The Brookside was one of Kansas City’s theaters that adapted its decor, at least once, for a particular movie. I very well remember that the theater turned it’s long concession behind the entrance to the auditorium into a Parisian sidewalk cafe in conjunction with the movie, Can Can. Long after that movie ended its extended run, the sidewalk cafe remained, possibly until the theater’s closing.
Another theater that did that was what is now the Alamo Drafthouse at 13th & Main. After being the RKO Missouri, it reopened in 1960 as the Empire. The entire decor was gold and blue to go along with that it opened with: Exodus. That decor remained, possibly even after the theater was carved up into several auditoriums.
The Brookside was one of Kansas City’s theaters that adapted its decor, at least once, for a particular movie. I very well remember that the theater turned it’s long concession behind the entrance to the auditorium into a Parisian sidewalk cafe in conjunction with the movie, Can Can. Long after that movie ended its extended run, the sidewalk cafe remained, possibly until the theater’s closing. Another theater that did that was what is now the Alamo Drafthouse at 13th & Main. After being the RKO Missouri, it reopened in 1960 as the Empire. The entire decor was gold and blue to go along with that it opened with: Exodus. That decor remained, possibly even after the theater was carved up into several auditoriums.