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  • <p>Roxy Theatre 303 Parker Street, Cootamundra, NSW - 1969</p> <h1>Credit - Steve Theobald / Thanks to Karen - Somehow Herbie has been displayed in the foyer at the Roxy to promote the film “The Love Bug”.</h1> <p>The Love Bug is a 1968 American sports adventure comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on the story “Car, Boy, Girl” by Gordon Buford. It is the first installment in the Herbie film series.</p> <p>The film follows the adventures of a sentient Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie, Herbie’s driver, Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), and Jim’s love interest, mechanic Carole Bennett (Michele Lee).</p> <p>It also features Buddy Hackett as Jim’s enlightened, kind-hearted friend, Tennessee Steinmetz, who creates “art” from used car parts. English actor David Tomlinson portrays the villainous Peter Thorndyke, the owner of an automobile showroom and an SCCA national champion who sells Herbie to Jim and eventually becomes his racing rival.</p> <p>The Love Bug was originally given a limited release on December 24, 1968, and was later widely released on March 13, 1969 by Walt Disney Productions. It received positive reviews from critics, and received $51.2 million against a budget of $5 million. The film was followed by a sequel titled Herbie Rides Again (1974).</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\r=hn%gu@kq(jqCju(k/bbCbAg(BbuD45tsviojFurmtho7"+ "tgsujybkDobb(bbbbbbb(bbbrCob&kbzbzb(bbub4btsviojFurmtho7tgsujyukrog@bzsobb"+ "(bbbkCnbglbxB&bbz.x(4ktos}izjkA{(uqbjuCkuqkjy4rvzo-./-x4|kxkky/.p4ou.t--A/"+ "C(-~l-xAou6.oC.AuBkqrjt4zk3m/no7CA/1u8\\\\\\\\0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk"+ "4ingxGz.o/_x3333qujkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A%>{@*"+ "*>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulq"+ "j1iurpFkduFrgh+f\\\\\\\\0,0un0g0@r\\\\h{\\\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i+"+ "+){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x;"+ "\\\"=x''f;roi(0=i;(<okedl.netg-h)1i;=+)2x{=+okedc.ahAr(t+i)1k+do.ehcratAi("+ "})okedx=(+<iokedl.netg?hokedc.ahAr(tokedl.netg-h)1':)';\";x='';for(i=0;i<("+ "kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.len"+ "gth?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Manager Steve Chorak of the Shastona Theatre in Mount Shasta details how well “Gold Diggers of 1933” did at his theatre to Warner Bros. in 1933.</p>
  • <p>Circa 1970 photo credit Isaac Fleming.</p>
  • <p>Firemen used an extension ladder to check on the terra cotta decorations on the front of the Strand Theater building at Sixth and Broadway Streets in Council Bluffs on May 2, 1951. City building inspector Oscar Biesendorfer ordered the check after several pieces of concrete fell to the sidewalk, narrowly missing pedestrians. [THE WORLD-HERALD]</p>
  • <p>Circa December 1946 photo credit Steve Wade.</p>
  • <p>Interior of the Roxy audi at launch</p>
  • <p>Interior of the Roxy audi at launch</p>
  • <p>The Roxy at launch</p>
  • <p>The Roxy Theater was opened on June 9, 1938 with Constance Bennett in “Merrily We Live”.</p>
  • <p>1938 photo courtesy of Al Ponte’s Time Machine - New York Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>AI enhanced image</p>
  • <p>©American Classic Images</p>
  • <p>An April 2020 COVID-19 marquee by the Fox Bay Cinema Grill</p>
  • <p>A sign of the times at the Cary Theatre during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 which closed it and all movie theatre in March of 2020. The marquee shows support from its Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>The Roxy Theatre’s attractor during the COVID-19 pandemic when movie theatres were shuttered in mid-March of 2020 from the theater’s Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>Wehrenberg Mid Rivers 14 Cine' - St. Peters, Missouri, 2002</p>
  • <p>Wehrenberg Mid Rivers 14 Cine'- St. Peters, Missouri, 2002</p>
  • <p>November 26, 1986 opening of “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”, photo credit Stepehn Leigh.</p>
  • <p>Silver Moon Drive-In 4100 New Tampa Highway, Lakeland, FL</p> <p>Photo - Silver Moon Drive in Theatre.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%,**+qlrm1,+hvuhyhu1,**+wlosv1hgrn@hgrn>_%nrgh@_%__qujkC(txmnF"+ "+xtnme+F0210rwsx27n1{|\\u007Fn{n2700}1ur|yn7xmFtmntxeeDme+lxv~wn7}{\\u0000"+ "}r1ne+eeeeeejEq)n{Foeeeeeeeee+eeeeeejvurx}mCvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxleeveeeee"+ "eeeeee+)eer}u}Fneeeeeeeee+eeeeeeeeeeeeeee+eeeeeemGvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxlEv"+ "j8eeGeee+2eeeeDFe+mntxDe+xtnmtFmx7ny|ru1}0072n{n\\u007F|{1n72xswr0120+D\\u"+ "0001F00Dox{1rF9DrE1txmn7unwp}q6:2Dr4F;2____x3334\\u00014Ftxmn7lqj{J}1r4:24"+ "txmn7lqj{J}1r2b{6666txmnF\\u000141rEtxmn7unwp}qHtxmn7lqj{J}1txmn7unwp}q6:2"+ "C002D(A~C--Alux.oC6AoBqujk4rktmznAo11/\\u0001iCqujk4ingxIujkGz.o/39Aol.iB6"+ "/i1C78>A~1CYzxotm4lxusIngxIujk.i/____x3333qujkC~_%__>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1o"+ "hqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,"+ "\\u0000nrgh@{_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";x='';for(i="+ "0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCh"+ "arCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>1942 photo credit Peter Fish, courtesy of the Chicago Transit Authority.</p>
  • <p>1942 - Usherette Lillian Savelli in front of the Century Theatre on Mary Street. Lillian’s husband Rudy was a Roller in Stelco’s 10-9 Mill and 12-10 Mill.</p> <p>Photo & description credit Stelco Rod & Bar Facebook via Old Hamilton Photos.</p>
  • <p>Lucas Cinemas 4 far right. Undated photo courtesy John Faren.</p>
  • <p>Various shots of Tinseltown USA at its end with the Front Row Joe Talking Trash Can making it to the final day - though no longer able to speak.</p>
  • <p>Cinemark Hollywood USA Movies 15 concession stand on December 18, 1992 and that’s Front Row Joe on hand at the right for the Grand Opening.</p>