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;\\\"')('injo).e"+ "(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\"\\\\;oked\\\"\\\\=;\\\\\\\\'):'1)h-gten.lde"+ "kot(rAha.cdekoh?gten.ldekoi<+(=xdeko)}(iAtarche.od+k1)i+t(rAha.cdeko+={x2)"+ "+=;i1)h-gten.ldeko<(;i=0(ior;f''x=\\\\\\\\;\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\x\\\\\\\\=edok}"+ ")c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok=c{)++i;htgnel"+ ".edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\*;+,l*mq,rh1u+yvuh,h*1w*o+vlhsr1@ggnnh%rr>hn%g>@__%,A_2_pdf?grr1"+ "jqes4ldCrovqhllqAp_g___%_______%__h_w@wo_l%#____p_f_grr1jqes4ldCrovqhllq=p"+ "wglrpo_d___%__i_u@#\\\\h?k_d__h%l+zwwuh1xqrp%f>gr_hnngg@1rshlv+o*w1*h,huvy"+ "+u1hr,qm*l,+@*g%nh=r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\edok\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"\\\\k;\\\\\\\\okedk="+ "do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'=\\\"\\\\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>