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[stanford-photography]

Abandoned Movie Theater in Odessa, Texas By Jeff Stanford, 2023

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[michaeldagaymerx]

Went to the AMC Imax Mall and saw IF (Imaginary Friends) at the movies and then went to 110 grill for some dinner. I had clam chowder, onion rings, fish and chips and coleslaw with root beer. T’was a good day 🎬🍿🐟🍟🍽️

[kurimuri100]

Lights, camera, Sims-tion! 🎬✨@thesims 🍿🎥 Check out my base game-only Movie Theater with a sprawling parking lot, VIP rooms, a terrace, and even a restaurant. (This build was inspired from a Del Sol Valley building.) 🔨Furnished 📏50X40 🏷️413.978 🆔Kurimuri100

[joearf]

2023.02.18: Men’s Lounge, Avon Theatre - Stamford, CT #menslounge #movietheater #stamfordct #interiordesign (at Avon Theatre Film Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0psXouiV2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lighthousenewsnetwork]

An octogenarian man named Barsninio Barkweather, 88, living in Poughkeepsie, New York is suing the Happy Times 16 Theater Complex located inPoughkeepsie. According to Barkweather's attorney, Della Frumpwax, he was sitting in Theater #13, eating popcorn and watching the latest Indiana Jones franchise movie, "Indiana Jones and The Sperm Donors of Egypt," when suddenly he felt a horribly painful feeling in his mouth. At first he thought it was a bite from a spider or some other kind of insect. But he quickly spit and he saw no insect. He then came to the realization that the popcorn was so damn hot that it had actually sizzled off both of his tonsils. He immediately went to the theater's medical clinic where the attending nurse, inspected his mouth. She asked him if he still had his two tonsils. He told her he did. She shook her head and informed him that they are no longer attached to his mouth. He asked her where the hell they were. She raised her eyebrows and replied, "Well I'm not a doctor, and I'm not a forest ranger, but it appears that both of your tonsils have been burned off. ■ https://lighthousenewsnetwork.com/a-man-sues-a-movie-theater-complex-because-the-popcorn-burned-off-both-of-his-tonsils/?feed_id=11190&_unique_id=674ca6dfb4724

[ilearnedthistodaysblog]

#1153 Was the transition from silent movies to talkies difficult?

Was the transition from silent movies to talkies difficult? Yes, the transition from silent movies to talkies was difficult, not just technologically, but also for the actors. Movies began to appear alongside the invention of photography. Early photographs took hours to take, but once it became possible to take photographs instantly, movies were the next logical step. After all, a movie is only a lot of photographs taken very quickly one after the other. Movies rapidly became popular, and movie theaters sprang up in most towns. Movies were short and movie companies tried to make as many movies as they could. People would pay to go to the movie theater and watch more than one movie. A lot of these silent film stars became household names. Some of them most people would still know, but not a lot. A lot of silent films haven’t stood the test of time either, primarily because they were filmed on celluloid, which is highly flammable. Incidentally, silent movies were not called “silent movies” until talking pictures took off because they were just movies. Giving a name to something after the fact is called a retronym. By the 1920s, movies with sound had become technically possible. Ernst Ruhmer had come up with a way to record sound the sound onto a film by translating the sound into light. The first real talking movies were released in 1927 and the last silent movie was “The Poor Millionaire” released in 1930, but once talkies had appeared, there was no real hope for silent movies. Charlie Chaplain made two silent movies in the 1930s, but they were only released because of his star power. The studios had stopped making them. So, was the transition from silent movies to talkies difficult? There were several difficulties that arose. The first were technical. Recording sound onto the film was not easy because the quality of mics and sound recording devices was low. Mics had to be set in specific places and the actors needed to stand very still underneath them and direct their voices at the mic or the mic wouldn’t pick. It couldn’t record sounds that were too loud, too quiet, too high, or too low. They had a lot of trouble recording women’s voices. The mic would also pick up all of the other noise in the studio, so everything needed to be kept soundproof. Cameras at the time worked by rotating the film through the camera as each frame was shot, which was a very noisy process. The cameras needed to be sealed up in soundproof booths as well. Managing to pick up all of the sound was a very taxing job. Replaying the sound in the movie theater was not easy as well. As all movies were silent at the time, no movie theater was wired for sound. They slowly transitioned, but it was not an easy process. In the beginning, it was difficult to amplify the sound, making it hard to hear. Even when movie theaters were wired for sound, the sound and the picture weren’t always in sync. The technical problems were overcome fairly quickly, as is the way with most new technology. The effects for the actors were longer lasting and sometimes career ending. The first problem was the style of acting. Silent movie stars had to express everything with their body language and their facial expression. They had exaggerated movements and the scenes were shot in a way that made them as easy to understand as possible. When sound came along, these actors had to recite their lines, but they were too used to over exaggerating. Talkies required a different type of acting skill. A lot of the new actors that became big in the talkies had come up from theater or musicals, where they were used to talking as a part of acting. A second problem was that some silent movie actors didn’t have voices that matched the characters that had become famous for portraying. Their voice, or what they were saying, could ruin the image and then the studios didn’t want to use them. A heavy foreign accent was no problem in a silent movie but many actors lost their jobs because of it when talkies came about. The directors and the screenwriters also had to adapt. This who new way of acting required new scripts and new methods of directing, but that didn’t come easily. Scripts were unnatural, poorly paced, and far too stilted. It took a while for the directors to get the hang of the new style. However, just as with the technology, there were a lot of problems, but it didn’t take too many years to overcome them. By the early 1930s, the quality of talkies was rising and a whole new raft of stars became famous. Some silent stars that did manage to make the transition that we will have heard of were Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and Lauren and Hardy. And this is what I learned today. Enjoyed this? Try these: - #673 When did silent movies end? - #777 What are “Spaghetti Westerns”? - #189 Why does our voice change when we inhale helium? - #594 Why do we lose our voice when we are sick? - #606 Why do cameras have mirrors? Sources https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/108qt35/why_was_it_so_hard_for_so_many_actors_to_make_the/ https://collider.com/babylon-true-story https://www.centralcasting.com/how-talkies-changed-the-film-industry https://ilearnedthistoday.com/index.php/2023/08/07/when-did-silent-movies-end/ https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/silent-film-actors-transitioned-talkies-6882 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_film https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/75z49j/chaplin_and_the_emergence_of_talkies/ Image By Metro Pictures Corporation (still) - File:Sheet_music_cover_-_JULIO_-_OF_THE_ARGENTINA_(1921).jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45462406 Read the full article

