Photos favorited by 50sSNIPES

  • <p>1983 post Hurricane Alicia photo credit Anaka Cochran courtesy Retro Houston Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>This 1977 photo shows the sign/marquee for the Capri-70. You can also see the sign/marquee for the Capri Cinema on the lower right.</p>
  • <p>In March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic closed many theaters and this post from thenTemple’s Facebook page was a similar refrain on the marquees across the globe. The theater reopened in June of 2020.</p>
  • <p>A sign for the times as the World Theatre in Kearney posts its attractor on Facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.</p>
  • <p>1960</p>
  • <p>In downtown Newark, the town celebrates the Yankees World Series win in 1923 and the two-year old Branford Theatre hangs a banner for the Norma Talmadge film to take advantage of the promotional space</p>
  • <p>As a publicity stunt Les Davis (on top of the screen) lives in a tent on top of the Pine Drive-in movie screen in 1955.</p>
  • <p>CLOSED FOR THE DURATION (March, 2020)</p>
  • <p>1964 photo credit and courtesy of Neville Public Museum of Brown County.</p>
  • <p>December 1968 photo credit Springfield Rewind FB page.</p>
  • <p>1994 aerial showing the three Bell Tower Cinemas</p>
  • <p>Screen 1, February 2006</p>
  • <p>Jay Ward Snipe Of The Galaxy.</p>