The entrance board at Vitascope Hall at the Hyatt Regency Hotel welcomes conference attendees at 601 Loyola Ave. in New Orleans Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (Dinah Rogers / Nola.com | The Times-Picayune ) ...

Vitascope Hall was at 623 Canal St. in New Orleans. Image: Carlie Kollath Wells/Axios New Orleans made history 129 years ago this month when two businessmen opened the country's first indoor seated ...

For almost as long as film has existed, New Orleans has been a movie town. Filmmakers love to shoot here, stars love to bask in the city’s mystique and residents love to see their beloved Big Easy ...

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

Whether to escape the heat or something else, New Orleanians have long flocked to movie theaters. The first films were shown at West End amusement park in 1896 as an exhibition. Soon after, William T.