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  • <p>December 1994</p>
  • <p>Closeup of the theatre</p> <p>2/2</p>
  • <p>Following the year-and-a-half run at the Palace Theatre downtown “The Sound of Music” finally opens at the drive-in for a one week run. The Dale Mabry was the only drive-in in Tampa to play the film. Ad from the Tampa Tribune dated November 21, 1968.</p>
  • <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>