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  • <p>Part 2 of grand opening article (1947)</p>
  • <p>Opening day ad (May 26th, 1947)</p>
  • <p>Song of the South protest. April 2, 1947. M.L. Cohen, photographer. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Image can be enlarged in below link.</p> <p>http://picturethis.museumca.org/pictures/song-south-protest</p>
  • <ol> <li>Associated Press Photo.</li> </ol>
  • <p>A photo taken before a screening in Llano Texas!</p>
  • <p>On April 23, 2020, during the height of the Covid19 crises, a sensitive message was being installed on the Garden Theatre’s marquee. The remaining 2019-20 season has been cancelled. The management wishes to come back strong for 2020-21.</p>
  • <p>The Park Royal Cinemas (identified on its marquee as the Park Royal Theatres) in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Photograph 3112.McP is courtesy of the West Vancouver Memorial Library.</p>
  • <p>After Construction Beginning In Late 1962, The Grove Drive-In Opened Its Gates June 7, 1963 With A Double Repackaging Feature: The 1958 Andy Griffith Film “No Time For Sergeants” And The 1961 Debbie Reynolds Film “The Second Time Around”, With No Selected Short Subjects.</p>
  • <p>Photo of an individual frame in an old reel of film that was used as a trailer before the films. Not sure of the year this was taken, but definitely between 1942 and 1980, because it was during the original ownership.</p>
  • <p>Photo of an individual frame in an old reel of film that was used as a trailer before the films. Not sure of the year this was taken, but definitely between 1942 and 1980, because it was during the original ownership.</p>
  • <p>Photo of an individual frame in an old reel of film that was used as a trailer before the films. Not sure of the year this was taken, but definitely between 1942 and 1980, because it was during the original ownership.</p>
  • <p>April 8th, 1966 grand opening ad as Town</p>
  • <p>May 24, 1940 photo courtesy Vintage St. Louis & Route 66 Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>View of the screen and audience from the projection booth.</p>
  • <p>The Loew’s theatre launches with “The Ugly Dachshund” as its opening 70mm film on their 60' screen and what they called a 10-channel stereo sound system on April 8, 1966.</p>
  • <p>Loew’s Troy Hills Theatre in 1966 at launch in Parsippany</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 5/16/66.</p>
  • <p>Tampa Tribune/August 1956. The new giant Britton Theatre opens on August 16, 1956 with it’s first attraction, “The First Traveling Saleslady.”</p>
  • <p>April 30th, 1942</p>
  • <p>1957 photo courtesy Diana Harris Schnell Benton.</p>
  • <p>Marquee in October, 1958</p>