I am 49 years old and the older I get the more I realize that my grandparents had amazing things. The decorum of the 30's to the 50's were beautiful.

I wish there was still at least one usher in a theater making sure people mind their manners.

While intermissions were there in the past for the projectionist to change reels, nowadays with more movies pushing way past the 2-hour point are the norm and some are 3 hours +, it would seem like a good idea to bring back intermissions to give people a chance to go to the bathroom or get more snacks(where theaters make most of their money nowadays).

Going to the movies meant spending a few hours in an air-conditioned building that most of us didn't have at home back then.

My older brother won a set of dishes at the movie theater when he was 8 years old in 1958. He was so happy, and my mom had those dishes for years. I haven't thought of this until I saw your video. Thank you for it.

When I was a little boy (5 or 6 yrs old) the movie theatre was my baby sitter. My mother would take me in, seat me, tell me not to move, and come get me when she finished doing whatever she needed to do. I remember hearing her tell the ticket lady that she would be back for me in about an hour. She took me to western shows. She didn’t pay attention to what time the movie actually started so I usually came in somewhere in the middle. I hated when she returned to get me. Life was good.

A nurse on duty? In a movie theater? Wow that's amazing! I actually had never heard of the cry room before. It's fun to know about these things that don't exist anymore. Thanks for the educational video! 😊

I absolutely love this new entry. I grew up during the 1960s and the Oasis Theatre was one block from our apartment in Queens, NY. It was a grand, Egyptian-themed theatre with a large downstairs lobby where the restrooms were located. I still remember walking in late to a movie and hanging around for the movie to restart and stay until I caught the first part missed. Mom and Dad would tell me about how grand it was in their day. Today's movie experience pales by comparison.

I remember the very large and wide screens that don't exist anymore. Cinerama, Todd-A-O, and other super wide formats were a treat. Some of the movie screens from about 1950 - 1970 were gigantic.

I loved automatically clapping for a film when it was over,….we were so appreciative of the experience of going to THE MOVIES!! 😊❤

After a long time watching movies, you left the theater to find night had fallen and your mind still thinking about the movie you just saw, it really transported you to a fantasy place so snapping back to reality really took me a few minutes.

As a child of the 50s, this brings back great memories, thank you. When I was about 10 my friends and I were allowed to walk a couple blocks to our local small town theater. Ours was the Martin Theater, a chain pretty much in Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Our average size theater had hard backed chairs with cushioned auto-fold seats. The screen did have the huge velvet curtain, and what a thrill when curtains would open! I remember the serial Buck Rogers, and classic cartoons of Woody Woodpecker, Road Runner, Elmer Fudd was my favorite character. Cost for children for feature films was 15 cents, a quarter for adults! The crying room, oh yes, I have faint memory of sitting in that room with my Mom. Milk Duds! When we finished the box we would blow through open end for a sound effect. In summertime we would go barefoot everywhere, so I well remember the sticky theater floors from spilled cokes. On Saturday mornings the price of admission was an empty bag of Golden Flake potato chips...next door to theater was a drug store that sold small bags for 5 cents; we would buy a bag and either gulp the chips down or empty them in nearest trash can and then present the bag at window for entry. Lastly, we never ever referred to our local theater as a "theater," it was always the "picture show."

I miss the days of these classic theaters! Not just the beauty of the buildings themselves, but the whole deal--- The lights outside, two main attractions with a wonderful intermission that included coming attractions and a cartoon or two. Yes, even smoking in the theater. In high school Friday and Saturday nights were the busiest nights, of course. The concession counter had the best hot buttered (real butter) popcorn, fountain sodas, several types of candy and at the Palm Theater, they sold ice cream bon-bons --- little scoops of ice cream dipped in chocolate.

Being born in the 60's many of the really fancy theatres were already gone, but I did get to experience a few. Even as a kid I realized how majestic these old theatres were compared to the new plainer ones that were replacing them. The old velour seats, molded ceilings and velvet curtains were really something. One of the old theatres in the town I grew up in had box seats along the side wall, I seem to remember hearing that it had a stage for old vaudeville shows, plays and opera before it became a movie theatre. When you showed that slide about coming to the lobby to get a treat, the song immediately popped into my head and I started to sing it. Thanks for another walk down memory lane.

