I am taking a Chinese cinema class this quarter. Look at the theaters in the 30s in Shanghai. Who would imagine just how splendid the movie theaters were prior to Mao Dynasty? We're talking about Shanghai here, not Los Angeles or Paris. These are truly fascinating.
Two pages from Liangyou (良友), a popular magazine from the 30s:
(These photos are from the Chinese translation of Shanghai modern: the flowering of a new urban culture in China, 1930-1945 published by the Beijing University Press.) (Top) Top right: Carlton Theater; top left: Odeon Theater (Bottom) Middle square: Paris Theater; Middle round: Grand Theater
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