Historic Movie Theater Audiences

A collection of crowded vintage theaters and events from the 1930s to 1960s, featuring large audiences, performances, and drumming exhibitions in nostalgic settings.

Audience and stage at a community pep talk, Civic Hall, Richmond, Indiana

1930s AUDIENCE IN MOVIE THEATER PACKED FULL HOUSE

Anefo photo collection. Drumming in the fair. Overview exhibition. October 6, 1956. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Filmweek in Arnhem opened by Minister Vrolijk in Rembrandttheater. June 14, 1965. Arnhem

Palazzo del cinema, lido di venezia 1950.

Audience and stage at a community pep talk, Civic Hall, Richmond, Indiana

Anefo photo collection. Visit Danish royal family to Amsterdam, Concertgebouw Koninklijke Loge. April 26, 1954. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. State visit French President Coty to the Netherlands, The Hague, second day, Gala concert Kurhaus Schreveningen. July 22, 1954. Scheveningen, South Holland

Orchestra playing in the Y.M.C.A. ca. between 1933 and 1946.

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS (1932), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.

French Labor Film Show at Isebergue, France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

05/14/1920. Madrid. A party at the Centro theater. Appearance offered during the festival organized by the Hijos de Madrid center.

Anefo photo collection. State visit French President Coty to the Netherlands, The Hague, second day, Gala concert Kurhaus Schreveningen. July 22, 1954. Scheveningen, South Holland

The interior of the San Francisco Opera House, San Francisco, California, scene of the Japanese Peace Conference.The men in the foreground are making adjustments on the headsots the delegates to listen to any one of five simultaneous translations of the conference proceedings English, French, Japanese, Spanish, or Russian.The flooflights in the left background are used to illuminate the Opera House during the making of motion pictured of the conference, and when sessions of the conference are televised to all parts of the United States. September 3, 1951.

08/31/1936. A view of the Coliseum cinema in Valencia during the great Rally of the Communist Party.

Post Inaugural Ball at the Washington, D.C. Armory. President John F. Kennedy and party watch from balcony as Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall and wife Erma Lee Udall enter the hall of the National Guard Armory. Party includes Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; and the Presidents parents Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Inaugural Ball, National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C.rnrn

06/30/1910. Tribute to a Catalan actor. Inaugural ceremony of the bust of León Fontova. Verified at the Palace of Fine Arts Because of the rain.

05/01/1912. The Floral Games festival in Seville. Appearance offered by the San Fernando theater room during the celebration of the Artistic solemnity.

09/01/1908. Bilbao. The Children's festival. Partial view of the bullring during the festival held as a gift to the Bilbao Schoolchildren.

Anefo photo collection. Harmony orchestras music on the Peristyle of the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam T.G.V. 75th anniversary: harmony orchestra "music and struggle". September 15, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

01/06/1924. Barcelona. In the Novedades theater. Appearance of the room during the distribution of Toys Verified by the center of Our Lady of Bethlehem.

Spheres of chance, which mean fortunes to some lucky people, revolving at the Trocadero Theatre, in Paris, where the French National Lottery is being drawn. December 21, 1933. (Photo by Graphic Photo Union).

Empire - and World - Party- Radio Broadcast From the Overseas Club, St James's, London, 1942 A wide view showing proceedings at the Overseas Club in London. In the foreground and slightly to the left are the audience, and the band are on the left hand side of the photograph, with saxophone and trombone players clearly visible. In the background, a group of people are gathered around the bar, buying drinks. To the right of the photograph, surrounding the microphone, can be seen the two teams who are competing against each other in the quiz which will form part of the broadcast. The teams are 'Newfoundland', towards the right of the photograph, and 'Rest of the World'. Each team member has a piece of paper around their neck with their name on, so that the question master Joan Gilbert can recognise them.

New York City Ballet, Premiere. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

May 1916. The Catalan unity festival in Barcelona. Aspect that the place in Park Guell, where the party was held, offered during the banquet.

1950s AUDIENCE SITTING IN CARNEGIE HALL NEW YORK CITY NY USA

New York City Ballet, Premiere. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque, Vince Taylor. September 29, 1962

02/02/1922. Madrid. In the Apollo theater. From yesterday's performance for the benefit of the Madrid Soldiers of the African Army. 1.-Aspect of the Room, Adorned with Manila Shawls. 2.-in the lobby 3.- Artists who performed the Banderita chorus, from the Zarzuela "las Corsarias".

