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These days everyone is stuck inside watching movies on Netflix and Amazon, but for about thirty years after World War II drive-in movies were a popular summer pastime. The speakers were crackly and the windows fogged up, but it was great to be outside under the stars. How many of your friends beat the cost of admission by hiding in the trunk? Artist Steve Crisp captures the magic on this 1,000 piece puzzle with a finished size of 24" x 30".
168) The theatre bizarre
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Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the dark, decrepit auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an eerie human puppet named Peg Poett who will introduce Penny to six tales of the bizarre.
176) Theaters
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Examines the history, design, construction, and uses of theaters and describes some notable examples.
179) Two bits
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It is August 26. It is 1933. During the heat of summer in an Italian neighborhood in South Philly, it is the day that La Paloma--the newest movie theater in the neighborhood--opens. Until 6 pm, there is a special rate: get in for only 25 cents. Movie-mad Gennaro sets out to get two bits, spending all day roaming the streets, looking for odd jobs that will pay enough for him to afford a matinee. Gennaro's quest takes place in an America where the only...
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