Photos favorited by davidcoppock

  • <p>April 28th, 1967</p>
  • <p>Wards Cinema Port Moresby.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\");''):-1thn"+ "glee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t(rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od="+ "kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x)\\\"\\\\';)'-:t1nhlgeeo.(dAkatcr"+ "eho.?dtknhlgeeo.<d(kxie+o=}dikt)r(hA.adcke)o++(1Aiatcreho.=dxk)+={i2)+-;t1"+ "nhlgeeo.(dik0<i;r=f('o=;;'xx\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\e=od}kc)e(odrChamCro.fngriSt+="+ ";x28=1c+0)c<f(;i-3i)t(eAodrCha.cdekoc=){++;ithnglee.od<k;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\;*,+*lqmr,1h+uvyhuh,1**w+olvsh1rg@nghnr%>rnhg%"+ "@>__,%_A_2dp?frg1rqjsel4CdorqvlhqlpAg___%_______%____h@wowl_#%_____p_frg1r"+ "qjsel4Cdorqvlhqlp=gwrlopd___%____i@u\\\\\\\\#?h_k_dh_l%z+wwhux1rq%p>frgh_n"+ "ngg1@srlh+v*o1wh*h,vu+y1urhq,*m,l@+g*n%=h\\\\\\\\r\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\\\"+ "\\od=k\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').rev"+ "erse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>1961 print ad courtesy Blytheville’s Past in Pictures.</p>
  • <p>It’s the 400-space Starvue launching Oct. 4, 1949. The theater had a child’s playground and an outdoor seating area for those not wanting to view from the car.</p>
  • <p>Moxley & Moxley Theaters started the Starvue Drive-In launching with “Fury at Furnace Creek” on October 4, 1949. The Moxleys would sell out to the McCuthchens who had owned the Gem and still had the Roxy and Ritz Theaters in Blytheville.</p>
  • <p>Daytime View of Entrance (April, 2020)</p>
  • <p>It’s April 29, 1948 and the weather-delayed grand opening of the Trail Drive-In finally takes place launching with “Gunfighters.” Also included: instructions on how to use a drive-in and some money-saving advantages are stressed in a pre-launch ad at right.</p>
  • <p>Here’s the Dallas Times Herald ad for the Hampton Road Drive-In from February 23, 1962. Frank Capra’s POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES was playing that night.</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 8/4/69.</p>
  • <p>1956</p>
  • <p>The Hampton Road Drive-in launched with “Colorado Territory” on May 12, 1950. It was the second of three back-to-back-to-back openings for Leon Theatres Circuit. The Garland Road Drive-In opened on April 7th and the Denton Road Drive-in opened on June 23d.</p>
  • <p>July 4th, 1941 Grand Opening ad for the Chalk Hill and the Northwest Drive-Ins.</p>
  • <p>Two different ads for the Jefferson Drive-In. The one on the left is for the June 17, 1950 opening of the Jefferson for operator Harold Gibbons. “Captain China” was its opening feature. The ad at right is for the May 12, 1953 3D film, “Bwana Devil” making its first drive-in run in Dallas. The Jefferson made it all the way to 1990 before closing.</p>
  • <p>What was the correct spelling of this drive-in’s name? Only its marquee knew for sure. Here’s part of a page from the June 15, 1962 issue of the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. On the left, in a special two-column ad, is Sky Vue, complete with clouds in the background. On the right, in the tall one-column Westland Theatres ad, it’s the Sky View.</p> <p>Not my copyright, of course. Possibly in the public domain.</p>
  • <p>Buena Theatre owner Jay Berger, on October, 4, 1952 with the lion star Fearless Fagan making a promotional stop to promote the film, “Fearless Fagan.” A crush of young patrons try to get a look at the lion who will appear on the Buena stage.</p>
  • <p>It’s September 26, 1940 at time for the Sylvan Theatre to launch with “The Boys from Syracuse.”</p>
  • <p>April 1st, 1955</p>
  • <p>1957 print ad courtesy Ruben San-miguel.</p>
  • <p>AUG 5 1971</p>
  • <p>An ad from the opening year</p>
  • <p>This drive-in’s specialty is the &frac12; pound ‘Bulldog’ hot dog.</p>
  • <p>Radio Theatre 205 Marine Terrace, Geraldton, WA</p> <p>Geraldton Guardian and Express, 10 April 1937)</p> <p>Building the Radio Theatre #</p> <p>Radio Pictures, in the old King’s Theatre, prospered sufficiently for Alfred Wheat to decide it was time for new premises. He persuaded the trustees of the T.G.Kitching Estate (which owned the land on which both the old and new theatres stood) to include a cinema in a major development on the north-east corner of the intersection of Fitzgerald St and Marine Terrace:</p> <p>The new block of buildings with its two storied frontage, finished in plaster, presents an attractive appearance. It comprises the theatre, a service station, motor show rooms, and two shops, whilst on the upper storey there are four modern flats – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%,**+qlrm1,+hvuhyhu1,**+wlosv1hgrn@hgrn>_%nrgh@_%__rnhg_____%_"+ "_@uqkj(Cxtnm+Fmxl~vnw}7\\u0000{r}n+ej1qEn)F{eoe+jeuvxrm}vCwrrnw|uxIjr:ykwp"+ "7xxmelvee)r+u}F}ene+eee+mevGwrrnw|uxIjr:ykwp7xxmEljve8G+2DD+F\\u000100oD{x"+ "r19FrD1Extnmu7wn}p6q2:rDF42;x________33434\\u0001tFmx7nql{j}Jr1:442xtnml7j"+ "qJ{1}2r{b6666xtnm\\u0001F14Erxtnmu7wn}pHqxtnml7jqJ{1}xtnmu7wn}p6q2:0C20(D~"+ "A-CA-ul.xCoA6Bouqkjr4tkzmAn1o/1i\\u0001qCju4knixguIkjzGo.3/A9loi.6Bi/C187A"+ ">1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji.________/3x33q3juCk_____%__~{>*@>*ri+u@l>3?lrnhgo"+ "1qhwj>k.l,.f~n@gr1hkfudrFhgwDl+0,>6ilf+3?f,@.54>;.{V@uwql1juiprkFudrFhgf+"+ "\\u0000,rnhg{@_%__>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4"+ ",.nrgh1fkduDw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**"+ ",>_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.le"+ "ngth;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}k"+ "ode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Photographed in 1950 as the Embassy Theatre (courtesy Herald & Weekly Times)</p>