Eventually, however, the picture palaces began to lose their pulling power and bingo started taking over.
Although he has lived in Australia for 30 years, he will never forget his trips to the picture palace.
Tonight's unique fireworks display, reflected against the wall of the old building, will be the highlight of a grand goodbye to what was once the town's most splendid picture palace.
This was a fascinating journey tracing the history of cinema, from humble beginnings in small local halls to the splendid picture palaces that graced almost every High Street in the land.
Such disregard for the traditions of the picture palace was hard to take.
Synonyms
movie theatre, movie house
Definition of picture palace in US English:
picture palace
noun
British dated
A movie theater.
Example sentencesExamples
Tonight's unique fireworks display, reflected against the wall of the old building, will be the highlight of a grand goodbye to what was once the town's most splendid picture palace.
This was a fascinating journey tracing the history of cinema, from humble beginnings in small local halls to the splendid picture palaces that graced almost every High Street in the land.
Such disregard for the traditions of the picture palace was hard to take.
Although he has lived in Australia for 30 years, he will never forget his trips to the picture palace.
Eventually, however, the picture palaces began to lose their pulling power and bingo started taking over.