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  • <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>
  • <p>April 30th, 1940</p>
  • <p>One of the better kept Times Square Theatres till it’s end.</p>
  • <p>1971 re-release of “Lady and the Tramp”, via Scott Cisco.</p>
  • <p>Phorgraphed in 1985 by Tim O'Neill courtesy DavidZornig.</p>
  • <p>March 1974 photo credit Chicago’s Extinct Businesses Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>Woodfield 4 photographed in January 1987. Courtesy crane699</p>
  • <p>Barrington Square box-office. 1984. Chicago Tribune.</p>
  • <p>February, 1984. From L., Manager Paul Kalas, Matt Statsny, Robin Witlum, Debbie Hamlin, Rich Garner, Dave Iwanski.</p>
  • <p>Undated photo courtesy of Tim Booth.</p>
  • <p>As Miller Theatre, 1954 photo credit Don Peasley Photo Collection. Courtesy McHenry County Historical Society.</p>
  • <p>November 14th, 1991</p>
  • <p>November 11th, 1982</p>
  • <p>Grand Theatre 164-168 Murray Street, Perth, WA closes & becomes a Pizza Showtime Theatre Restaurant.</p> <p>The Grand Theatre ultimately closed in December 1982 following the opening of Cinema City nearby. For a time the building became a Pizza Showtime Theatre Restaurant, but was regrettably demolished in 1990 – (The illustration shows the use of coin tokens during that period) – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=')('injo).e(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\\;k\\\"do=e\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\kode\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\==dxke)o(}dcCeaoCrohfmgri.tn"+ "=rxS8+1;+2)=<c(0ic3f);(-AidtCeaocreho.=d{k+ci)h+g;et.ndlkeio0<i;r=f('o=;;'"+ "\\\\x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\*\\\\+,l*mq,r"+ "h1u+yvuh,h*1w*o+vlhsr1@ggnnh%rr>hn%g,@*_q*r+1l+mv,hhhu1y*u+,l*sw1ogvnhhrr@"+ ">g_n__r%xghfwpzql1hu_w%+____?_#_udik_h_@______%_____p_l_wd=olrhgvprqdl4qeo"+ "jCrlgsfqp1_r___________%__w_w#hl_o_@______%_______________%_____A_l_hgvprq"+ "dl4qeojCrlgsfqp12rA?_d___%__>__,__h%r@%g>nr_hnngg@1rshlv+o*w1*h,huvy+u1hr,"+ "qm*l,+@*g%nh\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\e"+ "\\\\o=\\\\d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"k\\\\;kode=kode.split('').reverse().joi"+ "n(''\\\\)\\\\\\\";\\\\=x''f;roi(0=i;(<okedl.netg-h)1i;=+)2x{=+okedc.ahAr(t"+ "+i)1k+do.ehcratAi(})okedx=(+<iokedl.netg?hokedc.ahAr(tokedl.netg-h)1':)'\\"+ "\\;=\\\"deko;\\\"okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\";x='';for(i=0;i<("+ "kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.len"+ "gth?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>A kind of odd promo for the Walter Lantz cartune “Cow Cow Boogie” features a live calf outside the Palace Theater.</p>
  • <p>1942 ad for the Boise playing “Down in San Diego” and using Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker to draw eyeballs.</p>