Episodes

  • Episode 38: The New Illinois (Boller Bonus Two)
    Jan 23 2023

    Today we profile a second theater by Robert Boller: Jacksonville, Illinois' New Illinois.

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    11 mins
  • Episode 37: The Esquire (Boller Bonus One)
    Jan 16 2023

    Following up on our series on the Boller Brothers, this is the first of two bonus episodes that looks at a theater designed solely by Robert Boller. First up: St. Louis' Esquire.

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    10 mins
  • Episode 36: Art Deco Decade (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Six)
    Sep 12 2022

    To close out our series on the Boller Brothers, let's look at two of their  Art Deco houses from the  1930s.

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    12 mins
  • Episode 35: Spanish Colonial Standouts of 1929 (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Five)
    Sep 5 2022

    The Bollers designed many theatres in the  Spanish Colonial style. We'll look at two of them in this episode!

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    15 mins
  • Episode 34: Highlights of 1928 (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Four)
    Aug 29 2022

    Today's episode touches on two very different theatres, which have experienced two very different fates.

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    10 mins
  • Episode 33: The Moorish Missouri (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Three)
    Aug 22 2022

    In this, the third episode in our series on the Boller Brothers, we'll look at their  middle American Moorish masterpiece.

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    16 mins
  • Episode 32: KiMo, King of Its Kind (Best of the Boller Brothers Part Two)
    Aug 15 2022

    Let's dive into the Southwest Pueblo Deco fantasy that is the KiMo.

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    15 mins
  • Episode 31: Getting to Know the Brothers Boller (Best of the Boller Brothers Part One)
    Aug 8 2022

    The first episode in a six-part series on the Boller Brothers, movie theatre architects  who were particularly prolific in the 1920s in the Midwest.

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    13 mins