Western Movie Theatre in Oxford, Ohio

Western Movie Theatre in Oxford, Ohio

There was a summer when

I felt especially alone

I was at school

Everyone else was gone

So I went to the movies

Two dollars for admission

For two dollars, I saw The Last Starfighter

Then on another night, Highlander

Music by Queen

Sci-fi reigned, I guess

Taking me somewhere I wasn’t,

Which at the time was really

Needful like coal

For an empty furnace

It’s no longer there

The theatre or the summer

I got an X from the marquee

Before everything shut down

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By Michael Gäbler, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31083077

Rodgers Theatre in Poplar Bluff in Missouri. This Art Deco-style theater opened in 1949.

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January 10, 2019

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Lizl
January 10, 2019 at 4:20 pm

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We lived in a small town, growing up, and my dad was the projectionist (3 nights a week and a Sunday matinee) before it closed down. One of the perks was that our family got into shows for free. I also loved SF movies, and I’ve since continued to see them in the theater until recent years. The Last Starfighter iss one of my favorites.

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