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There was a raid during the very first show. For the next four years, the theater showed a weekly profit of $20,000 after payola. [3] Billy's attempt, however, to present classy burlesque at the Park Theater on Columbus Circle failed miserably. Another famous raid occurred in April 1925, and inspired the book and film The Night They Raided ...
Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., 501 U.S. 560 (1991), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the First Amendment and the ability of the government to outlaw certain forms of expressive conduct.
Sky Dancers are a line of toys that were popular in the mid-1990s and were the basis for an animated series. [1] The toys consisted of a pull-string base and a doll with foam wings . When the doll was inserted into the base and the string was pulled, it would launch into the air and spin its wings like a propeller as it flew, similar to a ...
I think that was the first hard-core movie ever shown down here." [2] According to press accounts at the time, the officials seemed to think the movie was boring, but not obscene. [2] "One time Sammy Davis Jr. (above left, with Griffith in 1966), Frank Sinatra, and [comedian] Belle Barth came into the Gayety Theater [in Miami Beach] when I was ...
Winter Park Village is an outdoor shopping center in Winter Park, Florida, United States featuring many shops, restaurants, and a 20-screen Regal Cinemas. The center opened in 1999 on the site of the former Winter Park Mall.
While the fate of the Bruin remains unclear, Hollywood director Jason Reitman led a group that bought the nearby Village, which launched as part of the Fox theater chain during the Great Depression.
Tanzverbot is the German term for "dancing ban". In Germany and Switzerland, dancing on some holidays is banned by most state or canton governments. These occasions are certain Christian and secular holidays aimed at mourning or contemplation, such as Good Friday, All Saints' Day (from its association with All Souls' Day practices) or memorial days like Volkstrauertag.
Players Theatre abruptly folded on September 11, 1993, just days before they were to open their 70th season. At the time, Players was the only professional theatre company in Columbus, as well as the city's oldest non-profit arts institution in continuous operation. An official report cited a range of systemic problems within the organization ...