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The riveting story of Baltimores movie theaters over the past century, eloquently told through extraordinary photographs and poignant reminiscences. 2018 Winner of the Preservation Award of the Baltimore Heritage Baltimore has been home to hundreds of theaters since the first moving pictures flickered across muslin sheets. These monuments to popular culture, adorned with grandiose architectural flourishes, seemed an everlasting part of Baltimores landscape. By 1950, when the citys population peaked, Baltimores movie fans could choose from among 119 theaters. But by 2016, the number of cinemas had dwindled to only three. Today, many of the citys theaters are boarded up, even burned out, while others hang on with varying degrees of dignity as churches or stores. In Flickering Treasures , Amy Davis, an award-winning photojournalist for the Baltimore Sun , pairs vintage black-and-white images of opulent downtown movie palaces and modest neighborhood theaters with her own contemporary full-color photographs, inviting us to imagine Charm Citys past as we confront todays neglected urban landscape. Punctuated by engaging stories and interviews with local moviegoers, theater owners, ushers,

Author

Amy Davis

Publisher

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421422183

Subjects

Architecture, History, Art

Rating

4.33 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14