tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post116864786855382183..comments2023-07-12T07:22:02.075-07:00Comments on Pop Culture Junk Mail: At the moviesGael Fashingbauer Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10720729203329325754noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post-1168896205298793582007-01-15T13:23:00.000-08:002007-01-15T13:23:00.000-08:00Having grown up in Roseville, I too believe I went...Having grown up in Roseville, I too believe I went to my first movie at the Har-Mar. I know that I definitely went to see the first movie I made out in the back row during at Har-Mar, but it wasn't in the big theaters, it was the smaller ones behind the big ones. When I was much younger, my dad would come and take me out of school (at Emmett D. Williams and Capitol View) early on Fridays so that I could see stuff like the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi at the very first showing; I think we ALWAYS went to Har-Mar. I also saw Back to the Future 5 times, all at Har Mar. Thanks for a blast from the past (especially those insane bathrooms)... (btw, I live in Portland now, so I get a kick out of reading about your MN reminiscences coupled with Pacific NW info)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post-1168745021939247072007-01-13T19:23:00.000-08:002007-01-13T19:23:00.000-08:00I sure do remember the theater...it was the Coral ...I sure do remember the theater...it was the Coral Theater on 95th Street in Oak Lawn, IL...the year was 1978 and I got to see "Grease" with my girlfriend and her single mom. I still love "Grease"! You can view the 1963 Grand Opening commemorative brochure for the Coral at http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/documents3/coral.htm - it was a great classic theater before they tore it down and turned it into a shopping plaza.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post-1168717107311817342007-01-13T11:38:00.000-08:002007-01-13T11:38:00.000-08:00I ran across this photo on Flickr. Found this w...I ran across this photo <A HREF="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/57/177985447_b4fe089483.jpg" REL="nofollow"> on Flickr. </A> Found this while bouncing around other blogs. This is where I saw my first-evef movie, a Disney double feature back in 1962 (age 5) of "Absent Minded Professor" and "Son of Flubber."<BR/><BR/>New London is about four miles down the road from Hortonville - both were on U.S. 45, but that's been changed - and the theater was a small-town drive-in about a mile north of town. Wonder when the pic was taken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post-1168652656513718132007-01-12T17:44:00.000-08:002007-01-12T17:44:00.000-08:00I want really badly to say that my first movie was...I want really badly to say that my first movie was E.T., but it was actually The Fox and The Hound, at the theatre in the little town where I was born but never lived. I went with my grandmother for a matinee, and I totally freaked out because I thought we'd been in the theatre so long that it would be nighttime when we came outisde, and I didn't want to walk home in the dark.<BR/><BR/>The theatre's still there, although it's been closed and re-opened quite a few times since then. I still see it every time I go up to visit family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post-1168649543070146422007-01-12T16:52:00.000-08:002007-01-12T16:52:00.000-08:00There are a few bathroom shots on flickr.There are a few <A HREF="http://flickr.com/search/?q=har-mar%20bathroom&w=all" REL="nofollow">bathroom shots</A> on flickr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com