Historic Movie Theaters of Delaware

Historic Movie Theaters of Delaware

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Publication Date: 18th February 2019

From the opera house and movie palace to the modern multiplex, the big screens in Delaware have been delighting moviegoers for more than a century.


Hollywood legend Cary Grant visited the Playhouse Theater in 1955, fondly recalling his days on its stage as a child actor. Clint Eastwood came to Wilmington for a secret test screening of his film The Gauntlet at the Branmar Cinema. The groundbreaking history of Star Wars includes a Delaware theater that was one of only forty-five in the country to open the film. Author Michael J. Nazarewycz recounts the cinematic history of D... Read More

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From the opera house and movie palace to the modern multiplex, the big screens in Delaware have been delighting moviegoers for more than a century.


Hollywood legend Cary Grant visited the Playhouse Theater in 1955, fondly recalling his days on its stage as a child actor. Clint Eastwood came to Wilmington for a secret test screening of his film The Gauntlet at the Branmar Cinema. The groundbreaking history of Star Wars includes a Delaware theater that was one of only forty-five in the country to open the film. Author Michael J. Nazarewycz recounts the cinematic history of D... Read More

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From the opera house and movie palace to the modern multiplex, the big screens in Delaware have been delighting moviegoers for more than a century.


Hollywood legend Cary Grant visited the Playhouse Theater in 1955, fondly recalling his days on its stage as a child actor. Clint Eastwood came to Wilmington for a secret test screening of his film The Gauntlet at the Branmar Cinema. The groundbreaking history of Star Wars includes a Delaware theater that was one of only forty-five in the country to open the film. Author Michael J. Nazarewycz recounts the cinematic history of Delaware's grand movie theaters.

Details
  • Pages: 208
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: Landmarks
  • Publication Date: 18th February 2019
  • State: Delaware
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781625858474
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
    ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Reviews

"The book is loaded with photos and tales that are sure to bring back memories for any longtime Delawarean." Delaware State News


Author Bio
Michael Nazarewycz was a kid during the era he considers the Golden Age of film fandom: 1974-89, when drive-ins, single-screeners and multiplexes were simultaneously popular, when broadcast networks and UHF stations offered steady diets of everything from classics to blockbusters to late-night schlock and when premium cable and home video exploded with twenty-four-hour film programming. Since 2000, he has written for numerous online outlets; in 2014, he founded the MOT Film Society, where he brought classic films to the big screens of Middletown. In 2019, he wrote his first book, Historic Movie Theaters of Delaware (The History Press), the definitive history of movie theaters in the First State.

From the opera house and movie palace to the modern multiplex, the big screens in Delaware have been delighting moviegoers for more than a century.


Hollywood legend Cary Grant visited the Playhouse Theater in 1955, fondly recalling his days on its stage as a child actor. Clint Eastwood came to Wilmington for a secret test screening of his film The Gauntlet at the Branmar Cinema. The groundbreaking history of Star Wars includes a Delaware theater that was one of only forty-five in the country to open the film. Author Michael J. Nazarewycz recounts the cinematic history of Delaware's grand movie theaters.

  • Pages: 208
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: Landmarks
  • Publication Date: 18th February 2019
  • State: Delaware
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781625858474
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
    ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts

"The book is loaded with photos and tales that are sure to bring back memories for any longtime Delawarean." Delaware State News


Michael Nazarewycz was a kid during the era he considers the Golden Age of film fandom: 1974-89, when drive-ins, single-screeners and multiplexes were simultaneously popular, when broadcast networks and UHF stations offered steady diets of everything from classics to blockbusters to late-night schlock and when premium cable and home video exploded with twenty-four-hour film programming. Since 2000, he has written for numerous online outlets; in 2014, he founded the MOT Film Society, where he brought classic films to the big screens of Middletown. In 2019, he wrote his first book, Historic Movie Theaters of Delaware (The History Press), the definitive history of movie theaters in the First State.