The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the beginning of the second Elizabethan Age. Part One of this series of posts on old Toronto newspapers
Paradise Theatre c. 1946. Ontario Archives During the summer of 2014, in my quest to locate and photograph Toronto’s old local theatres, none of
Nortown Theatre in 1971, the film on the marquee “Straw Dogs,” starring Dustin Hoffman. City of Toronto Archives, Series 1278 It. 108 When I was
The University Theatre in 1969. Photo by J. Goode, Toronto Reference Library Located at 100 Bloor Street West, the University Theatre was a short
Cover of the pamphlet designed for the opening of the Toronto Odeon Theatre, later renamed the Odeon Carlton. Graphic courtesy of Walter Godfrey of Toronto.
The Doric theatre, January 18, 1941, photo from the Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail Collection, 71416 The Doric theatre at 1094 Bloor Street West was
The Royce Theatre c. 1920, gazing west along Dupont Street. A gasoline pump is on the sidewalk to the west of the theatre. A
Construction on the commercial block on Queen Street, which contains ten shops, began in 1875. The shops are located on the north side of the
The recently published book (2014) about Toronto’s old movie theatres, explores 50 of Toronto’s old theatres and contains over 80 archival photographs of the facades,
There are many photographs and copious information about Toronto’s old movie houses in the Toronto Archives, Toronto Reference Library and the Ontario Archives, but not