Monstrous Marquees

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                  Conan the Destroyer  &  The Last Starfighter - Rivoli - New York State, New York - 1984

The Last Starfighter......classic. Conan the Destroyer,  not so much.

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            Jaws - Pix - Los Angeles, California - 1975 - A - By Day



                                 Jaws - Pix - Los Angeles, California - 1975 - B - By Night


The little Pix Theater was the "Exclusive Area Engagement" premier for Jaws.  If you are wondering where the crowds are, the night scene has a "This Performance SOLD OUT" sign by the ticket booth.

           Performances continuing until 4 A.M.

[Mike Scott]

They sure don't dress up the theater fronts like they did in the old days.

[marsattacks666]

They sure don't dress up the theater fronts like they did in the old days.

Nope.

[Haunted hearse]

                  Conan the Destroyer  &  The Last Starfighter - Rivoli - New York State, New York - 1984

Fascinating theater. It opened in December 1917, and was demolished in 1987. What a shame. It is a fascinating piece of architecture.

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                                           Bride of Frankenstein - Grand - Perth, Australia - 1935

They loved Frankenstein and the little lady in Australia.

[Mike Scott]

loved Frankenstein and the little lady in Australia.

Those posters would be worth a mint!

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                                           Bride of Frankenstein - Grand - Perth, Australia - 1935

They loved Frankenstein and the little lady in Australia.

I want to be transported a see Frankenstein for the first time at this theater.

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I want to be transported a see Frankenstein for the first time at this theater.

And all those posters would be in glorious color!

[marsattacks666]

And all those posters would be in glorious color!

Oh, indeed.

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                                 Phantom of the Opera, The - Alhambra - Torrington, Connecticut - 1925

I wonder how many patrons dreamed about the face they saw exposed later that night?

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                                   Phantom of the Opera, The - Capitol - Montreal, Canada - 1925

I love the rolling billboards that would have advertised movies all over town.

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                         Jaws - State - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1975


It's always fun seeing the anxious faces of expectant audiences from so long ago.  I imagine that seeing a film about a rogue Great White was even more exciting to Australian audiences.

How many people could not return to the beach a year later without hearing that heartbeat music playing in the background of their imaginations?

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                         Jaws - State - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1975


It's always fun seeing the anxious faces of expectant audiences from so long ago.  I imagine that seeing a film about a rogue Great White was even more exciting to Australian audiences.

How many people could not return to the beach a year later without hearing that heartbeat music playing in the background of their imaginations?

The film JAWS was a phenomenon when it first opened in Las Vegas theaters, 1975.
For some strange reason,  it impacted people living in Vegas and their view of going in to the water. Which is very weird. Considering Lake Mead, is a lake.....duh. I guess some don't understand or are ignorant to fact of Lake Mead being a freshwater Lake.

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            Horror of Dracula & Thing That Couldn't Die, The - Brick Drive-In - Laurelton, New Jersey, 1958

I know motels and drive-ins never look great in the daylight - but, this place is just plain dismal.

(Necking teenagers probably didn't mind all that much.)