Thank you for a great video! I spent 40 years working in movie theatres. I started as a relief concession attendant the concession attendant then projectionist then manager and was manager of the year for one of the largest theatre companies in America. During my four decades I saw countless changes. I remember the days of people dressing up to go to the movies and were respectful of others by being quiet to a very self centered public who usually dressed down and could care less if their talking or cel phone bothered others. I remember the majestic waterfall curtains would rise and a hush fell over the audience in anticipation. Back in the day what are now known as "previews of coming attractions" were called trailers because they played after the movie ended. The two greatest threats to theatres today are greed and home entertainment. Greed has two parts, the movie stars and the theatre owners. I remember when Burt Reynolds received a five million dollar contract to star in a movie everyone thought it was kinda cool but they didn't stop to think how that would effect ticket and concession prices. Couple that with the greed on the part of the owners which caused them to build simple square auditoriums without screen curtains and their total lack of respect for their theatre managers and staff by not paying them fair wage and understaffing theatres which caused the public to take out their frustrations on the theatre manager and staff. Home entertainment is the second great threat to theatres. With the elaborate home entertainment equipment, streaming services and how quick movies can be played at home more and more people simply wait. Back in the day people ate at home and went out for their entertainment. There was a theatre in almost every town and very few restaurants but notice now how few theatres there are and how many restaurants. Yet in my humble opinion greed on the part of the movie stars and theatre owners is the greatest threat to the survival of theatres! I truly enjoyed your video for it brought back many fond memories. Mike

I live in a town that still has an old fashioned theater! It was wearing down a bit in the 90s. But someone bought it an refurbished it. It’s lovely! It has an actual stage, so they also host live performances. What a treasure to have! And yes! It has the red velvet curtains!

The movie theaters were much more elegant then and I liked outdoor ticket booths. I miss the old fashioned drive in movies too.its a shame they are mostly all gone.

The very first movie I ever saw on the big screen was "Escape from New York" back in 1981 when I was 5 years old at a little local neighborhood theater in St. Louis. A few years back I had the chance to drive through my old neighborhood and saw that the theater was now a pawn shop, which broke my heart a little bit, but it was good to see the original building still intact and bustling with activity.

I remember that feeling when your parents let you go to the movies with your friends for the first time by yourselves! We felt so grown up!! Though they still wouldn’t let us buy popcorn- jiffy pop from home stuffed in our coats!😊

There’s still a theater in Des Moines that is like the theater you described at the very beginning called the Varsity Theater. It’s a historical landmark and can’t be torn down and they play a range of new films and old films. I’ve been to it and it’s pretty cool. Thanks for the video man, have a great weekend!

In the 1980s and even early 1990s I remember one of our local theaters still had the majestic red curtains with gold braid that would rise when it was showtime. I can hardly believe that was during my lifetime. Pretty cool.

I was born in 75, but lucky enough to witness the very end of - what would be then - "modern" ushers and the Capitol and Lyric theatres in my hometown of Kitchener, Canada. Absolutely gorgeous structures. From the marquee to the ticket booth to the lavish elongated lobby to the elegant concession stand and straight into the plush, single theatre. Sadly, the Capitol is long gone, and the Lyric, which I coincidentally was a bouncer during university, has been a night club for many years now. The interior elevated that club. The music however.....

There were three theaters in downtown Cedar Rapids, IA when I was growing up. The Iowa, The Paramount and The World Theaters. They were beautiful. The World Theater had the biggest crystal chandelier I think I've ever seen.

My first job was at the concession stand at our town's first multiplex- 4 screens! It was 1979 and the best part was all the popcorn and soda you wanted as long as you brought your own cup/bowl. When you buy it at the theater, you're paying for the containers. Also, 1979 had some great and not-so-great movies, but I could watch them all, though maybe not in continuous sessions. (Americathon, anyone?) But, It was great as a first job!

Movie theaters didn't have a break when the projectionist had to put on a new reel (the film only stopped if it broke or some other accident). The projection room had 2 projectors. As one ran the other had the next reel all set up. At the end of a reel (each about 20 min) the projectionist would see a small round "hole" (or white small circle) in the upper right had corner to tell him to get ready to switch on the other projector. The white circle would flash, then a few more seconds, the second circle would flash and the other projector would start, so there would be no interruption in the film.

After seeing most movies at the drive-in or the newer multiplex, I saw The Empire Strikes Back at the old single screen theater and what I remember most was how soft and comfortable the seats were.

