picture palace
Old-fashioned film venue
Picture palace is a dated British term for a movie theater, especially the grand, ornately decorated cinemas built in the early twentieth century.
These venues featured lavish architecture, plush seating, and theatrical flourishes that made moviegoing feel like an event.
The term evokes nostalgia for an era when cinema was glamorous public entertainment rather than a multiplex experience.
The old picture palace on High Street has been converted into a bingo hall.
Evaluative selection process
- usherOne who seats guests
- projectorLight-casting display device
- silver screenFilm industry metonym
- matineeDaytime theatrical performance
intermission · newsreel · feature film · double bill · organist · ticket · concession stand · popcorn
Deceptive outward appearance
- marqueeTheater entrance canopy
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
- balconyRaised exterior platform
ornate ceiling · chandelier · box seats · proscenium · gilded · velvet curtains · art deco · lobby
Period of peak prosperity
- bygone eraPeriod no longer current
- vintageQuality from past eras
- memoriesStored past experiences
- glamourFascinating, elegant attractiveness
heyday · movie stars · restoration · preservation · revival house · heritage · fleapit · nickelodeon
screening
Evaluative selection process
- usherOne who seats guests
- projectorLight-casting display device
- silver screenFilm industry metonym
matinee · intermission · newsreel · feature film · double bill · organist · ticket · concession stand · popcorn · coming attractions
facade
Deceptive outward appearance
- marqueeTheater entrance canopy
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
balcony · ornate ceiling · chandelier · box seats · proscenium · gilded · velvet curtains · art deco · lobby · grand staircase
golden age
Period of peak prosperity
- bygone eraPeriod no longer current
- vintageQuality from past eras
- memoriesStored past experiences
glamour · heyday · movie stars · restoration · preservation · revival house · heritage · fleapit · nickelodeon · vaudeville
- Silent Filmsilent films, silent era, silent comedy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton
- cinemasmovie theater, cinema, movie house, multiplex, cineplex
- movie theaterscineplex, AMC, screens, auditoriums, lobby
- Theatersmovie theater, cinema, playhouse, opera house, auditorium
- venuesarena, auditorium, stadium, performing arts center, theater
picture palacetelevision set
Home broadcast display device
home theater · small screen · home video · private screening · laptop screen
picture palacemultiplex
Multi-screen movie theater
fleapit · nickelodeon · cineplex · grindhouse · drive-in
picture, palace, pictures, pictured, picturing, pictorial, pictorially, picturesque, picturesquely