12/30/1908. La Coruña, a Charity party. The main theater during the Christmas tree festival Organized by the Countess of Pardo Bazán For the benefit of the Shipwrecked of the Steamboat "Unión". Photo: Ferrer.

05/31/1922. Grenade. In the Alhambra. Appearance offered by the Plaza de los Aljibes during the celebration of the "cante Jondo" contest.

08/01/1919. At the Coliseum, London. The English Royal Family Witnessing a Performance of Music-hall Artists.

FIESTA DE LA MUSICA CATALANA 1904. Location: TEATRO NOVEDADES. Barcelona. SPAIN.

United States Information Agency (USIA) Director Edward R. Murrow and others address the White House Seminar. View of Constitution Hall as Senate committees investigator, Paul Tierney (onstage, at lectern), delivers remarks to students participating in the White House Summer Seminar. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Katie Louchheim, and Senate committees investigator, Walter May, sit onstage in front row. Washington, D.C.

Vintage Photograph. Symphony Hall Pops Concert at Boston Massachusetts.

A music hall gallery, London, c1900 (1901). Artist: Unknown.

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0239. 1956

Anefo photo collection. Koningin Juliana visited to the first room. January 9, 1964

02/22/1911. Tribute to Ricardo de la Vega. Appearance of the Assembly Hall of the Madrid Athenaeum during the Evening Celebrated the night before last in honor of the famous and unforgettable Sainetero.

Vintage Photograph. Orchestra of Symphony players.

01/04/1922. Madrid. At the Eslava theater. Appearance of the room during the function held yesterday as a gift to the Boys and Girls of the Nursing Homes Supported by the Matritense charity association.

March 1910. The Catholic rally in Bilbao. Appearance of the Euskalduna fronton during the rally the day before yesterday against the Secular Schools.

Anefo photo collection. Koren in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Choir on stage with conductor and audience. March 6, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Music Goes To War- Entertainment in Wartime London, England, UK, 1943 Men, women and children enjoy the last of the Sunday evening sunshine, under the dappled shade of a large tree, as they listen to Jack Gold and his orchestra play 'The Savoy Russian Medley' on the bandstand in the Horniman Gardens, Forest Hill, London.

Anefo photo collection. Concertgebouw orchestra for television camera / glass nagrant. September 13, 1952

Politics, discussion, folklore, dance, song and play are the ingredients of the DKP's UZ festival in the Rhine meadows on 19.9.1975 with star guest Valentina Tereshkova (USSR cosmonaut) in Duesseldorf, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Gala evening in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam on the occasion of Book Week 1962. March 30, 1962. Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. TGV 200th broadcast of NOS program "Fur Elise" was formed "Elisade Orchestra" from 450 amateur musicians. January 31, 1982

09/01/1916. Last days of the summer in San Sebastián. Concert by the municipal band of Madrid in the bullring.

Anefo photo collection. Concert of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in the RAI. June 16, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Large Set Production, on-set of the Film, "Naughty Marietta", Loew's Inc., 1935

Coal Strike - Phil Menzies addresses "Empty Hall" at *****. April 22, 1940.

Ambassador Draper's Reception, May 5th, 1952. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Holland Festival Gala evening Stadsschouwburg, Loge. June 15, 1960

Congressional campaign trip: Springfield, Illinois, wreath laying ceremony - Lincoln's Tomb, rally. President John F. Kennedy (center, at lectern) delivers remarks to a congressional campaign rally inside the Coliseum at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois.

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus attend a pilot concert in the palace. Burgerzaal with orchestra and audience. May 3, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Grace Moore (top of stairs at balcony with raised arms), on-set of the Film, "When You're In Love", Columbia Pictures, 1937

Inauguration of the Congress of Italian Scientists in the Farnese amphitheatre, Parma, September 23, 1907, Italy, photograph by Tarquini, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIV, No 39, September 29, 1907.

'Met' Opens Its 66th Season -- Patrons of the Metropolitan Opera stand for the National Anthem tonight as the 1950-51 season sets underway with production of Verdi's Don Carlo. November 6, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Concert for 12 harps at Kasteel Nijenrode to Breukelen. July 29, 1960. Breukelen

Anefo photo collection. Largest Symphony Orchestra (415 Man) in connection with 100th "Fur Elise" broadcast in Concertgebouw; Largest Symphony Orchestra of all time. December 10, 1978

05/31/1915. The Magic-Parc theater. Appearance offered by the Rosales Park theater during the inaugural performance.

