The Picture House Podcast

Kate Scott

The Picture House Podcast focuses on the architecture, design, and history of America’s early cinemas. Kate Scott (a former architectural historian and avid old Hollywood fan), tells the stories of these places and people in an effort to explore their place in our collective memory and our communities today. Look for new episodes on Mondays! read less
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Episode 0: An Introduction to the Picture House Podcast
Feb 20 2021
Episode 0: An Introduction to the Picture House Podcast
A quick intro to the Picture House Podcast.

Episodes

Episode 38: The New Illinois (Boller Bonus Two)
Jan 23 2023
Episode 38: The New Illinois (Boller Bonus Two)
Today we profile a second theater by Robert Boller: Jacksonville, Illinois' New Illinois.
Episode 37: The Esquire (Boller Bonus One)
Jan 16 2023
Episode 37: The Esquire (Boller Bonus One)
Following up on our series on the Boller Brothers, this is the first of two bonus episodes that looks at a theater designed solely by Robert Boller. First up: St. Louis' Esquire.
Episode 36: Art Deco Decade (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Six)
Sep 12 2022
Episode 36: Art Deco Decade (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Six)
To close out our series on the Boller Brothers, let's look at two of their  Art Deco houses from the  1930s.
Episode 35: Spanish Colonial Standouts of 1929 (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Five)
Sep 5 2022
Episode 35: Spanish Colonial Standouts of 1929 (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Five)
The Bollers designed many theatres in the  Spanish Colonial style. We'll look at two of them in this episode!
Episode 34: Highlights of 1928 (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Four)
Aug 29 2022
Episode 34: Highlights of 1928 (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Four)
Today's episode touches on two very different theatres, which have experienced two very different fates.
Episode 33: The Moorish Missouri (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Three)
Aug 22 2022
Episode 33: The Moorish Missouri (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Three)
In this, the third episode in our series on the Boller Brothers, we'll look at their  middle American Moorish masterpiece.
Episode 32: KiMo, King of Its Kind (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Two)
Aug 15 2022
Episode 32: KiMo, King of Its Kind (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Two)
Let's dive into the Southwest Pueblo Deco fantasy that is the KiMo.
Episode 31: Getting to Know the Brothers Boller (Best of the Boller Brothers Part One)
Aug 8 2022
Episode 31: Getting to Know the Brothers Boller (Best of the Boller Brothers Part One)
The first episode in a six-part series on the Boller Brothers, movie theatre architects  who were particularly prolific in the 1920s in the Midwest.
Episode 30: Worth the Price of Admission
Apr 4 2022
Episode 30: Worth the Price of Admission
We travel to Carbon County, Utah to look a lovely main street movie house.
Episode 29: The Russellville Roxy
Mar 28 2022
Episode 29: The Russellville Roxy
Let's travel to Alabama to look at a fine main street Deco/Moderne theatre.
Episode 28: Q is for Quaker
Mar 21 2022
Episode 28: Q is for Quaker
No qualms or quarrels with this week's theatre, the quality Quaker!
Episode 27: Oklahoma City’s Tower Theatre
Mar 14 2022
Episode 27: Oklahoma City’s Tower Theatre
Let's look at a nice little neighborhood house in Oklahoma City.
Episode 26: Downtown Napa’s Uptown Theatre
Mar 7 2022
Episode 26: Downtown Napa’s Uptown Theatre
A profile of the 1937  art deco movie theatre in Napa, California.
Episode 25: Nautical Neighborhood House
Feb 28 2022
Episode 25: Nautical Neighborhood House
Is it a ship or a theatre? Wouldn't you know, it's both!
Episode 24: The End of An Era (The Movie Palace Part Nine)
Nov 29 2021
Episode 24: The End of An Era (The Movie Palace Part Nine)
Alas, this is the last episode of our movie palace series. We'll learn about the waning popularity of the movie palace, and look at a couple of Art Deco theatres that closed out the picture palace era.
Episode 23: Loew's Wonder Theatres (The Movie Palace Part Eight)
Nov 22 2021
Episode 23: Loew's Wonder Theatres (The Movie Palace Part Eight)
This episode explores the magnificent 'Wonder Theatres' designed and built for the Loew's chain in the late 1920s.
Episode 22: Priteca and Pantages (The Movie Palace Part Seven)
Nov 15 2021
Episode 22: Priteca and Pantages (The Movie Palace Part Seven)
This episode, part seven in our series on the movie palace, is full of alliteration! We're looking at the productive pairing of Priteca and Pantages.
Episode 21: Themed Theatres of Hollywood (The Movie Palace Part Six)
Nov 8 2021
Episode 21: Themed Theatres of Hollywood (The Movie Palace Part Six)
In the sixth episode in our movie palace series, we're talking about two of Hollywood's most famous theatres.
Episode 20: DTLA's Broadway Babies (The Movie Palace Part Five)
Nov 1 2021
Episode 20: DTLA's Broadway Babies (The Movie Palace Part Five)
This episode, the fifth in our series on movie palaces, explores a few of the movie palaces in downtown Los Angeles.
Episode 19: Rapp & Rapp and Balaban & Katz (The Movie Palace Part Four)
Oct 25 2021
Episode 19: Rapp & Rapp and Balaban & Katz (The Movie Palace Part Four)
For the fourth episode in our movie palace series, we're talking about Chicago theatre owners Balaban & Katz, and  their architects of choice, Rapp & Rapp.