4/4/08
The producers interviewed Todd Wagner, CEO of 2929 Entertainment and founder of the Todd Wagner Foundation...more
1/24/08
The producers interviewed Shari Redstone, President of National Amusements, the parent company of VIACOM...more
5/14/07
The producers have interviewed John Fithian, President of the National Association of Theatre Owners in Washington D.C...more
10/18/06
The producers interviewed 98 year old John Arnold, former assistant city manager of Interstate Theatres in Houston....more
10/1/06
The Houston Examiner Newspapers recently ran an article about the efforts of Documentary Alliance to produce a film about the history of Interstate Theatres....more
9/26/06
The producers of Before the Curtain Rises just recently spent a week researching Interstates's history and examining its photo archives....more
8/17/06
The producers traveled one last time to El Paso to cover the finishing touches on the reinstallation of the Plaza's original pipe organ....more
8/6/06
Show your support for historic preservation in Houston and the fight to save the Interstate River Oaks Theatre...more
8/1/06
Houston Endowment has authorized a Challenge Grant of $75,000 to Documentary Alliance towards production and post production expenses for Before the Curtain Rise...more
7/23/06
Rumors are flying about the impending loss of two of Houston's landmark buildings, the former Interstate River Oaks Theatre (now operated by Landmark Theatres) and...more
6/22/06
Documentary Alliance has received support from the Hoblitzelle Foundation in Dallas,Texas for its Interstate Theatres Documentary...more
5/17/06
Jeffrey Mills continued to follow the progress of the Plaza Theater's Pipe Organ re-assembly...more
5/2/06
With the support of our recent Houston fundraiser, Jeffrey Mills flew to El Paso to document the return and re-assembly of the original ...more
4/13/06
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has included an article on their website about the recent restoration and reopening of the Plaza Theatre in El Paso...more
03/16-17/06
Jeffrey Mills covered the grand opening of the restored Interstate Plaza Theatre in El Paso on March 16th and 17th...more
12/6/05 - 2/20/06
In these last three months, the stage house was completed and lighting grids, an orchestra lift, and the hardwood floors have gone in...more
11/1/05
Producer Jeffrey Mills continues to cover the restoration of the Interstate Plaza Theatre...more
10/17/05
Jeffrey Mills attended and recorded the Texas Historical
Commission's visit and review of the restoration process at the Plaza...more
10/04/05
The Plaza Theatre is rapidly approaching the return of its seating and lighting...more
9/15/05
Producer/Director Jeffrey Mills returned to El Paso to do an interview with head restorationist on the Plaza Theatre site...more
8/30/05
Restoration work at the El Paso Plaza Theatre has begun to focus on the main auditorium...more
The documentary project visited with retired projectionist Paul Adair, who is one of the most amazing collectors of everything 'motion picture'...more
7/18/05
Read an interesting editorial in The El Paso Times, July 12th 2005 edition...more
The latest milestones in the restoration of the Plaza Theatre have been covered in El Paso by producer Jeffrey Mills...more
6/14/05
The documentary crew returned to El Paso to capture continuing restoration work on the Plaza...more
5/18/05
El Paso's Interstate Plaza Theatre is getting an ornamental facelift. A full strength crew of cleaners and painters are now working...more
5/3/05
The El Paso Plaza Theatre continues its rebirth. The stage box is nearing completion of its 10 story superstructure...more
3/21/05-3/24/05
Shooting continues in El Paso as work on the restoration of the Plaza
Theatre goes into high gear...more
9/2/04-9/7/04
The producers continued to follow the restoration work underway on
the Interstate Plaza Theatre in El Paso...more
8/3/04-8/8/04
The restoration on the Plaza Theatre has begun and the producers will be filming...more
6/26/04-6/28/04
Producers for Before the Curtain
Rises attended the 2004
Theatre Historical Society of America's Conclave in Kansas City,
Missouri...more
6/7/04
New interviews were added to the project.
Three people who had worked with, or had close ties to, Interstate
were filmed in Houston's last operating Interstate Theatre, the Landmark
River Oaks...more
11/1/03-11/9/03
The producers just completed a
week of shooting in El Paso, Texas. Footage covered background material
for the story on the efforts to save the Plaza Theatre...more
9/23/03
Although originally published in 1999, this study, Historic Preservation
at work for the Texas Economy, details the positive effects of
historic preservation in Texas. Read the PDF
of this study.
5/13/03
Legendary performer Rita Moreno was interviewed for the Interstate Documentary
Project while she was in Houston to appear in a lecture series called
Unique Lives presented in at Jones Hall...more
12/09/02
The Interstate Documentary Project saw a major round of production in
December. In Washington D.C., the production team interviewed MPAA President
Jack Valenti who grew up in Houston ...more
10/9/02
The producers recently shot an interview with Oscar®
and Pulitzer Prize winning author, playwright and screenwriter Horton
Foote...more
7/30/02
The El Paso City Council voted this day to match the generous donation
by the El Paso Community Foundation...more
11/96
Io Communications has completed its first shooting for the one hour
documentary film, Before the Curtain Rises...more
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