I remember going to a downtown movie theater in the early 60's when I was a kid. The theater had a balcony and it was much fancier then the little cubby holes they call theaters now. I even remember the name of the movie I saw, it was "How the West was Won'. I even remember the first movie I saw at a drive in when I was 5 years old, it was 'The Ten Commandments' at the Custer Drive In in Monroe, Michigan, those were the days.

Having worked in theatres years ago, I miss hearing the whirring of the projector while the film plays, now that digital presentations are the norm.

Rhett, I really enjoyed this feature about things that no longer exist in movie theaters. I remember some of the things you mentioned in your video, but some I didn't know about. I never heard about the "cry room," and smoking in the theater. Great presentation and photos, too. Have a fantastic holiday weekend. Take care 🐎

It’s weird, but I miss standing in long lines to see all of the summer blockbusters!! But, those glory days ended 20-years ago…

Thank you for this sweet look back!!! I remember walking from the school to the movie theater as a class to see "Romeo and Juliet". This channel makes me smile 😊

People on their best behavior? Never heard of it. 😅 We really need to bring back ushers.

II grew up in the 70's-late 80's. I turned 21 in 1989 And I remember going to the next town over that had refurbished an old theatre in the late 90's to 2000's. When I was a kid it was the "Dollar Theatre" As a teen in the from 1982-1988 we saw plenty of movies that were only 1 week old for one dollar, popcorn was $1.50 for the giant tub, same for a Largest coke, and a bag of candy- came out to 4 dollars and 1 dollar for the film so we didn't need to carry more than 10 dollars per person to see a movie and stuff are selves a few more bucks and we'd get nachos and hotdogs if we didn't eat dinner lol now I that would cost you about 50 bucks per person. thanks for these videosnd 80's good memoies

I remember in 1982 when "Annie" first premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, they did the unthinkable! They did a single showing only (NO double feature!!) and the raised the ticket price from the standard $2.50 to a whopping $5 a ticket! This was a huge gamble to see what would happen and....it worked! People PAID the new $5 ticket price to see a single movie only! After that, all the major theaters (AMC, Pacific, Edwards, etc) followed suite and raised their prices to match and started showing a single movie! :(

I'm from a younger generation, but I remember my dad telling me about how going to cinema used to be. I agree it's a lot less fun these days, especially with the 30 minutes of ads that play right as the movie is supposed to start--you basically have no escape from it! I've known people who've had their experiences ruined by rowdy kids too, cry rooms should make a comeback. I made it a point to dress nicely when I went to the cinema too. I've only been to the movies 3 times and haven't gone back since the pandemic, mostly due to ticket prices and the fact that most movies just don't interest me these days. I really did enjoy going to the cinema despite these setbacks though and I wish those fancy old theatre settings would make a comeback. They look so elegant!

Yes Rhett, we always looked forward to Saturday night. Always bought a chocolate ice. We always put our best clothes on . Hope you Sarah & family are well love from Africa ❤️ 🌍

Awesome upload as always the Tampa theater is amazing my wife and I try and go there at least once a month and I got to say I wish there were still more older theaters around they have a lot of history

Thank you Rhett for yet another marvellous video ❤ The poster of Raquel Welch at 03:30 is the same that Andy Dufresne uses to cover his escape hole in the epic movie ″The Shawshank Redemption″

You picked another great topics. Darn I'm old. Enjoyable memories as you usually do for us. Thank you my friend as another warm memory relive. Your great. Keep on, your the best...

The Princess Theatre in Edmonton has long had a cry room. The main thing missing from movie theatres today is good movies, about people, made for adult audiences.

My Dad used to tell us how he went to the movies on Saturday for just a dime. The WHOLE day! This was great video that brought fond memories.

I remember it always being freezing cold in the theater. I remember ushers but not smoking in theater. I miss the Drive thru!! This was awesome, as always. Thank you and Happy Easter 🐰😊

T-E-R-R-I-F-I-C !! Just came across your channel. It is outstanding. Even though from that time, I learned new things of which previously I was unaware. I recall the ladies dressing to-the-nines just to go shopping! Now 'going casual' has morphed to slobbery with all the rest that goes with it -- ha! I cannot help but to subscribe +, so impressed and grateful as I am.

My mom used to take me to dusk to dawn creature features at the drive-in when I was a kid and I have the best memories of seeing some awesome horror movies on the big screen. We'd get pizza or burgers from the concession stand and I'd sit on the hood of the car and have a picnic while watching the movies. My mom would bring a book to read and she would give me the speaker so I could hear. Wonderful childhood memories. I miss those days.

