Marquee theater

Restored marquee for the Paramount Theater, an historic theater on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ben Schumin is a professional photographer who captures the intricacies of daily life. This image may be used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0. Please provide artist attribution, as well as a link to the original photo and to the license terms.

Orpheum theater neon signage. A vintage movie marquee from an old folder of photos I came across. Don't know who took the pictures or remember where they came from, but they sure look nice.

A new marquee at the Carpenter Theater. This new marquee is a replica of the original, aside from the digital ticker line and the illuminated lettering. Originally this was traditional removable backlit letting. Here is a older photo of the theater that shows the ugly 1970s marquee. Originally, this theater was a Loew's movie palace.

This is the historic Paramount Theater on Charlottesville's Main Street. Here's the info from the Paramount Website: Built in 1931, Charlottesville's Paramount Theater has held a starring role both now and in the past. Once a home for movies and community events, The Paramount's doors were closed for thirty years before recent restoration returned the theater's former glory. If you like this photo, you can get prints (framed and unframed) and greeting cards here in my imagekind gallery.

Really annoyed about tonight's photo shoot. The Paramount does classic movie night on Friday for $5. I've been before, it's a great night of entertainment for cheap. I went again to shoot the theater while I was there. They let me buy my ticket then searched my bag and only when it came time to scan my ticket did they tell me that I couldn't have my bag. Tickets sales are final, of course so I couldn't have my money back either. Between a combination of annoyance and not wanting to trust my…

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Imagine San Luis Obispo without the historic Fremont Theater. Imagine Monterey Street without that soaring art deco marquee.