Vintage Cinema Marquees

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    xilef regnu Senior Member Thread Starter

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    I was watching a dvr'd episode of Columbo called "Short Fuse"and was enjoying Anne Francis' performance so I did a little googling to explore her other projects. I came across an early film of hers called "So Young So Bad" and then this picture of the marquee enticing movie goers of the era popped up, which is as lurid as I've ever seen. Anyway, after searching SHMF fruitlessly for a pre-existing thread to add to, I thought we might enjoy one featuring vintage cinema marquees...

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  8. Jason Manley

    Jason Manley Senior Member

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    This site has a ton of them.

    Cinema Treasures

    Here's one of my favorite pictures. Paramount Theatre, Memphis TN (closed in 1990).

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    That picture predates my birth by 3 years but I'm fairly certain the first movie I ever saw, Robert Altman's POPEYE, was at this very theater in 1981.
     
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    I saw this (or a similar photo) in Ken Burns' Jazz documentary and loved it. The Third Man on Times Square.

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  11. Jason Manley

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    1950 or so?
     
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    Yep. The film came out in 1949 (UK) and 1950 (US).
     
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  15. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    Also available as a poster-sized print. (A copy hangs near the door of the Red Robin restaurant in Everett, WA.)
     
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    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    IIRC, the Mayfair and DeMille were the same theatre, but changed names in the 1950s.
     
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    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    Ah, the good old days, when a single film could occupy a theatre for months -- even years -- on end, which (arguably) warranted the creation of splashy movie-specific marquees at considerable expense.
     
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    "Doctor Ack..Cula. Get it?"
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