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[stayskrunchyinmilk]

Stays Krunchy in Milk Episode 524: Self Appointed Mayor of Popeyes

Winter weather and the lessons of life is how we open the discussion this go round. Box shares his Olive Garden adventures and realizes he is def beyond chain sit down spots. Something his friends on this show already knew. This leads to us discussing how mid restaurant experiences have been since the pandemic. Tee shares his birthday cake collecting adventures and how that led to copping a grip of breadsticks and trying a mighty tasty frozen pizza. While checking scores on the night we record Tee discovered a football player had been given a 9th year of playing eligibility and well, that became a thing so we read the story and discussed it. We then bounce back to Olive Garden because Dan’s parents refused to let him tip their server because our parents will always want to parent us. Ant returns to the cinema for the first time in a while, and promptly falls asleep. Child versions of cartoons were interesting. A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Flintstone Kids, Muppet Babies, y’all know what where on about. We try to figure out what movies should Ant play for the boys. We then head on over to Reddit for this week’s AITA before wrapping it up with a little Entertainment and feedback.

Thanks,

Team SKiM

Alternative Title – The Most Dangerous 50 Feet

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u/Safe_Conversation286

AITA for calling my stepsiblings suffocating and refusing to participate in family vacations?

u/Fine-Address9947

AITA for telling my wife she needs to knock on my separate bedroom door before entering?

u/Possible-Duck979

AITAH for not giving my mother my password?

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[vividstormscreen]

Lights, Camera, Action! How to Build the Perfect Home Cinema Setup with VIVIDSTORM 120inch Rollable Laser TV!Video by tiktok @MilloMaker

[nickdewolfarchive]

Chiang Mai, Thailand 1972

Movie theater

Photograph by Nick DeWolf https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/8534861164

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[b1tterscotch]

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[thelastreetangel]

I was just leaving a movie theater, and was shocked to see how the teens behind me had thrown popcorn everywhere. Some of it even landed on my purse and things. Friendly reminder: CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELVES please: this is ridiculous & inconsiderate. Teach your kids & teenagers to pick up after themselves too please. We need to be better humans, better to each other, more respectful of waitstaff (& theater cleaners), and better stewards of Mother Earth too. There is WAY too much trash strewn generally everywhere. Pass it on: STOP LITTERING, help pick up trash! Encourage kids not to litter. Be better. #psa #publicserviceannouncement #announcement #encouragement #movies #movietheater #teen #teens #teenagers #millennials #kids #mess #trash #litter #garbage #teach #learn #change #bethechange #beconsiderate #cleanup #movie #movienight #movieposter #theater #improve #please https://www.instagram.com/p/CpwRCkAN8pM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=