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Today’s oddity comes from a 1938 edition of “Popular Mechanics”. This unique idea involved converting a fifty-five foot commercial truck trailer in to a traveling theatre, as a way to bring movies to rural communities. The “World’s First Traveling Theatre” sat sixty people, had a fully functional projection booth, and even featured a small stage [...]

One likely doesn’t think of concessions, when the, long defunct, Pussycat adult theatre chain is brought up. However, as with it’s mainstream counterparts, there were concession stands in use at Pussycat venues and they even had branded merchandise. While I’m sure there was some activity at the stand, especially during the “porno chic” era, I can’t imagine there were [...]

Back in 1939, inventor Aston Moore proposed a new popcorn container for moviegoers, which added the convenience of a built in napkin dispenser. Similar to a cereal box, the cardboard container was lined with a wax paper bag for the popcorn; the napkin was housed below the bag and accessed via a small slit in the box. There is no evidence [...]