  
  
• Drive-Ins
• Brad Light's Drive-In Theatre Workshop
  The Drive-In Theatre Historical and Technical Forum - or - how to build your own drive-in.
  
• Drive In Movie.Com
  Preserving the presence of the past.
  
• Drive-In Etiquette
  Do's and don'ts should you find yourself at a drive-in.
  
• Drive-Ins Downunder
  A tribute to Australian drive-ins.
  
• Guerilla Drive-In - West Chester, PA
  They spring up unexpectedly in fields and industrial wastelands. Not quite legal, but the spirit has to be admired.
  
• Michigan Drive-Ins
  An extensive tribute, not only covering Michigan, but to drive-ins in general.
  
• Rocky's Dusk-To-Dawn Drive-In
  Featuring the open & closed drive-ins of Alberta & Saskatchewan.
  
• Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In
  They spring up unexpectedly in fields and industrial wastelands. Not quite legal, but the spirit has to be admired.
  
• Drive-In Movies Surviving Despite Economic Challenges
  A CNN/Money story offers hope.
  
• How Many Drive-In Theaters Are Left In The U.S.?
  Yahoo! provides the answer.
  
  
  
• The Projection Booth
• Film-Tech Projection Picture Warehouse
  Click on the Pictures link to see the REAL inside of the movie biz.
  
• How Movie Projectors Work
  From How Stuff Works.
  
• How Movie Screens Work
  From How Stuff Works.
  
• Joe Clark’s Behind The Booth
  Not THAT Joe Clark, but he is Canadian and takes us inside a Mopix-equipped theatre.
  
• Mad Cornish Projectionist's Information Web Site
  Cornish ... and proud of it.
  
• Mawgrim's Worlds
  Ex-projectionist, writer and possessor of a fevered imagination.
  
• Theatrical Glossary
  From the Factorfiles.
  
• What Are The Dots That Appear In The Upper-Right Corner Of A Movie Screen?
  Yahoo! provides the answer.
  
• Film Projection Links
  Warning: lots of techie stuff.
  
  
  
• Movie Theatres - Canada
• Enright's Theatres of Canada
  From coast to coast, the movie theatres of Canada.
  
• Movie Houses in Edmonton, Alberta
  The Last Link on the Left guide to the Lawrence Herzog articles.
  
• Toronto Cinema Auditorium Rankings
  Your guide to the movie houses of Hogtown.
  
• Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada
  A national trade association of motion picture theatre exhibitors.
  
  
  
• Movie Theatres - US
• American Picture Palaces
  Celebrating the movie palaces of the '20s, '30s and '40s.
  
• American Theatre Organ Society
  Dedicated to the preservation of a unique American art form - the theatre pipe organ and its music.
  
• Cinema Treasures
  Devoted to movie theater preservation and awareness, and to save the last remaining movie palaces across the country.
  
• League of Historic American Theatres
  Dedicated to the restoration and operation of historic theatres in North America.
  
• Rivest's Ultimate List Of Movie Theatres
  Thousands of theatres and drive-ins covered.
  
• Seeing Stars - Hollywood Movie Palaces
  A guide to Los Angeles' unique movie theatres - from the legendary palaces of the past to today's state-of-the-art auditoriums.
  
• Silent Movie Theater, Los Angeles
  The last active silent cinema in America.
  
• Silver Screens
  A grand tour of the movie houses of California (and France).
  
• Theatre Historical Society of America
  Recording and preserving the architectural, cultural and social history of American theatres.
  
  
  
• Movie Theatres - UK
• Cinemas in the U.K.
• Projected Pictures Trust
  
  
• Movie Theatres - Other Links
• Bijou
  A collection of links to cinema sites worldwide.
  
• Cinema Organ Society
  Aims to preserve, promote and restore cinema organs for the enjoyment of future generations.
  
• Cinematour
  Researching and documenting the locations and histories of cinemas throughout the world.
  

Updated September 2008