Sunday, February 10, 2013

THE WORLD WAR 2 YEARS




During the World War II years, the average American went to the movies three times per week.
The film studios produced lots of great movies during that time, and the U.S. public, living a life of fear and concern, sought entertainment. The movies provided that entertainment. Remember, there was not yet televison in the American home.

The usual theatre program during the early-to-mid 1940s included a full-length feature (of course), but also a cartoon, comedy or travelogue and the latest newsreel.

The newsreel was as important to home front Americans as was the feature. Here they could see the first video representation of the war events they had heard on the radio and read in the newspaper two-to-three weeks earlier.

Besides churches, the small-town movie theatres were the most common places of assembly. To support the war effort, patrons bought millions of dollars of War Bonds at their local movie houses.

CAPITOL THEATRE
December 7, 1941
The day of the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor

STATE THEATRE
February 22, 1942

CAPITOL THEATRE
July 5, 1942

CAPITOL THEATRE
August 16, 1942

CAPITOL THEATRE
November 22, 1942

ROCKWELL THEATRE
December 13, 1942

CAPITOL THEATRE
April 18, 1943

SPENCER THEATRE
April 25, 1943

SPENCER THEATRE
May 13, 1943

CAPITOL THEATRE
July 18, 1943

CAPITOL THEATRE
October 19, 1943

CAPITOL THEATRE
February 15, 1944

CAPITOL THEATRE
May 14, 1944

CAPITOL THEATRE
March 18, 1945

CAPITOL THEATRE
September 9, 1945