The Palace Theatre was once the most elite vaudeville theater in the country. With the rise of motion pictures, vaudeville and the Palace Theatre fell out of fashion.&nbsp;

The Palace Theatre Building is the tall building at center-right. At left, the Columbia Amusement Company Building, including the Columbia Theatre, a prominent burlesque house.Photo is inscribed (lower left): "Copyright 1920 by American Studio, N. Y. / Palace Theatre / 500"

Orson Welles stepping out of a taxicab

Palace Theatre

The Orson Welles motion picture “Citizen Kane” premiered in New York.

Historian Barry Moreno describes the history of vaudeville in New York City through the Palace Theatre, one of vaudeville's most elite theaters. 

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