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  • <p>1943 street stunt as war bond buyers help create “Hitler’s Tomb” in front of the Loew’s Vendome Theatre in Nashville.</p>
  • <p>Oh no they didn’t! For 1939’s “Confession of a Nazi Spy,” Roxy manager E.R. Medd created a striking wrapper front for his theater but punctuated it with a Adolf Hitler impersonator and that’s E.R. Mend, himself, in uniform at the far right. Daring to say the least.</p>
  • <p>A crowd stretches around the corner for the release of “Star Wars, Episode 1” in 1999.</p>
  • <p>The IOKA had a long running tradition of showing the Wizard of Oz every year.</p>
  • <p>Dual Engagement Opened November 10th, 1953</p>
  • <p>December 21, 1946 75TH Anniversary</p> <p><A HREF = “https://www.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/107437387/fulltextPDF/5CF8F746COpening Day Ad</A></p>
  • <p>July 13, 1951</p>
  • <p>Showing Hitchcock’s The Birds</p>
  • <p>Frame from the 1986 movie, ….ABOUT LAST NIGHT; filmed in Chicago in late, 1985. The two little upstairs auditoriums were known as the Roxy and the Ritz; however, those names lasted for about a year or so after the two upstairs cinemas were opened in 1983. Plitt Theatres took over the Biograph in 1984 and eventually dropped the Roxy/Ritz names and just called the two little auditoriums #2 and #3 and, of course, the original main auditorium was known as Theatre #1. For whatever reason, Plitt left the Roxy/Ritz marquee up until Cineplex Odeon took over in 1985 and eventually got rid of the neon sign.</p>
  • <p>Majestic Theatre 29 Dee Street, Invercargill NZ - Demolished 1985</p> <p>Photo - Old Invercargill web-site</p> <p>The Albion Picture Theatre was re-named Majestic Theatre in 1928. By 1950 it was operated by the Kerridge-Odeon chain. By 1968 it was operated by the Fullers Theatres chain. It was possibly closed in the early-1980’s and was demolished in 1985.</p> <p>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\\\"\\"+ "\\exo=}dcke)o(rdhCmarC.onfrgSi+t;=2x=8c10+c)f<;(-ii3t)e(oArdhC.adckeco)=+{"+ ";+tinhlgeeo.<d;k=i(0oi;r'fx'\\\\=\\\\\\\";\\\\>,**=,40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1h"+ "grnBkwjqho1hgrn?l+.{@hgrn0000u\\\\,\\\\\\\\+\\\\Dldwfuhkr1.g4nl,w.u+kD1dgf"+ "nh.r~@5{.,>@4lk,j0hw1qgonh?r>+@l+3rl>u*i{*%@,>**q+rl1m+,vhhuhy1u*,+*lwso1v"+ "ghnrh@rg_nr%h>%n@g___>,____%__2Ap_fdg?rrj1eq4sdlrCvohqllAq_p_g__%_________"+ "______%_________h_w_w@_o#l___%__________fpg_rrj1eq4sdlrCvohqll=qwplgpr_o_d"+ "__%_________i_u_\\\#\\\\\\\\@?h_k_d__%_h_l_z+wwhux1rq%pgf__r>h_nngg1@srlh+"+ "v*o1wh*h,vu+y1urhq,*m,l@+_*h%rg@ng%nh=r\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\edok\\\"\\\\e=od\\"+ "\"kk;do=eokeds.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.char"+ "At(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>This was taken in 1990.</p>
  • <p>Yes, that, as of April 2013, is still in the IOKA projection booth.</p>
  • <p>Two classic signs from the 309 Drive-In exit in Montgomeryville.</p>
  • <p>Main Street W.OP. Looking east 1960, Loew’s Theater on the right</p>
  • <p><strong>Texas Theatre..Sweetwater Texas..1988..Vanishing Movie Theaters Collection</strong></p>
  • <p>Midland PD’s Facebook Post About The Mass Shooting Near The Cinergy Midland.</p>
  • <p>The original Moonlite DI marquee from 1955 or 1956. The picture is courtesy of Shelley Fremer and Moonlite FB page.</p>
  • <p>Loews Paradise circa 1990</p>
  • <p>Advance announcer of the - then - Globe Theatre’s transformation to widescreen\n (top) and its relaunch on November 10th, 1953 to CinemaScope (bottom)</p>