Palace of Dreams
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Title
Palace of Dreams
Description
Arizona International Film Festival program film description: Galway's Estoria Cinema (later known as the Claddagh Palace) opened in 1939 and was for its many patrons and employees a dream world, a place of escape from the "drudge days" of the forties and fifties. It was a time when people went to the
cinema several times a week for evenings of Hollywood romance, for magical matinees of adventure. It was a place for children learning to emulate their film heroes when movies were the stuff of innocence and delight. Palace of Dreams looks back fondly at the life and times of a local cinema which was, when it first opened, one of the finest in the country. This poignant documentary preserves on film a unique part of Irish social culture.
cinema several times a week for evenings of Hollywood romance, for magical matinees of adventure. It was a place for children learning to emulate their film heroes when movies were the stuff of innocence and delight. Palace of Dreams looks back fondly at the life and times of a local cinema which was, when it first opened, one of the finest in the country. This poignant documentary preserves on film a unique part of Irish social culture.
Format
Video (VHS)
Language
English
Type
Documentary
Identifier
FEST 1998 FILMS - BOX 1
Date Issued
1996
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Duration
27 minutes
Producer
Donal R. Houghey
Director
Donal R. Houghey
Country
Ireland
Citation
“Palace of Dreams,” Arizona Media Arts Center, accessed August 24, 2026, http://azmac.mesmernet.org/items/show/5456.
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