2800 West Big Beaver Road
Ti•oy, (Detroit) Michigan
(248) 649-5300

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Give the Gift of
Fine Food and
Good Taste
This Holiday
Season.

"The national reputation of
The Capital Grille has
crowds beating down the doors."
The iVele York Times

"Not only is the menu beefy,
but the portions are gigantic .. .
these steaks. with some bite to them,
have a full meaty flavor .. .
the wine list is enough to keep
you entertained for many visits."
Phyllis C. