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  • <p>Projector install is taking place tonight, And we have our first image on the screen</p>
  • <p>August 1, 2022 devastating flooding in Eastern Kentucky damaging the Neon Theatre.</p>
  • <p>Christmas in July (1947)</p>
  • <p>Taken 1989.</p>
  • <p>1986 photo credit Fred Dieter. Appears already closed with no movies on the marquee.</p>
  • <p>The Old Colony Theatre attractor is all new in 1963 in Plymouth</p>
  • <p>The Old Colony Theatre attractor is about to be removed for a new one in 1963 in Plymouth</p>
  • <p>June 9, 1954</p>
  • <p>That’s Walter Heller, projectionist with Manager O.M. Swaine at the Riverdale Plaza Theatre booth in 1965 with the Strong Future projection arc lamp.</p>
  • <p>October 31, 1962</p>
  • <p>It was really fun to be able to put up anything you liked on the marquee after the last show went in…</p>
  • <p>EASTWOOD THEATRE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA<br>STAR WARS FIRST BIRTHDAY, MAY 25, 1977</p>
  • <p>Eastwood Theatre, Indinapolis, Indiana (Circa 1977)</p>
  • <p>For Some Reason This January 4th, 1974 Poster Of The 2nd Big Week Of “Robin Hood” (One Of Their First Big Attractions Also Shown On The Grand Opening Poster Earlier On December 21st, 1973) Says “Cinema I” Instead Of “Cinema I-II-III” In Greenwood.</p>
  • <p>Opening day for the GCC Greenwood I-II-III</p>
  • <p>7/13/22 Fire aftermath</p>
  • <p>State Theatre of Denison manager Harry Gaines has questionable taste with this street ballyhoo for “King Kong” in 1952</p>
  • <p>August 26th, 1971 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>WRTV’s live capture of the drive-in at dark, taken during the last few days of operation, May 1982.</p> <p>In the super dark background, the screen at the left side of the picture was at intermission (which National Screen Service’s “On The Spot” reel was shown. The screen at the time of reporting was showing the middle-end part of the “Private Mountain” segment where the guard finishes his secured tour at the mountain before the guard gets off on the confused patron letting him through the mountain. Everybody here knows that intermission reel).</p> <p>As on that case, “I’m sorry sir, this is a private mountain…”</p>