Photos favorited by 50sSNIPES

  • <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\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\'=()i'jn)oe.r(vsre)e'.t'l(siepo.=ddkke\\\\o;\\"+ "\\\\\\kd\\\"=o\\\\e\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\hn%g*@+,l*mq,rh1u+yvuh,h*1"+ "w*o+vlhsr1@ggnnh_rn>g%@r%h__,__>__%___d_?Ar21pqfsglrCjoeq4ldqrpvgh_l_A____"+ "_%_______________%______@_o_lh#w_w__%___________r_1pqfsglrCjoeq4ldqrpvghrl"+ "o=dw_l_p_____%______@_h_kidu_#_?____+%w_uh1lqzpwfhgx%r__n_g>@rrhhnvgo1ws*l"+ ",+u*y1uhhh,vm+l1+r*q_*@,g%nh>rr%hnngg@1rshlv+o*w1*h,huvy+u1hr,qm*l,+\\\\*"+ "\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\x\\\\';;=o'(f=r;i<0oiekldn.te;g+h)ic+k{d=.ohercoae"+ "CtdiA-(;)f3ci0(c<=)2+;1+8Sxr=nt.irgmfhorCoaeCcd}(o)ekxd\\\\=\\\\\\\"e\\\\o"+ "=\\\\dk\\\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join(''\\\")x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do"+ ".eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnht"+ "k?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+"+ "=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.le"+ "ngth-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>
  • <p>Opened May 18, 1991 with some free preview movies.</p>
  • <p>June 30, 1989 shot of the AMC Hampden 8</p>
  • <p>As the Paramount, photo credit Bill Gabel.</p>
  • <p>Opened on February 18th, 1959</p>