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  1. Balzaminov's Marriage (Russian: Женитьба Бальзаминова, romanized: Zhenitba Balzaminova) is a 1964 Soviet historical comedy-drama film directed by Konstantin Voynov and loosely based on three plays by Alexander Ostrovsky: "Celebratory Daydream is Only Before Dinner", "Two Dogs Fight, the Third Keep Away" and "Whatever You ...

  2. Jan 22, 2013 · Photographer Eric Holubow offers a rare glimpse inside five of Chicago's most grand movie palaces, and Roger Ebert shares one of his most unforgettable moviegoing experiences.

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  3. Feb 22, 2011 · Many famed Chicago movie palaces live on in new forms, while of some, only a facade remains. Some still show movies. Use this handy map to locate and study up on the former movie palace in...

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  4. During the first week of October 1897, the people of Chicago marveled at the sparkling building that housed an inspired, marvelous library and a serenely beautiful Grand Army of the Republic War Memorial.

    • The Film Pioneers of Chicago
    • Chicago’s Film Industry Expands
    • Movie Palaces Reign Supreme
    • The Decline and Redemption

    The early days of the film industry are unsurprisingly as melodramatic as today. The initial novelty of Edison’s early single viewer “peephole” kinetoscope, developed by his employee William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, was quickly improved by more innovative inventors. By 1894 film projectors like the Lumière Cinématographe or the phantoscope invented ...

    With Chicago-based studios like Essanay and the Selig Polyscope Company gaining traction and distributing films nationwide, the city soon became the home of the film exchange, or film rental house. These “houses” gave exhibitors the opportunity to rent films for use in their theaters, allowing businesses to change films more frequently. By 1907, Ch...

    Movie palaces soon dominated the entertainment industry. Films were easily replicated and distributed, and even the opulent theaters were affordable and thus accessible to low income Americans. Balaban & Katz employed a number of methods to ensure their theaters were the most popular. First and foremost was the grand and gilded interior architectur...

    Eventually, as the California studios grew and flourished, many studios made the same shocking decision as Chaplin. Producers and their talent moved their studios to the sunny west coast, away from Chicago’s harsh winters and unpredictable weather patterns. Movie palaces followed suit as industry in the city slowed. By the mid to late 20th century,...

  5. The Palace Complex explores the many factors that allow Warsaw's Palace to endure as a still-socialist building in a postsocialist city.

  6. A small official Misha Balzaminov lives in a small house. He, like his mother, sees his happiness in marrying a rich bride. Misha images in dreams and fantasies that he is a general or even a king — rich and domineering. And in reality, poor Balzaminov is haunted by setbacks...

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