My children find it hard to believe when I tell them that most movie theaters were stand-alone buildings-no multiplex theaters; and you could also come in at any point during the movie, stay over and then watch the movie from the beginning. Theaters also would show cartoons before the main feature. Fortunately, there is still one grand movie theater in Georgia-the Fox Theater. It’s mainly used for stage productions, but every now and again, they will show a movie. It’s an Atlanta landmark and is absolutely beautiful. It survived many attempts from developers to be demolished.

Sometimes theaters had multiple projectors set up to reduce reel changes. This was later replaced by the platter system where the employees hooked all the reels together as one long reel (different orientation) and then you just setup from the new location to repeat the process (if I remember right I haven't used one since the early 90s).

I instantly recognized the 2nd and 3rd shots you used of the “cry rooms”. I grew up just south of the theater in Houghton Lake, Michigan, called The Pines, where that is from. The theater and its cry room are still there. It’s kind of a local landmark, built with logs like a huge log cabin. It has lots of taxidermy in the lobby, and a very northern decor with things like show shoes and fishing poles on the side walls of the theater itself. It was actually designed by the same person who designed the famous and much bigger and more elaborate Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit. Although I do prefer the clearer, bigger screens of today, as well as the much better digital surround sound, for the most part I miss everything else that movie theaters used to be. The beautiful decor, no ads beforehand with constant noise, no rumbling seats, ushers, people dressing a little nicer, the beautiful marquees, and just that magic feeling they used to have.

I love the intermission cartoons, they hold a special place in my heart. I wasn't alive during the days of the drive in or these old style theatres. Luckily I have a drive in theatre about an hour from me. Sadly, I never got to experience the speakers on our car, but we do utilize portable radio. I fully support bringing back ushers and cry rooms! Great video as always sir, such respect and admiration for old cinema. I love being able to experience some of it with my kids now too!

Wow! Can you imagine people smoking in a movie theater. As a child my parents mostly they took us to drive in theaters. It was a lot of fun and my parents definitely smoked there . Ha!!

In my home town we had an old theatre like this. Liberty Theatre. One screen only. Back in the 80’s it was $1 for a ticket. They would show “new release” movies after they were being phased out of the big theatres. From what I understand it’s still in operation today. Back when Dances With Wolves came out I saw it about 5 times in that theatre. They would even do intermissions during the film and we would go out to the lobby for tea sandwiches and drinks. I miss that theatre.

I miss these kind of theaters. The Arlington theater in Indianapolis was the the first one that came to mind. The drive-in is also has the best memory of my youngest sister. Bambi was looking for his mother and went he yelled MOTHER she did too. Lol while sitting on the tailgate of our station wagon. She was 2 by the.

Also no longer found in movie theaters: good movies

Unbelievable what this world has become! Makes you want to go back in time...

Great subject mate!

I remember in a few theaters in my area, they would have a pianist play down at the front of the theater near the stage. Theaters were a LOT bigger and you could choose your own seat once you got inside instead of have to pick the seat when you buy the ticket. Remember "Sensuround"? The 3 movies I remember with this feature were "Earthquake, Midway, and Rollercoaster ". Then certain movies were shown in 70mm stereophonic sound ( maybe it was quadrophonic sound). The 60's and 70's were some of the greatest times for movies.

The change from double features to a single movie occurred in the mid 60's. Double feature movies ran around 60 to 70 minutes, when they changed to single movie format, the running time was 90 minutes minimum. Of course, prior to the change there were "special " movies like Ben Hur, or Ten Commandments that were usually single movie events.

I remember a lot of these things. Double features were great. Especially when I was a kid in the 60’s.

I wish I could go back in time to a ritzy theater 😂

I grew up in the suburbs of S Ontario Canada. There was a big drive-in theatre right next door. It was the early 70s and people were a lot ruder than decades before. Every night all the customers would honk their horns while impatiently waiting for the double feature to start. But I got used to it. I would sit on the roof of my house and tune into AM 640 on my 6 million dollar man radio. The drive-in is long gone but I retain good memories...

My mom and some of her homegirls still managed to sneak in the theater during the 70s 😂

This was great Rhett, absolutely loved 🥰 it. I haven’t been for many years, it’s just not the same. I miss the ushers helping you to your seat and the intervals to take a break ,but what I miss more: is when people did what they were supposed to do and just shut up and watch the movie. Thanks Rhett ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺

Memories...!

