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| What is Kilduff's ?..............................................................................................................................................................Version
1.8 " Kilduff's " was started in 2001/2002 to index a series of photographs and information of surviving Baltimore movie theatres that existed in Baltimore. The theatre index has since grown to include all movie theatres in Maryland built between 1900 and 1950. I have added several movie theatres built after 1950 which have since been replaced as well, or which I find somewhat interesting. At the time when the site was started, there were several sites online regarding movie theatres in Baltimore, but over the years they have become harder and harder to find. Over the years, most of the other web sites have vanished, and some of the surviving web sites have actually used images found on Kilduffs and photographed by Kilduffs. Several years ago, the server for Kilduffs.com was down for a few days. To keep this from happening again, the idea of mirror sites under the names Kilduffs.net and Kilduffs.org was created. All three sites are exact mirrors of each other and just in case one goes down, the other two are up and running. By 2007, Kilduffs added the Kilduffs Baltimore section, and then Paul's Puppets. As of 2012, Kilduffs Theatre pages are all being redone, broken and dead links fixed and created and the whole web page under going a make over. New pictures will be put in where the old outdated pictures have gotten so small you can hardly see them. Check Kilduff's out over the coming months, I think you'll be impressed. |
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| Who was John Kilduff ? John Kilduff was my grandfather, who passed away in 2000. For many years , he was a commerical artists for several big movie houses in downtown Baltimore, including the Century / Valencia, Keiths, and the Parkway. I suspect he also did work for the Hippodrome, Mayfair and New. After he passed away, copies of his work and original art work were found in his collection for the many old movies for which he worked on. He would also work on the theatre fronts, in which large signs and posters were displayed in front of the theatres, showing the public the next big show. |
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.............................................................. John Kilduff back in the 1960's |
| After working
on the theatre index for many years, and with the assistance of my brother
, Adam Paul, I began to notice other buildings of a forgotten Baltimore.
Please be sure to visit Adam's
site at this link. In 2004, I began to collect old postcards, maps, advertisements
and photographs of Baltimore, which showed a
view of the City quite different from the City today. While I'm not
one to say the past was by any means better than today, I do believe that
a place where someone can sit back and remember the Baltimore that was once
was is needed all the more. I pass by these buildings and locations
all the time, and I have tried to document as many as possible on this web
site. Ideas, suggestions, corrections and complaints are always welcome.
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