Mary G. Steiner Egyptian Theatre, Egyptian Revival movie theater in Park City, US
The Mary G. Steiner Egyptian Theatre is a movie theater built in Egyptian Revival style on Main Street in Park City, Utah. The building's surfaces, both inside and out, are covered with hieroglyphics, lotus motifs, and scarab imagery worked into the architectural details throughout.
The building went up in 1926 on the site of an earlier cinema called the Dewey Theatre. It was the first movie house in Park City to be fitted with sound equipment, marking the local shift from silent films to talkies.
The theatre's Egyptian decor, with lotus leaves, scarabs and hieroglyphics, was overseen by Seattle Egyptologist C.R. Berg, reflecting the 1920s craze for all things Egyptian after Tutankhamun's tomb was found. It has hosted Sundance Film Festival screenings for nearly as long as the festival has existed, making it one of its oldest and most recognizable venues.
The theater sits right on Main Street in downtown Park City and is easy to reach on foot from most of the central area. Arriving a little early gives you time to look over the decorative details on the facade and in the entrance before any show begins.
The theatre is one of only two Egyptian-style theatres in Utah; the other is Peery's Egyptian Theatre in Ogden. The Salt Lake Masonic Temple is the only other Egyptian Revival building still standing in the state. The design was a replica of Warner's Egyptian Theatre in East Pasadena, California.
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