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  • <p>Auditorium towards stage</p>
  • <p>For the World Premiere of “The Life of Riley,” the RKO Grand replaces its own name on March 5, 1949 as it’s Life of Riley Week and star William Bendix hams it up a bit just prior to showtime.</p>
  • <p>The Burford Theatre Launched September 15, 1924 with “The Perfect Flapper”</p>
  • <p>Auditorium photo courtesy Rhea Foster‎.</p>
  • <p>Opening night at the Eastman and the orchestra is ready circa 1922.</p>
  • <p>September 4th, 1947</p>
  • <p>The Platte Theatre moved to 146 E. Main Street as the New Platte Theatre launching on July 1, 1949 with Arthur Franz in “Red Stallion in the Rockie</p>
  • <p>“At the Orpheus Theatre some years ago.”</p> <p>“Captain Cody and the ‘Still Alarm’”</p> <p>Date: 1926</p> <p>Reference no.: Tom Connors Nova Scotia Archives accession 1987-218 no. 635</p>
  • <p>Auditorium of the Minnesota Theatre at its opening.</p>
  • <p>Columbia Pictures told Radio City Theatre staff that the movie “Picnic” was so good that they had better dress the park. Here, projectionist Bill Murphy dons a suit for the first time in his 35-year career.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium viewed from balcony, June 2005</p>
  • <p>Auditorium, June 2005</p>
  • <p>1959 photo courtesy Marian Lynne Kirchner-Rohan.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium photo courtesy Marian Lynne Kirchner-Rohan‎.</p>
  • <p>1928 photo credit Dan McCoy. Copy courtesy of the Majestic Park Facebook page. Projectionists at The Majestic Theatre on Main Street in downtown Johnson City in 1928, from left, Harry Crowe, Paul Booth and James Bailey. “The Majestic opened as a vaudeville theater in 1902 before becoming a motion picture theater in the mid-1920’s.”</p>
  • <p>Image and copy courtesy of the Majestic Park Facebook page. “The Majestic Theater stage glows from the soft lighting in between shows.” This was a quote and one more picture that was taken out of the Johnson City Press dated August 15th, 1993 about it’s demolition.</p>
  • <p>The Paris lobby has a touch of France</p>
  • <p>The interior of the former Comet turned Paris Art Cinema in 1962</p>
  • <p>1990 image credit Daily News-Record.</p>