The Columbo episode "Forgotten Lady" includes a very good description of what happens behind the scenes as a projectionist. Most reels came in at around 20 minutes, meaning that a 10-minute intermission was half the reel-change time that they usually had to rewind and spool up the next reel. I've been at a film where they accidentally ran the reels out-of-order. Oops!

You forgot one other popular feature of old theaters. The cinema organist. In the fancier theaters a pipe organist would entertain the audience before the movies and coming attractions would play. The organ would rise up in front of the main stage and disappear before the screening. We still have one here at our downtown Ohio Theater. We have another multiplex cinema downtown that not only still projects analog film, they even have a 70mm film projector for special screening of Panavision 70mm prints.

Interesting video Rhetty. Had never heard of cry rooms before. Elvis Presley actually worked as a usher at the movies before he became famous. Our old movie theater in my hometown is still standing from the 1920s. It's not a movie theater anymore but the outside looks the same but inside it's a 2 story office building. I know some lawyers have offices up there. I think that it quit being a movie theater sometime in the late 1970s.

If you've never been to an Alamo Draft House, go. It's far more of an old school experience. Hundreds of beers available, good food that they serve to you right in your seat, and ZERO tolerance for talking and cell phone use. Pull your cell phone out and you're GONE, no warnings. They escort you right out. Plus, they're always doing really cool promos, like showing every movie that came out in the summer 30 years ago, or doing Universal monster weeks. They even play recordings of those who have been kicked out of the theater and have called in to complain before every show, and remind you to not be like them. I really wish every theater was like that.

This is one of the best part of growing up! I love & miss the theater experience! In LA I went to the Egyptian Theater, & it was Grand! Loved it . Great Job Rhetty!

Loved this, Rhett. My parents would drop off my brothers and I every Sat. morning at Lakeside theater and would pick us up in time for dinner. $1.00 would get us in, buy us a hot dog, popcorn, candy or coke and we would be set for the double feature. In 1961, Gone With The Wind was rereleased and it was a big production to get to go to see it. My grandparents took me and we dressed up in our best. My grandfather wore a suit, my grandmother had her best jewelry on and I wore my best Sunday dress. It was an occasion, looked like a Hollywood Premier right here in OKC. I really enjoyed walking down this memory lane!

Very interesting video. I didn't know about cry rooms. I went to theaters way back in the 80's when I was a teenager because it was one of the few things to do in a small town on a Friday or Saturday night. Now that I'm old I won't step foot into a movie theater because I really can't stand crowds and I get very uncomfortable watching a long movie even in comfortable chairs. I've come to the conclusion that the old days were really the best times because I think everything was simpler and our brains weren't submerged in information overload.

Still have a drive in theater in Muskegon,MI

When you talked about how people dressed, it made me think about something I'd been told about how people's behavior can be affected by what they wear: better dressed usually leads to better behavior and a better sense of importance - one reason lowly positions like usher/bellhop/doorman have such fancy uniforms. I'm all for expressing yourself through clothing and being comfortable, but wax nostalgic for the days of more formal dresswear. In the late 70s/early 80s going to a cheap movie after church was the best treat, and sometimes there would even be a triple feature for 99 cents!

I can remember going to the movies in the mid 70's (??) and seeing, for the very first time, a car commercial right in the middle of the coming attractions!! I'll never forget it! Everyone in the theater BOO'd and JEER'd! Some even threw their popcorn at the screen! A TV commercial!!?? At the movies?! Unheard of! Impossible!! Many complained, but that was the start and you know the rest.........

In my 60s and 70s experience there were often different prices for seating. Some had loge seating or a balcony for example. In my local theater the front rows were cheapest, hard seats, not much padding. For a little more you could get a cushier seat that rocked a little bit. Much more comfortable.

Late 1960s early 1970s, my friends and I would go to the theater, pay 75 cents, watch the cartoon, then the first feature and then the second feature But we would stay in our seats and watch the cartoon again, the first feature again and the second feature again. We watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid so many times we could recite the lines. The Good Ol' Days!

Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.

Great job!!! When I saw the title of this video, I wondered if you would touch on the smoking issue and then quickly into the video you did! You covered this video of wow people dressed at that time, thanks for great!!!

we still have a drive in theater just a 30 minute drive away. the only problem is that during the summertime it's so late getting dark that if you stay for the full double feature, you might not get out until near 1 am

Before there were cheap air conditioners In the summer people used to go to theaters simply to be air conditioned

Thanks for another great trip!

