Photos favorited by 50sSNIPES

  • <p>Loew’s Troy Hills Theatre in 1966 at launch in Parsippany</p>
  • <p>Boxoffice, 5/16/66.</p>
  • <p>Tampa Tribune/August 1956. The new giant Britton Theatre opens on August 16, 1956 with it’s first attraction, “The First Traveling Saleslady.”</p>
  • <p>April 30th, 1942</p>
  • <p>1957 photo courtesy Diana Harris Schnell Benton.</p>
  • <p>Marquee in October, 1958</p>
  • <p>April 30th, 1940</p>
  • <p>One of the better kept Times Square Theatres till it’s end.</p>
  • <p>1971 re-release of “Lady and the Tramp”, via Scott Cisco.</p>
  • <p>Phorgraphed in 1985 by Tim O'Neill courtesy DavidZornig.</p>
  • <p>March 1974 photo credit Chicago’s Extinct Businesses Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>Woodfield 4 photographed in January 1987. Courtesy crane699</p>
  • <p>Barrington Square box-office. 1984. Chicago Tribune.</p>
  • <p>February, 1984. From L., Manager Paul Kalas, Matt Statsny, Robin Witlum, Debbie Hamlin, Rich Garner, Dave Iwanski.</p>
  • <p>Undated photo courtesy of Tim Booth.</p>
  • <p>As Miller Theatre, 1954 photo credit Don Peasley Photo Collection. Courtesy McHenry County Historical Society.</p>
  • <p>November 14th, 1991</p>
  • <p>November 11th, 1982</p>
  • <p>Grand Theatre 164-168 Murray Street, Perth, WA closes & becomes a Pizza Showtime Theatre Restaurant.</p> <p>The Grand Theatre ultimately closed in December 1982 following the opening of Cinema City nearby. For a time the building became a Pizza Showtime Theatre Restaurant, but was regrettably demolished in 1990 – (The illustration shows the use of coin tokens during that period) – Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\")''n(oi.j()"+ "seerev.r')('itpl.sdekoe=od;kk\\\"\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\document.write\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\\\\\f\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@ai1pbng.ood\\\\\\\\c\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\i\\\\\\\\lt=t\\\\\\\\e\\\"\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\m>niienslo@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\\\\\/"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\);\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;"+ ")+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcrat"+ "Ak(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse("+ ").join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>A kind of odd promo for the Walter Lantz cartune “Cow Cow Boogie” features a live calf outside the Palace Theater.</p>
  • <p>1942 ad for the Boise playing “Down in San Diego” and using Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker to draw eyeballs.</p>
  • <p>Opened May 18, 1991 with some free preview movies.</p>