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  • <p>It’s May 15, 1987 and the General Cinema Corp. was opening another DFW theater with its Collin Creek Six across the street and down a dead end street with the Roger Corman film “Munchies,” the previous year’s “Hoosiers,” low-budgeted “Opposing Force,” the exploitation “Stepfather,” “The Chipmunk Adventure,” and “Ernest Goes to Camp.”</p>
  • <p>November 25, 1975</p>
  • <p>Quail Creek Cinema lobby area in front of Christmas decorated candy stand in 1974 the movie playing is “The Man With the Golden Gun” James Bond</p>
  • <p>Film lives on at the 99W, to the right is the booth mic for pre-show announcements.</p>
  • <p>July 10th, 1968</p>
  • <p>December 18th, 1987</p>
  • <p>I am not sure on the age of the projector but it is very cool!</p>
  • <p>Me and my fellow usher Mike sit on the roof of Seaview Square in 1987 enjoying a break from the crowds…</p>
  • <p>How many GCC Seaview Square employees does it take to change a lightbulb?</p>
  • <p>Shot of the marquee in Summer of 1987</p>
  • <p>A photo taken inside the Projection booth at the Manor on August 19th, 2012. This was the last day 35mm film ran at the Manor. On August 20th, 2012 the 35mm projectors were ripped out and new Digital projectors were installed. So after 65 years of film playing at the Manor … film is no more.</p>
  • <p>Tuesday night, 11pm, facing South</p>
  • <p>The Loews Park Central at its opening in 1977, 2,500 seats among the four auditoriums and designed to be energy efficient being designed in an era when that became important</p>
  • <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>