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  • <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=\"oked\\\"=);''):-1thnglee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t("+ "rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od=kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\"\\"+ "\\)''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\o;udectmwni.er\\\\"+ "t\\\\\\\"(\\\\\\\\<\\\\\\\\ \\\\rafh\\\\e\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\i\\\\ta:lioedsmonai1nblg@oidpcnm.\\\\o\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"t\\\\t ei\\\\l\\\\\\\\=\\\\"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\i\\\\edsmonai1nblg@oidpcnm./o><\\\\a\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\";\\\\=)\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\edok\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eok"+ "eds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+="+ "kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.len"+ "gth-1):'');" ;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>
  • <p>June 30, 1989 shot of the AMC Hampden 8</p>
  • <p>As the Paramount, photo credit Bill Gabel.</p>
  • <p>Opened on February 18th, 1959</p>
  • <p>May 28, 1947 shot of the Major Theatre projection booth at launch in Dallas.</p>
  • <p>1958 photo credit Classic Hollywood/Los Angeles/SFV Facebook page. Has Warners and Wiltern signage.</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>On July 7, 2021, The President Arrived In Crystal Lake. Here’s A Shot Of The Raue Welcoming the President To Crystal Lake.</p>
  • <p>Plymouth Theatre marquee on the right, beneath and beyond the LIQUOR sign. Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould in “M<em>A</em>S*H”. September 1970 photo courtesy Sheboygan County Historical Research Center.</p>
  • <p>February 10, 1978</p>
  • <p>To promote cartoons at Proctor’s Theatre in New Rochelle, original Paul Terry / Terrytoons artwork is on this standee promoting animation in 1940.</p>
  • <p>The Upper Darby American Legion Post helps promote “Annapolis Farewell” playing at the Tower Theatre in 1935.</p>
  • <p>A new Mickey Mouse cartoon gets a sell-out crowd to the Fox Theatre in 1931 in Hackensack.</p>
  • <p>A seven-foot homemade standee at the Colonial Theatre in the lobby in Allentown circa 1938 for “The Old Mill,” a Mickey Mouse cartoon short.</p>
  • <p>Artist Will Wills and manager Leo Rosen of the Strand Theatre in Syracuse promote the latest Mickey Mouse cartoon and James Cagney film in 1932.</p>
  • <p>An ad as the Center Theatre in 1947 with Chaplin shorts and the Tex Avery cartoon, “Red Hot Riding Hood,” they couldn’t miss.</p>
  • <p>Lobby shot of the Stuart Theatre as its manager creates a standee for a Bugs Bunny special show in 1942. If the kids bring a carrot, they get a drawing for one of five live bunnies to be given away during the matinee.</p>