Photos favorited by 50sSNIPES

  • <p>From the 1953 East High School yearbook, the Quill.</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Daily, April 22, 1957</p>
  • <p>September 1988</p>
  • <p>July 31, 1974</p>
  • <p>Colorized version of the 1940 Russell Lee photo, by Imbued With Hues.</p>
  • <p>August 6, 2015 attack</p>
  • <p>Circa 1985 photo courtesy Robert Juzefski.</p>
  • <p>August 1, 1986 ad</p>
  • <p>September 23rd, 1952</p>
  • <p>1990</p>
  • <p>Nive grand opening shot of the Sunrse D-I in 1938</p>
  • <p>improved version.</p>
  • <p>Screen grab from “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” credit & copyright United Artists, via IMCDB.</p> <p>https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_417576-Chevrolet-One-Fifty-1211-1956.html</p>
  • <p>You can see the marquee and entrance of the old State theater on the left of this shot.</p>
  • <p>Three Projection Systems Compared (1955)</p>
  • <p>World Premiere (June 30th, 1948)</p>
  • <p>From the Alabama Memories Facebook feed</p>
  • <p>Screen cap from the Georgia lensed THE SHERIFF & THE SATELLITE KID (1979.)</p>
  • <p>The Feb. 6, 1961 Modern Theatre section of Boxoffice magazine included a lengthy article about the process of moving the Post Oak three miles north of its original location. It included several photos, including this “before” image of the screen tower mural. It was repainted as the duck previously uploaded here.</p> <p>It appears that 1961 issues of Boxoffice are in the public domain.</p>
  • <p>Part of a screen grab from the closing credits of the 1978 movie “Loose Shoes,” AKA “Coming Attractions.” Not my copyright, of course.</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 9/18/67.</p>
  • <p>This photograph was posted on Facebook some time back. It shows the glorious Conway Theatre in it’s heyday.</p>