Vintage Photograph. Crowd at Republican National Convention in the Cow Palace at San Francisco, August 1956. Dwight D Eisenhower nominated for President and Richard M Nixon for Vice President, San Francisco, California Frame 4

12/31/1953. The courtyard of Charles V. partial view in full concert of the "Vegh quartet". Photo: Rafael Cubiles - Spring Festivals.

Anefo photo collection. Koren in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Choir on stage with conductor. March 6, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photograph showing the revellers at the Chelsea Arts Ball, on New Year's Eve, 1923. A monumental 'John Bull' figure looks down on the party goers in their fancy dress costumes. Date: 05/01/1924

06/30/1911. The rally of the Republican-socialist conjunction, the aspect offered by the Barcelona circus theater during the celebration of the Rally.

Don Antonio Maura delivering his famous speech at the bullring in Madrid (1917)

06/30/1915. At the Nature Theater in Barcelona. Appearance of the part intended for the public during the performance of "L'Arlesienne", held recently.

09/24/1922. San Sebastian - in the Bullring Musical display, in which 14 Bands from Different Towns took part.

Anefo photo collection. Recordings during Presentation Circus Mullens. August 27, 1953

Orchestra playing in Y.M.C.A. 1933, Jerusalem, Israel

Anefo photo collection. Mokum 700 in the RAI in Amsterdam. Café Chantant. 25 June 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

12/31/1905. The open-air theater opened last Wednesday.

A shower of leaflets descending upon the audience at the London Palladium which was staging its first wartime revue, The Little Dog Laughed. The leaflet raid was preceded by the sound of aeroplane engines through the auditorium. Date: 1939

Anefo photo collection. Christmas singing in Rotterdam in the Ahoyhal, overview pressed. December 23, 1963. Rotterdam, South Holland

6/29/1910. The school festival. The Paris circus during the distribution of prizes to the students of the Societe Francaise school.

New York City Ballet, Premiere. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

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Anefo photo collection. Rehearsals of the "Reconstruction" opera in Theater Carré. Author Harry Mulisch (also director) gives instructions. June 18, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Large choir group in Alhambra, cinema, Jaffa, March 22, 1944, Israel, Tel Aviv

Granada, 11/05/1960. Appearance of the Plaza de los Aljibes de la Alhambra during the celebration of the cante jondo competition.

1920s 1930s MONTAGE OF MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY FROM CONCEPT TO PRODUCTION TO PREMIERE TO DISTRIBUTION

Longacre Theatre

Image of the audience in the Great Hall of the Stadsschouwburg (Lucasbolwerk) in the first performance in the Nieuwe Schouwburg.

With a torchlight march and a rally in the Westfalenhalle, the DGB youth demonstrated their rejection of the 1982 NATO rearmament, Germany, Europe

Tom Breneman's Restaurant, located on Selma and Vine Street off Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California, USA - opposite Radio City. Founded by popular radio Star Tom Breneman (1901-1948) and the site of the radio show 'Breakfast in Hollywood'. circa 1945

10/14/1936. An aspect of the monumental cinema during the Rally organized by the local committee of the popular front of Madrid.

12/31/1923. Madrid in the Spanish theater.- appearance of the room during the Family Compensation party organized by the Association of employers of the wood industry, in Medallon, the general cousin of Rivera who presided over the event and gave an important speech.

Anefo photo collection. Mass concert in Prins Bernhard hall fair, Utrecht. September 26, 1953. Utrecht

Summer Opera, Columbia

Anefo photo collection. Slot evening Holland Festival in Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; People sit on the ground in a large room. July 9, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Large Stage Production, on-set of the Film, "Top Of The Town", Universal Pictures, 1937

JUEGOS FLORALES. Location: PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES, SPAIN.

American Musicians Perform in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Celebrating 150th Anniversary of French Revolution: M. Herriot speaking front of the famous painting: "Declaring the rights of Man."On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the French revolution, M. Edouard Herriot, President of the French parliament, addressed a meeting yesterday in the new theatre Chaulot in Paris. June 25, 1939. (Photo by Keystone).

Vintage Photograph. Knoxville Symphony Orchestra seen from across the theater.

08/01/1928. The musical festival in the Bilbao Bullring. The Republican municipal band of Paris, which when playing the royal Spanish march, was the object of a great ovation.

July 25, 1916. A charity festival in Barcelona. Aspect of the Nature Theater, in Park Guell, during the recent presentation of "La Alegría que Pasa", by Rusiñol and Maestro Morera.

ALMOST ANGELS (1962), directed by STEVE PREVIR.

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