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LogDog75

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10. I was a Navy brat so the base theater was our neighborhood theater
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:45 PM
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Living on the Naval Air Station in Millington, TN, in the early 60s, we'd go the the base theater for movies. After my dad retired in Coronado, CA., in the mid-60s, we'd go to the base theater where movies were only a dime. I now live here and I still go to that base theater but now the movies are free. Most of the movies run are about 2 - 3 weeks after their initial release dates but often we get a first run movie or a premiere.

In our small city, we have a movie theater for decades and then it closed for about 10 years until a new owner bought it, refurnished it, and reopened it. The theater's decor is Art Deco and the inside of each theater is beautiful. It used to be a single screen but now has three screens; one main screen and two small screens and it's reasonably priced.

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