Sign at cinemark

[howdy]

I remember MANY years ago, a group of Marines from my squadron went to see the type of movie that you would not tell your mother about. They got so rowdy that they were asked to leave the establishment. This is the story I heard because (of course) I was not there.........

[Boxerrider]

When I took my daughter to see Catching Fire last weekend, a couple of guys sitting near us brought hamburgers in their jackets. I suppose if someone that works there would have caught them they might have either taken them from them or kicked them out, but no one checks. No one checks women's purses. I don't think they can press any charges on anyone for bringing in food, but they could certainly ask you to leave and might even be able to go the trespassing route if you refuse to leave.

When I was a 'yoot, picture shows had ushers. When did you last see an usher in a picture show?

When's the last time someone called it a "picture show?"

I thought it was in 1952 in Anarene TX. (I have always wondered if Larry McMurtry knew there was actually such a place, a wide spot in the road on Rt 79 south of Wichita Falls.)

He probably did, he grew up on a ranch near Archer City. However, I think McMurtry used "Thalia" as the city name in the novel and it was changed to Anarene in the movie, which was filmed in/around the area.

[jimlongley]

When I took my daughter to see Catching Fire last weekend, a couple of guys sitting near us brought hamburgers in their jackets. I suppose if someone that works there would have caught them they might have either taken them from them or kicked them out, but no one checks. No one checks women's purses. I don't think they can press any charges on anyone for bringing in food, but they could certainly ask you to leave and might even be able to go the trespassing route if you refuse to leave.

When I was a 'yoot, picture shows had ushers. When did you last see an usher in a picture show?

When's the last time someone called it a "picture show?"

I thought it was in 1952 in Anarene TX. (I have always wondered if Larry McMurtry knew there was actually such a place, a wide spot in the road on Rt 79 south of Wichita Falls.)

He probably did, he grew up on a ranch near Archer City. However, I think McMurtry used "Thalia" as the city name in the novel and it was changed to Anarene in the movie, which was filmed in/around the area.

Can't get much closer to Anarene than Archer City. I do have to wonder why they decided to change it. Maybe because Thalia is actually large enough to be the prototype, while nobody actually lives in Anarene?

[RogueUSMC]

I still lives in Archer City last I heard...I wired his house for burglar/fire alarm about 15 years ago...lol