Things No Longer Found In Movie Theaters!

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1. 6:33 these would be great for today

2. I miss lobby cards. If you asked, they gave them to you for free. I remember having a complete collection of the Snow White ones growing up. Wish I still had them. And instead of Cry Rooms, how about an "A-holes on Cell Phones" room?

3. Rhetty: One correction regarding projection: In the mid 40s IIRC movie theatres used two projectors, with one in operation while the 2nd was prepared with the next reel. As the active reel was nearing the end, the projectionist watched the upper right corner of the screen for a cue to switch to the 2nd projector. There were two cues (usually a white dot large enough to be seen but not intrusive flashed on): the first to get set, the second a few seconds later was the "go" cue to switch projectors. This was usually done using a horizontal linkage that you pushed toward the ready projector. It switched on the current to the ready and switched the running one off.

4. ❤ OMG what memories!!!

5. We had two of those classic type movie theaters in our fairly small town in Indiana. I remember seeing "Thunderball," "The Sound of Music," "The Odd Couple," and later "Blazing Saddles" in one. The other was mostly used for live theater performances, but they also screened "2001: A Space Odyssey" the year it came out. I miss that kind of experience in movie theaters.

6. LOL in the 60s you sat in the balcony if you wanted to smoke or make out…there was always a gray haze up there

7. There is still a drive in near me

8. Omg those cry rooms seemed AMAZING!!!!!

9. My fondest memory of my college years was the local "arthouse" theater that would show foreign films and American classics without commercials. Pre-home-media It was the only place to see "Z," "Belle de Jour," or "Footlight Parade." The screen had a hole in it that became as much a stape of the theater as the marquee. When the patrons smoked (legal then) the smoke would converge into a layer about half way up to the ceiling. The projection light would show right through it. Odd memories I know but it enhanced my love of movies.

10. We really regressed without cry rooms!

11. In the UK kids could go to a saturday morning matinee for free if they brought a jam jar. People got rewarded for recycling back then

12. Anurse on duty would be great . They need those today.😊

13. I miss the old theaters
    Especially those with curtains. Those were special.

14. We need to bring cry rooms back for all those babies and bottle warmerswould be great along with a way to warm up baby food too.😊

15. I miss the days when the audience kept their traps shut and cell phones off. In "socio-economically challenged" areas dey be yellin and shootin at da screen

16. I remember back in the 2000s my local movie theater used a film projector for the films coming out at the time
    They also used old drive in intermission ads alongside the trailers before the film started

    I also remember screenvision was is used for ads and trivia and vice versa through a digital camera

    My local theater now has a digital camera for every film

17. In the 1960's on Saturday between kid shows, the Duncan Yo Yo experts would come out onto the stage and show off their tricks and try to get kids to buy Duncan yo yo's in the lobby.

18. There is some good movies like a beautiful day in the neighborhood staring Tom Hanks as Mr Rodgers

19. One these days good movies will be a forgotten theatre item 😂

20. I remember a Planet of the Apes marathon I went to at our local theater. The Palm Theater in Imperial Beach, Ca. There is still a Drive In theater in this town. The Palm is gone.

21. The curtain opening was always cool. No curtains anymore. And I'm only 62.

22. When I was in 1977 I treated myself to Star Wars right when it came out I got a large popcorn and a super size 40 ounce soda when some person needed to get by me, I was extra nice and stood up from my seat to give him extra room but because I was so nice I tipped my 40 ounce super size soda over I mumbled ‘ shit ‘ to myself in the whole movie, theater floor all the way down got sticky I had to go out and buy another huge soda to Wausau that popcorn down, after all that nutritious food I’m amazed I’m still alive

23. I remember seeing STAR WARS in my local hometown theater. I remember well sitting in those comfy overstuffed chairs, listening to soft music, and waiting patiently for the big velour curtains before me to slowly part- warm popcorn in my lap. Back then, going to the movies was a true event.

24. Thank goodness, those days are gone (technically, and social wise)🙄…………

25. Ice Cream lady moving up the aisles…always sold out.

26. Last time I smoked a cigarette in cinema was, i think, 2008. But that was in germany. In this cinema it was also possible to push a button and a staff member would come to your seat and you could order snacks. I think this is still possible.

27. Nowadays, when going to the movies, I see people in PJs, mostly teenaged kids. So weird to see. I guess theaters have become all about comfort. Don’t go to the Theater much anymore, as someone mentioned in an earlier comment, not too many good movies worth watching, 😢.

28. Great video. Thank you.

29. Anyone from Detroit remember the Mai Kai theater in Livonia?

30. when i was a kid, the stanchions in the bank had ashtrays on top. (stanchions are the posts that go with velvet ropes)

31. Live organ music being played on a Hammond organ prior to the movie commencing.

32. I grew up in the 1960's, I remember ashtrays in the lobbies, but not people smoking in the actual screen auditorium.

33. I remember every time I went out to dinner as a little kid.had to wear a suit

34. I remember seeing movies in the early 80s and have been lucky enough to experienced some of these things now long gone. I remember when smoking was allowed everywhere including the malls. All the way up into the early 2000s I think

35. Sneaking in. You’d pay for two tickets. One kid patron would create a distraction and the other would open the back entrance and the friends would rush in. Or if you really liked the movie (Star Wars comes to mind), you’d just stay in your seat, lift your feet for the ushers to sweep the popcorn and watch it again.

36. When, I was a freshman in highschool! Had a history teacher! That said he could! Go to the movies, buy a case of beer! And a carton of cigarettes! For around 10 bucks!

37. Back in the 1970's we had a circular drive-in theatre called the Tri-Circle. It had 120 individual movie screens & the audio came thru the radio. Though not built for it, it eventually played only X-rated movies and everyone called it the "Circle Jerk" 🤣🤣 this was all well before my time but I'm a history fan!!

38. Going to the movies as a kid for 50 cents you got two movies, cartoons, newsreel and depending on the movies there could also be a live action show themed to the movies being shown. But sit back enough to be under the balcony as kids up there threw popcorn and candy down at other kids.

39. I had no idea that movie theaters were that fancy how interesting!

40. We still have the curtains and trivia at some theaters

41. CRY ROOMS…
    Available in every office building today.

42. I am a child of the 60’s and our theater had a children’s section for Saturday matinees, that was patrolled by a Matron in a white uniform who kept the kids quiet. I remember the double features and some of the B movies were really good. I saw Seance For a Sunday Afternoon at one of those double features. The theater also had a candy vending machine that had 5 cent candy like nestles crunch bars, chuckles, Junior mints, nonpareils, goobers, Dots, Ju Ju Bees and Raisinets. One of my favorites treats was a pack of ice cream bon-bons, small vanilla balls of ice cream enrobed in chocolate. I grew up in New York and I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Capitol theater. I remember the rows of seats were very long and the theater was ornately decorated in Art-Deco style. That was in 1968 and after the heyday of those theaters but you could tell that it had once been a “ palace”.

43. I remember ash trays in the arm rests of all the seats.

44. People who go to theatres these days do not think of others. I am not saying all of them, but there are enough that I don't like going anymore. Younger people run their phones while the movie is showing. Older people tend to have conversations while in the auditorium. That is what the lobby is for. If I go to people who work there, that is part of the movie that I have missed.

45. The local drive in here still has those old school speakers. Hell they been updated.
    The drive in is such a great way to see a new release with a baby and younger children too.
    It was also a life saver ie sananity saver during 2020.

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