My father and I had the cavernous, dank but blissfully air-conditioned theater to ourselves.

There was just one problem: to get into the air-conditioned theater, you had to wait in line - outdoors, by order of the Fire Department.

Featuring a lobby and two cinemas, it was the first air-conditioned theatre in the region.

In 1877, it became the first air-conditioned theatre in the world.

We could take hot showers, maybe see a movie and eat popcorn in an air-conditioned theater.

It was the first air-conditioned theater in Manhattan.

The air-conditioned theatre has a seating capacity of 236.

Built as a movie house in 1936, it was reputed to be the first air-conditioned theater on the east coast.

Inside is an air-conditioned theatre, designed to look like a park.

Coming out of the cold-storage room was like leaving an air-conditioned theater.