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  • <p>Photo credit Mayberry Days Facebook page.</p>
  • <h1>Photo - Bill Henwood</h1>
            
              <p>1950’s style drive-in theatre located in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. It was closed in the 1990’s, but reopened and operated as a fundraising project of the Coldbrook and District Lions Club. 400 car capacity and theatre is open weekends from May to September.</p>
            
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  • <p>The day I stopped in at the Fair, the owner-manager was sprawled on the concession stand floor attempting to fix a problem with the soft drink machine. He pointed out that the theatre was used for some scenes in the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic “Great Balls Of Fire” starring Dennis Quaid.</p>
  • <p>1987 photo credit Greg Mross.</p>
  • <p>A photo of the Rocket sign in 1987 as they were demolishing the theatre.</p>
  • <p>The Kachina in daylight!</p>
  • <p>Old date strip.</p>
  • <p>Bob Horton and the crew.</p>
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  • <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2181619485/">Mission© Theater..Sulphur Springs TX..Billy Smith / Don Lewis  Vanishing Movie Theaters</a></p>
  • <p>1985 marquee photo credit Marin History Museum.</p>
  • <p>Sweet and Sticky!</p>
  • <p>1987 photo via Geoff Hagins‎.</p>
  • <p>Circa 1987 photo via Tim O'Neill.</p>
  • <p>AMC Fullerton Grand Opening 1987</p>
  • <p>Although the article currently states that the La Reina closed around April 1984, here’s a picture I took of the marquee when they were showing White Nights, which came out in December 1985. The Los Angeles Times featured  an article about its closing in April 1986.</p>
  • <p>Cannon Low Fell Front Of House Last Shows
              17th April 1987.</p>