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  • <p>1953 photo credit the Houck Family, courtesy the History of Corona Facebook page.</p> <p>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=950879497080730&set=a.225120752989945</p>
  • <p>I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a large clock mounted in a drive-in screen tower, so I just had to share this photo from the Feb. 4, 1963 issue of Boxoffice. The accompanying article said that the clock mechanism weighed over 200 pounds.</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy Harold Manning</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy Harold Manning</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy Harold Manning</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy Harold Manning</p>
  • <p>For the 1984 feature film “Red Dawn,” Las Vegas, New Mexico was used to represent the town of Calumet, Colorado. The Fort Union Drive-In appeared in two scenes, used as the site of the “reeducation camp” at the edge of town after the Communist invasion.</p>
  • <p>For the 1984 feature film “Red Dawn,” Las Vegas, New Mexico was used to represent the town of Calumet, Colorado. The Serf Theatre appears in the background of a scene set after the Communist invasion of Calumet.</p>
  • <p>Picture is courtesy of Andy Hilbert - 2022</p>
  • <p>I found this gorgeous color slide at Teri Goodman Ristow’s <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1266706129665250/">Pinterest</a> page. Although it looks something like John Magolies' style, I couldn’t find a match anywhere. Of course, I don’t know who owns the copyright, except that it isn’t me.</p>
  • <p>The final film shown at ABC Westover Bournemouth on the 4th of January 2017.</p>
  • <p>Vintage photo credit Thomas J Roach III via FB Marketplace.</p>
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  • <p>Vintage photo credit Thomas J Roach III via FB Marketplace.</p>
  • <p>George M. Cohan and Joel Grey in 1968.</p>
  • <p>January, 2025.</p>
  • <p>Sound of Music Sumter Theatre. April 1967</p>
  • <p>1989 photo credit Akron Beacon Journal. Via Bethanie Phillips‎.</p> <p>Photograph showing the closed movie theater in Summit Mall in Akron, Ohio. The theater opened in October 1965 and closed in July 1989, due to competition from new multi-screen movie complexes. The sign on the marquee salutes a former manager.</p>
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  • <p>Frame 2 from fragment of interstitial reel (Matt Spero collection).</p>
  • <p>Frame 1 from fragment of interstitial reel (Matt Spero collection).</p>
  • <p>November 2002</p>
  • <p>November 2002</p>