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dbellis54 commented about Stage Show (1944) on Feb 9, 2026 at 9:45 am

Still swinging in the eighties, I attended a Lionel Hampton Orchestra concert at New Brunswick, New Jersey. Source: Columbus Dispatch, August 15, 1944

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dbellis54 commented about Harrison Ford--Number Four Box Office Star (1995) on Feb 2, 2026 at 4:29 pm

December 14, 1995

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dbellis54 commented about Burt Reynolds--Number One Box Office Star (1980) on Feb 1, 2026 at 1:47 am

Sally Field–Number Seven Box Office Star (1980)/Her 1st Year on the List. Source: Columbus Dispatch, September 26, 1980

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dbellis54 commented about Blacks in Cinema (1999) on Jan 28, 2026 at 6:41 pm

Adding up the number of screens in this ad you should get about 200 screens. That is an extraordinary number of screens and furthermore many of these theaters are located fairly close to each other. For example, Eastland Center 8, Consumer Sq. 14, and Pickerington 16 are a short drive off I-70 from each other. Northland 8, Easton 30, and Movies 16 at Gahanna were fairly close together from Morse Rd. Westland 8 and Georgesville Sq. 16 were not far apart from I-270. This exhibition policy began in the nineties and practically makes available to the megaplexes and multiplexes located in most large metropolitan areas the same first-run movies at the same time and date.

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dbellis54 commented about Remodeling on Jan 25, 2026 at 8:30 pm

July 17, 1948

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dbellis54 commented about John Wayne--Number Four Box Office Star (1972) on Jan 9, 2026 at 11:20 pm

Correction: John Wayne–Number One Box Office Star (1971)

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dbellis54 commented about Burt Lancaster--Number Ten Box Office Star on Jan 6, 2026 at 9:45 pm

1962

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dbellis54 commented about Angelina Jolie--Number Two Box-Office Star (2010) on Dec 7, 2025 at 3:45 pm

Johnny Depp–Number One Box-Office Star (2010)

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dbellis54 commented about Summer 2010 Movies on Dec 7, 2025 at 3:37 pm

Source: Columbus Dispatch, April 25, 2010. Mr. Hanks' only movie released in 2010 was “Toy Story 3.” So it appears that exhibitors voted for him based on his voice work on an animated film.

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dbellis54 commented about James Stewart--Number Seven Box-Office Star (1953) on Dec 7, 2025 at 2:54 pm

A feature presentation of GRIT television channel (2025).

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dbellis54 commented about World Premiere (1949) on Nov 15, 2025 at 11:39 am

According to People.com 15 actors have played Tarzan in the movies and television series: (1) Elmo Lincoln, 1918-1921/(2) Frank Merrill, !928-1929/(3) Johnny Weissmuller, 1932-12 films/ (4) Herman Brix (aka Bruce Bennett), 1935/(5) Lex Barker, 1949-four films/(6) Gordon Scott, 1955-five films/(7) Jock Mahoney, 1962 and 1963/(8) Mike Henry, 1960s-3 films/(9) Ron Ely, 1966 NBC TV series/(10) Miles O'Keefe, 1981 Bo Derek movie/(11) Christopher Lambert, 1984/(12) Wolf Larsen, 1991-1994 TV series/(13) Travis Fimmel, 2003 WB TV series/(14) Tony Goldwyn, voice for the Disney 1999 animated movie/(15) Alexander Skarsgard, 2016 film.

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dbellis54 commented about Promotion (1955)/African-American Theater on Nov 11, 2025 at 11:33 am

A clip of Todd Duncan singing “Unchained Melody” from the movie can be found on Youtube.

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dbellis54 commented about First Run at the Main Theatre (1966) on Nov 4, 2025 at 4:57 pm

April 20, 1966 opening date

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dbellis54 commented about The 1990s Black Cinema Renaissance (1992) on Nov 3, 2025 at 12:47 am

Tom Sizemore, R. I. P. (1961 - 2023)

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dbellis54 commented about Michael Madsen, R. I. P. (1957 - 2025)/Tom Sizemore, R. I. P. (1961-2023) on Nov 3, 2025 at 12:37 am

Gene Hackman, R. I. P. (1930 - 2025)

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dbellis54 commented about Loew's Broad Theatre on Nov 1, 2025 at 8:38 am

Source: BOXOFFICE, January 20, 1940

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dbellis54 commented about New Theater (1964) on Sep 27, 2025 at 10:58 pm

The Great Directors: David Swift (1964)

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dbellis54 commented about Grandview Theater and Drafthouse on Sep 22, 2025 at 6:47 pm

I checked out the theatre’s website on September 22, 2025. It mentions that an addition was constructed and the theatre now has two screens. To prove this is true, two movies are scheduled tonight at about the same time. One movie starts at 9:00pm and the other at 9:15 pm. One film is “Spinal Tap II” and the other is “The Long Walk.”

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dbellis54 commented about Promotion (1939) on Sep 13, 2025 at 4:46 pm

Years later, in the mid-1970s, former Governor John W. Bricker was the guest speaker for a class that I was enrolled in at Ohio State University.

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dbellis54 commented about New Theater Plans (1936) on Sep 1, 2025 at 1:46 pm

Correction the source is Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin

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dbellis54 commented about Dean Stockwell, RIP (1936 - 2021) on Aug 26, 2025 at 10:55 pm

Surprises: Canton, Ohio-born Peggy Ann Garner gets top billing over Randolph Scott and a rare non-Western role for Scott, after World War II. Correction: The ad year should be 1946.

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dbellis54 commented about Under Construction (1921) on Aug 20, 2025 at 4:59 pm

I used to walk past the Cinderella theatre on the way to the municipal swimming pool during the summer, back in the sixties.

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dbellis54 commented about Under Construction (1921) on Aug 20, 2025 at 4:59 pm

I used to walk past the Cinderella theatre on the way to the municipal swimming pool during the summer, back in the sixties.

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dbellis54 commented about Terence Stamp, R.I.P. (1938 - 2025) on Aug 18, 2025 at 11:55 pm

I saw Margot Kidder at a Movie Fan Convention in the Meadowlands area of Northern New Jersey back in the nineties.

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dbellis54 commented about Terence Stamp, R.I.P. (1938 - 2025) on Aug 18, 2025 at 11:35 pm

I saw Margot Kidder at a Movie Fan convention in the Meadowlands area of Northern New Jersey back in the nineties.