Sandleitenkino in Wien / Austria

The postcard was sent in 1935, has published before 1934. In 1934 the street's name was changed from Liebknechtgasse to Eberhartgasse.
The cinema opened in 1928 and had 600 places. In 1930 there came sound film, in 1966 the cinema was closed.
I bought this postcard because Sandleiten is an interesting residential area in Vienna. As part of the "Red Vienna" residential building policy, it is an urban residential complex with 1.587 apartments originally built in five stages from 1924 to 1928. The complex, the building blocks of which are mainly divided according to the angle of the sun, is located in the middle of a park-like complex with only a few streets. Its basic concept emerged from an architectural competition and was viewed as an urban planning attempt. 

The large residential complex was then built according to designs by Otto Schönthal, Emil Hoppe, Franz Matuschek, Siegfried Theiß, Hans Jaksch, Josef Tölk and Franz Krauß.
There were planned not only apartments for 5.000 to 6.000 inhabitants, also doctor's apartments, pharmacies, shops, workshops, an inn and a café, rooms for the police and fire service, laundries, bathing facilities, a kindergarten and a library. And a cinema. Everything you need for a good life.

Lichtspiele in Allentsteig/Austria

Allensteig is famous for its proving ground, it has existed since 1938. In connection with this, this cinema was built in 1939 or 1940 to entertain the soldiers. 
In the second half of the 1980s to the 90s, international peace culture weeks were held in the Allentsteiger cinema and in Loschberg near Waldhausen with a rich program of music, dance, theater, cabaret, discussion, workshops. The initiator, Gerhard Burger, designed the vision of a world peace village on Hitler's shooting range, where peaceful people, holistic philosophers and futurologists should find a free space to work on an ethics of peace at this acupuncture point, which excites the whole organism of the human body.
Later there was the cultural initiative Avalon in the cinema building.
Now the cinema is closed, the proving ground is still in work ...

Filmcasino in Wien/Austria

I got this postcard  from my friend Josefine in 1996. At this time I worked sometimes in a little cinema named Casablanca as a projectionist. There was shown every Saturday the Austrian movie Müllers Büro and the good old Casablanca. I still know many songs and scenes by heart. 
Now I found this postcard again.
It is an extraordinary postcard: Looks like a photo - but it is a painting. Painted by Franz Zadrazil (1942 - 2005), known for his photo-realistic depictions of Viennese facades, business portals and rail stations. Zadrazil has repeatedly painted cinemas, cinemas were a part of his childhood. His father was a projectionist at Wiener Imperialkino, and the boy often went home with his father from work through the night city.
The Filmcasino in Margaretenstrasse was opened in 1954 after renovation by Albrecht F. Hrzan. A cinema has been at this place since 1911. But at the beginning of the 1970s, the hall had to be closed and then served as a venue for a Yugoslav cultural association. In 1989 Folk High School Margareten leased the vacant and old cinema and discovered a 1950s architectural jewel behind old Tito paintings. On September 21, 1989,  the Filmcasino, gently renovated by the architects Elsa Prochazka and Silvin Seelich, reopened with the opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey. And it is still today a good place for films after some renovations.
The postcard is also significantly for me. In 2001 I was for my honeymoon trip in Vienna and on an evening I went to this place. I saw there Nanni Moretti's La stanza del figlio (Italy, 2001). Still remember the well maintained 1950s style and the old chairs. Waiting for the beginning of the film, I remembered my friend Josefine, studied law in Italy, and old friends Max and Larry around the corner.

I received this postcard via postcrossing. It is an ad card for the documentary Studio 54 (USA 2018) with a special label from the cinema Filmcasino.