Saenger Theatre (New Orleans)
Saenger Theatre is an atmospheric theatre in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Once the flagship of Julian and Abe Saenger's theatre empire, today it is one of only a handful of Saenger movie palaces that remain.
Exterior of venue (c.2007)
Postcard view of the Saenger on Canal Street, circa 1940.
Interior before Katrina
February 2010: Marquee celebrates the victorious New Orleans Saints
An atmospheric theatre is a type of movie palace design which was popular in the late 1920s. Atmospheric theatres were designed and decorated to evoke the feeling of a particular time and place for patrons, through the use of projectors, architectural elements and ornamentation that evoked a sense of being outdoors. This was intended to make the patron a more active participant in the setting.
The Gateway Theatre in Jefferson Park, Chicago. The theater's Baroque spire is a replica of one on the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
The front of the Auckland Civic Theatre, with its Indian Moghul palace motifs
The Akron Civic Theatre's façade and marquee.
The Campbeltown Picture House is the only extant atmospheric theatre in Scotland.
