Photos favorited by 50sSNIPES

  • <p>December 16th, 1988</p>
  • <p>Glimpse of the Movieland marquee far left in 1981. Kodachrome 64 slide, photographer unknown. Courtesy of the 70s/80s New York City Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>The Como 8 marquee located on Union Road in Cheektowaga, NY. Picture taken in March 1980 well before the mall changed it’s name.</p>
  • <p>The closest mall entrance to the Como 8 Theaters was right here on the southeast side of the building.</p>
  • <p>This is a pic of the AMC Orleans 8 Theatre, taken in the late 1990’s.</p>
  • <p>Sandell Drive-In owner John Morrow with the theatre’s new digital projector</p>
  • <p>The Car-Vu, photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34601/: accessed May 19, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Childress County Heritage Museum.</p> <p>Not my photo, of course. Uploaded as historic Fair Use. Probably public domain, but in a word, yaneverknow.</p>
  • <p>July 12th, 1946</p>
  • <p>Here I am working the booth at Sky-Vue D/I in 1978. I was 16 years old. The first reel of “Smokey and the Bandit” is running on the projector! Equipment was Century C projectors, R6 reproducers, Ashcraft Cinex Special carbon arc lamps running an 11mm trim, and Altec 287W field amplification. Those were the days…</p>
  • <p>Ben Sack’s projection booth at the Cheri at launch.</p>
  • <p>That’s Manager Tommy Fisher in the Academy booth circa 1966</p>
  • <p>South 31 Drive-In owner Sam Kantor in the booth circa 1966</p>
  • <p>Paul M. Merrill and Joe Williams in the booth in 1966</p>
  • <p>The Fox Theatre opened March 5, 1965 with Jack Lemmon in “How to Murder Your Wife” and it could play 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm</p>
  • <p>Marbro Drive-In Theatre in Chattanooga projection booth.</p>
  • <p>The Gemini Drive-In Theatre projection booth in 1965 in Dallas</p>
  • <p>Village Theatre projection booth with Norelco projectors in 1965 in Fairlawn, Ohio</p>
  • <p>Ronnie’s Drive-In projection booth in 1964 in St. Louis</p>
  • <p>Irving Mueller operates the 70mm projector at the North Drive-In in 1964</p>
  • <p>Projection booth of the Holiday Drive-In in 1964</p>
  • <p>Plainfield Edison Drive-In projection booth facing the outside screen circa 1964</p>
  • <p>The Mai-Kai Theatre booth in Livonia shown at launch on April 10, 1963.</p>
  • <p>Community Theatre booth in 1963 with Simplex projectors.</p>
  • <p>Cinema 1’s projector circa 1964 in New York City</p>