Things no linger found in movie theaters. 1. Good movies 2. People

Good movies are the number one thing not found in movie theaters today.

Your Channel is The Apidamy of Nostalgia for me!!! Keep on doing Wat U Do!!!

I was just talking about Dish Night with my mom. My grandpa told her that when he was a kid, the people who showed up for dish night would forget that they were holding china on their lap. They would get up to use the bathroom or get something from the concession stand and their plates would smash on the floor during the middle of the feature, followed by a round of applause and laughter by the rest of the audience. Certainly a different time!

I remember when I was younger people used to clap and cheer at the Indiana Jones movies

I remember when people used to be able to smoke in the theaters. So glad that is no longer a thing.

This was so well put-together. Loved the music choices throughout. Thanks for your efforts with this. Subbed.

Where I live, we’re lucky enough to still have a few old theaters in existence, which are the theaters I usually go to both because of aesthetics and price. There’s a one-screen theater around the corner that shows first-run movies for $5 and an old theater (that now has multiple screens) about 15 minutes away that costs $8.

I remember when you could go to the Movies an get Popcorn and a drink all for a $1.00 it was a lot of fun. It was also very rare for my Family, when you have a big family it's rare. I also remember the Intermission they would advertise the food an drinks an also advertised or suggested you take the little ones potty as they really frowned upon someone getting up. I remember Women with very young Children getting up they didn't really say much to them. What was more fun was the Drive in. The whole Family could go for 1 low price espically on car load days. Kids getting out to play on the play ground before the movie starts. If you had a Station wagon like we did you could pop alot of popcorn an get drinks and hide it all away where nobody knew. That was always the best. Loved it. ❤❤

The one thing that I don’t miss is the smoking. Otherwise, this brings back good memories.

The first theater you showed, the Artcraft is in Franklin Indiana. Used to live a few blocks from there and they still show old films there. It's a great theater!

I also remember in the 1970s that, in our local theaters, thee were late shows at 11:30 pm on Saturday nights. The theater downtown showed the sophisticated "Adult" movies and the newer theater showed the "Black" movies that weren't shown in prime time. We might laugh at this today, but that was considered special entertainment then.

I like to add a few more things to the list of stuff you no longer see at the movie theaters. Seats used to be all on one level, so if you were short like me you had to either try to look above the person's head that was sitting in front of you, or sit on the ends seats, and try to look around them. Thank GOD for stadium seats! Another thing is the budget movie theaters where they would show movies that have been out for a while, and they would charge you like a dollar, or two as opposed to the main theaters that would charge you anywhere from around $4 up to $8 dollars depending on the time of day. If there was a movie you wanted to see, but you felt kind of iffy about it, you would wait until they hit the budget movie theater, and watch it there instead of spending the big bucks at the main theaters, and be disappointed. That, or you waited until they came out on VHS to rent. Yeah, that was the 90's/early 2000's for ya.

One of the ones you featured the 4 Star movie theater on Wilshire in Los Angeles, that's where I first saw the Bowery Boys! Great movie, great theater but it's no longer there

One consistent thing of going to the movies in the 1980s was that funny “please don’t litter in the theater” short that played before the previews with the kids getting stuck in their own gum.

Talk about nostalgia! When I was a kid theaters still had ushers walking around with their flashlights, as well as the physical curtains that opened as the movie began. I can remember saying something out loud to my mother while the curtain was still shut and being shushed by her. Everyone whispered like we were attending a Catholic church service or something lol. I still do this out of habit actually. I also remember the speakers at drive-in theaters, too! I miss the drive-in that we used to have where I live. It was demolished about 20 or so years ago and a hotel and gas station were built on that spot. In the late 90's I went to a double feature actually. The movies being shown were Armageddon and Deep Impact.

When I was a kid, our church had a cry room. I didn't know movie theaters had them.

Thank you Rhetty for History for your nostalgic videos. I remember the Fox theater in St Louis where Stan Kann played the mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ that rose up on a platform where he would perform before the movie started. Back in the day St Louis had several truly grand theaters. I'm dating myself but those were special times.

This video is so good! You earned a subscription!

Awesome, re-watch able!!

Not having 3 different conversations on brighter than daylight cell phones...