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  • <p>This announcement was handed out at the theatre weeks before they New THX sound system was installed. Unfortunately there isn’t a date marked on the sheet and I don’t remember exactly when I received it.</p>
  • <p>Colony Ad Including Debut of “Steamboat Willie”</p>
  • <p>News photo Nov. 22,1963. Original source unknown.</p>
  • <p>Sign of the times as the operator of the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff posts a supportive message on the marquee in March of 2020 after the coranvirus outbreak closed it and all other hardtop theaters.</p>
  • <p>Colorized version of the 1940 Russell Lee photo, by Imbued With Hues.</p>
  • <p>World Premiere (December 21st, 1946)</p>
  • <p>50th Anniversary of Opening (November 8th, 1973)</p>
  • <p>Colonel James Stewart returns home from the war to his hometown Indiana , Pa. - 1945</p>
  • <p>Plaza Theatre<br>107 N. Hudson Street. 1947.</p>
  • <p>May 1986</p>
  • <p>Closed by December 9th, 2023 according to its website.</p>
  • <p>Sign of the times as the Tryon Theatre’s attractor during the COVID-19 pandemic when movie theatres were shuttered in mid-March of 2020 from the theater’s Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>Designed by Transit Tees.</p>
  • <p>Royal Theatre, pre-1915.</p>
  • <p>fixed colors</p>
  • <p>1956 photo courtesy Al Doowtrop‎.</p>