American Picture Palaces is dedicated to those opulent cathedrals of cinema that sprang up all over the US in the 1920s, reached their peak in the 1940s, and are now slowly vanishing from our national landscape.

So head on over to the snack bar, grab some popcorn, and listen to the stirring sound of the Mighty Wurlizter as you wait for the house lights to dim and the show to begin.