The Camelot Theater > Camelot Theater - Nevada, Iowa (7)
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Balcony
No one has fallen off this balcony. The Camelot Theater in Nevada, Iowa is a gem. Owned by two adult kids, who really wanted to buy a bar, it houses first run movies at el cheap-o prices. But it is a lot more than a movie house. When you walk in, you are greeted by retro-70's esq faux-stone and brass and "crystal" chandeliers, but once you enter the theater, it is 1920.
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The Camelot Apartments
This is another thing that makes the Camelot special - vintage apartments. They aren't livable, but they are wonderful. They would serve as the perfect, dilapidated backdrop of an Annie L. Vogue/Vanity Fair/et. al, photo shoot. With the vintage stove, a pass through mail slot, a slender back hallway accessed through the projection room, this is the stuff of wonderful nightmares.
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Opera Seats
This opera nook used to be usable. Technically it still is, though Sam, the husband/owner of the Camelot, cautions against such foolishness. The balconies hold only plants (fake) and serve as decoration for the theater.
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Zee Lounge
The Lounge is in the basement of the Camelot, adjacent to the underside of the seating, where there is a floor of dirt, with broken beer bottles from pre-prohibition, bricks, mortor, tall boys...etc, and was where the kids hung out between movie changes, and probably rolled a few fatties and smootched.
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shoecandy.jpg
This mismatched pair of shoes was found after Sam & Sue took possession of the building. Along with numerous c. 1920 beer bottles the shoes were unearthed from a stone wall in the basement of the Camelot.
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Camelot Theater
The exterior of the Camelot Theater, Nevada, Iowa
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trailertins.jpg
These tins are sent to the Camelot holding snippets of movies to come. They are the trailer tins. The projection room of the theater is lined with these tins.