FEATURE ARTICLES
THEATRE PORTRAITS: Palaces of Splendor
ORGAN PERSONALITIES OF YESTERYEAR
THEATRE ORGANS: The Lesser-Known Builders



Feature Articles


Spotlighting theatre pipe organs, movie palaces,
and other essays of general interest

Radio City Music Hall
Wurlitzer's largest and most famous organ
Memories of the Sing-Along at the Movies
Koko the Clown and his bouncing ball
The San Francisco Fox Wurlitzer
Memories of a grand movie palace
The Real Crawford Special
Did Jesse Crawford design the New York Paramount Theatre organ?
The Atlanta Fox Story
The rebirth of "Big Mo"
The Touring Organ of Reginald Foort
A monstrous Moller on the move
A Magnificent Christie Organ
London's Regal Theatre in Marble Arch
A Visit to Paradise
The residence of Jasper and Marian Sanfilippo
The Hawaii Theatre
Honolulu, Hawaii
The Spreckels Outdoor Organ
Balboa Park, San Diego, California
The Theatre That Saved Itself
The Embassy, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Requiem for the Roxy
Broadway's fanciest, flashiest showcase theatre is now only a memory
The World's Largest Pipe Organ
The Midmer-Losh organ in the Atlantic City Convention Hall
State Theatre, Monterey, California
Theatre organ preservation comes to a city of preservation
Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, California
Another "Wonder Morton" has found a home
Berkeley Community Theatre
A Wurlitzer reborn in a city auditorium
El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood, California
The renaissance of a historic showplace
Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles
An elegant and unaltered survivor
The Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis
Celebrating over 70 glorious years
Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton, California
The curious history of Wurlitzer Opus 2103
The Wurlitzer That Made Hi-Fi
...and other five-manual consoles



Theatre Portraits
Palaces of Splendor

 

Captivating articles from Steve Levin's series
"An Acre of Seats in a Palace of Splendor"

Fox Theatre
San Francisco, California
Castro Theatre
San Francisco, California
Los Angeles Theatre
Los Angeles, California
Southtown Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
Loew's and United Artists State Theatre
Louisville, Kentucky
Michigan Theatre
Detroit, Michigan
Loew's Midland Theatre
Kansas City, Missouri
St. Louis Theatre / Powell Symphony Hall
St. Louis, Missouri
Loew's Jersey Theatre
Jersey City, New Jersey
Lowe's Valencia Theatre
Jamaica (Queens), New York
Roxy Theatre
New York City
Loew's Theatre (Akron Civic Theatre)
Akron, Ohio
Paramount Theatre
Toledo, Ohio
Paramount Theatre
Portland, Oregon


Organ Personalities
of Yesteryear


The stories of theatre organ pioneers and famous organists

George Wright
The man and the music
Gaylord Carter
The 'Flicker Fingers' who brought The Perfect Song to life
The Jesse Crawford Legend
A self-taught lad who became "The Poet of the Organ"
Straight Talk About Crawford
George Wright's reminiscences of Jesse Crawford
Jesse Crawford in England
He leaves the New York Paramount
Homage to Robert Hope-Jones
The creator of the theatre organ


Theatre Organs
The Lesser-Known Builders

Wurlitzer is a familiar name, but there were many others

Kilgen Organ Company
Marr & Colton Organ Company
Reuter Organ Company
Smith Organ Company
William Wood Pipe Organ Company