It was, on occasion, used by presidents to rehearse important speeches such as the State of the Union address; and at other times, as a spot for visitors to dump their hats, bags and coats. But for ...

One of the stars of the White House is no more. The White House Family Theater, the movie theater which first came to be in 1942 when a cloakroom was converted into a screening room, was demolished ...

A source says that the theater "will be modernized and renovated with the rest of the East Wing." Comcast, Amazon and Apple are among the private donors funding the planned ballroom. By Alex Weprin, ...

As President Trump tears down the historic White House screening room, here's a look back at one memorable night, as first recounted in a 2021 Hollywood Reporter oral history. By Aaron Couch Film ...

Nixon watched “Patton” there. Obama hosted the “Lincoln” cast. Built in 1942, the White House’s private movie theater offered refuge and entertainment. By Reggie Ugwu For decades, the White House’s 42 ...

This was where Jimmy Carter watched "Apocalypse Now" with Coppola pre-Cannes and Ronald Reagan lamented that "Reds" didn't have a happy ending. The history of movie screenings in the White House did ...

Demolition of the White House’s East Wing, itself a source of multiple controversies for more than 200 years, was completed Thursday. Excavators were spotted starting Monday tearing it apart. It was ...

Lost among the flood of headlines about President Donald Trump’s razing of the entire White House East Wing to make way for his gilded, ostentatious monument to self known as the White House ...

As President Donald Trump continues to remake the White House in his own pyrite image, one of the casualties of his East Wing demolition is the 83-year-old Family Theater, the small cinema for the ...