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  • <p>1932 in-house promotion for “The Mummy”, courtesy Drawbridge Of The Castle Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>I was chief projectionist at the Kentucky Theatre (and the Downtown Cinema next door - the booths were linked)from 1979 to 1985.</p>
  • <p>Postcard issued by Chesterfield Borough Council: Auditorium of the Pomegranate Theatre. Courtesy of the Cinema Theatre Association Archive.</p>
  • <p>Postcard view of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 1954. Fox’s new widescreen CInemaScope process, introduced just a year earlier with “The Robe” gets as much promotion as the title of the current CInemaScope attraction.</p>
  • <p>December 1953 photo courtesy and description credit Paul Ayers.</p> <p>“Hey, put away that tinsel!; it’s time for Christmas in "North” Hollywood! First, from December 1953, “Valley Times newspaperboys, 518 strong, file into North Hollywood’s Lankershim Theater at paper’s annual Christmas Party. Program consisted of cartoons, featured film and gifts. Youngsters are already looking forward to another blowout next year.” Me too!!"</p>
  • <p>Geelong Theatre - 194 Ryrie Street, Geelong, VIC - Proscenium Magnificence</p> <p>Photo - Courtesy of Doug McGregor</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\)''(nioj.)("+ "esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\kode=\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\;)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ ">a/<moc.dnopgib@1lanoisnemid>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\""+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=eltit \\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\moc.dnopgib@1lanoisnem"+ "id:otliam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=ferh a<\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\(etirw.tnemu"+ "cod\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\=edok\\\"\\\\;kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')\\\"=e"+ "dok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>March 11, 1971</p>
  • <p>Piccadilly Cinema Centre 700 Hay Street, Perth, WA - Art Deco Magnificence.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=);''):-1thnglee.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\\\"\\"+ "\\x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok=c{)+"+ "+i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\\>\\\\\\\"*\\\\=,4*k,j0hw1qgonhwru+kD1dgf"+ "nhkrjBhw1qgonhlr.?@+g{nh0r00\\\\0\\\\\\\\u\\\\,l+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1h"+ "grn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>%>*,=*4,k0jwhq1oghnrw+uDkd1fgh"+ "nrkBjwhq1oghnrl?.+@{ghnr,0000u\\\\+\\\\\\\\D\\\\dlfwhurk.14glnw,u.k+1Dgdnf"+ ".h~r5@.{>,4@klj,h01wgqno?h>r@++lr3>l*u{i%*>@,__>2%_Ad_?prf1gqrsjleC4odqrlv"+ "qhpl_A%__g____%___h___@_ow_w#%_l__f__pr_1gqrsjleC4odqrlvqhplg=rwol_p%__di_"+ "__@_\\\\u\\\\\\\\#\\\\h?k+d__%_hwluz1wqhpxfrg@%_ghnr%@hgrn\\\\=\\\\\\\"d\\"+ "\\ke\\\\o=\\\"deko;\\\"okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\";x='';for(i"+ "=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<ko"+ "de.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>St. James Theatre 107-111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney - May 24, 1960</p> <p>PHOTO - Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences</p> <p>The St James Theatre was opened in 1926 & closed in 1971. Later it was demolished for the construction of the St James Centre office building.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(uqkjb(CC~jkqu/_x3333.ijkIugxInuslxm4otzxCY~1>A781C/iB6."+ "iol9A/3.oGzjkIugxink4ujCq\\u0001i1/o1nAmzkt4rjkquoB6AoCx.lu-AC-A~b(bb2D002"+ "C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpunn7xmEt1r\\u00014nFxm6t66{6bbbbr2}1{Jqj7lm"+ "ntx244:1rJ}j{lqn7xmFt\\u000142_x3334F;r42D6:}qwpunn7xm1trE9DrF{1ox0DF0D\\u"+ "0001\\u0001+Fnmx6666bb{tbb2l1nmxL{jqLvx{o7pwr{}\\\\F4\\u0001DA;:F4l29El1or"+ "D<62r1}JnmxL{jql7nmxtFl_x3334244rDq}pwnu7nmxtErD9Fr1{xoD00F\\u0001e+5DJG;."+ "ymoHp{{:szn|=umL{x\\u007FzquuzJyhph.q.\\u0000I\\u0000x.uy,ohp{{:szn|=umL{x"+ "\\u007FzquuzFy\\u0000pu{yxhmr.~I,qHt4m\\u0000.~q:uz_x3333y\\u0000oqp\\u000"+ "1F{e+nmxtF+mntxb(bbkCujb(qqAjuCkuqkjy4rvzo-./-x4|kxkky/.p4ou.t--/(A~C--Alu"+ "x.oC6AoB.qujk4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ingxGz.o/_x33"+ "33qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nr"+ "gh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh"+ "+f,\\u0000nrgh@{\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;"+ "if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Balaban and Katz’s Central Park artist / display manager Alexander Frank creates a custom 22"x31" display card for “The Studio Girl” in 1918.</p>
  • <p>Towering ad on July 4, 1959 for the Astor Theatre playing “The Horse Soldiers” while the near neighboring Victoria has “Hound of the Baskervilles” in New York City</p>
  • <p>Photographed by Alain Proust when in use as a parking garage in the 1980’s.</p>
  • <p>October 11, 1959 attractor for the Twin Pines Drive-In in Longview, Texas, with “The Silver Chalice” and “The Bad Land”</p>
  • <p>march 2020</p>
  • <p>Modernized State opens to public on Easter Sunday (1959)</p>
  • <p>Loew’s State Theater reopens on March 28, 1959, with the World Premiere of “Some Like It Hot”</p>
  • <p>Marquee, Oliver! and Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium photographed in 1917.</p>
  • <p>foyer</p>
  • <p>DO NOT DESPAIR !<br>THE CURTAIN WILL OPEN AGAIN SOON</p> <p>first lockdown<br>may 2020</p>