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  • <p>Picture ca. 1957/1958 is courtesy of Scott Lotter</p>
  • <p>Old West-style font was pervasive in the 1970s—particularly at amusement parks and shopping centers in the southwestern United States. In addition, United Artists Theatre Circuit here mimicked industry leader at that time General Cinema Corporation’s penchant for minimalist “cinemas” signage (though GCC signs were even more generic then). UATC houses (“theatres”, “cinemas”, and “movies”), starting in 1989, were all re-branded with a single new logo that likewise dated.</p> <p>Photograph from “Chris-Town Retrospective” website (w/courtesy credit on that site: Ron Heberlee) http://www.barbarastew-art.com/christown_theater.html</p>
  • <p>Signage at the bottom of the escalator cautioned patrons not to board before purchasing tickets.</p> <p>Photograph from “Chris-Town Retrospective” website (w/courtesy credit on that site: Ron Heberlee) http://www.barbarastew-art.com/christown_theater.html</p>
  • <p>“Time After Time”; “When A Stranger Calls”; “Rocky II”; “Animal House”; “Moonraker”; “The Amityville Horror”</p> <p>Photograph from “Chris-Town Retrospective” website (w/courtesy credit on that site: Ron Heberlee) http://www.barbarastew-art.com/christown_theater.html</p>
  • <p>Night shot of the Colonial Drive-In attractor in Pleasant Hills, PA circa 1950</p>
  • <p>1960 photo via below link.</p> <p>https://paulfromalabama.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/219/</p>
  • <p>Allison marquee on the far left.</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 1/14/74.</p>
  • <p>This picture of the Beacon was taken on Feb. 2, 1963.</p>
  • <p>This was the Beacon in 1970 with its new marquee.</p>
  • <p>This was taken from the balcony in 1970, with the curtains opened all the way for CinemaScope.</p>
  • <p>This is the Beacon auditorium taken from under the balcony in 1970. The black stripe down the middle of the curtain was masking strips used to mask the screen for 1:85 to 1 pictures. They were the leading edges of the curtain.</p>
  • <p>This is the projection booth. Equipment was Super Simplex projectors, Century soundheads, and Strong Mogul carbon arc lamps.</p>
  • <p>1979 photo credit John P. Keating Jr.</p>
  • <p>Screen cap of a Kodachrome home-movie in 1952</p>
  • <p>Auditorium # 2, one of the largest.</p>
  • <p>Newsreel Theatre</p>
  • <p>Advertised on January 21st, 1938</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 10/15/49.</p>
  • <p>Photo from the Dayton Metro Library.</p>
  • <p>From 1969</p>
  • <p>Same Century projector and RCA soundhead from 1985 to 2006</p>
  • <p>Potts platter, Strong Xenon lamp, Simplex projector with DTS reader on top</p>