Cinema Treasures

[ttaaee]

I happened to come across this web site, Cinema Treasures (http://cinematreasures.org/location/), which has a very good collection of old/historic theaters, both still in use, closed or demolised, from all around the world (even though more than 90% are in the US).

Too bad, it does NOT include any of those in Thailand.

If you have information of those historic theaters, like Sala Chalerm Thai, Sala Chalerm Krung or any other old theaters in Bangkok or any other places, you can go to the website mentioned above and add them onto the website.

Let's show them what he have and have had.

[admin]

If you look closely on any Bangkok street you will see a closed cinema from the days when Bangkok had hundreds more theaters in town. These are slowly being torn as the years pass. "A Century of Thai Cinema" has dozens of vintage photos of Bangkok cinemas.

[ttaaee]

The birth of cinema was in 1895. Just two years later it had reached Siam where it quickly became popular. Thais began shooting their own films in 1900 and managed to establish an indigenous film industry, whose "golden age" was the 1930s before the outbreak of the Second World War. In the post-war era, cinema remained the most popular public entertainment, despite competition from television. Some 700 cinemas weree built throughout the country, as well as the many open-air screenings during teemple fairs and other popular events.

This is the first book to provide both a history of Thai cinema and a visual record of all the associated memorabilia, particularly the highly collectible movie posters.

A Century of Thai Cinema (http://www.artbookservices.com/subjects/collectibles/0500976317.html) by Dome Sukwong and Sawasdi Suwannapak

Thanks, Admin, for pointing out this book. :)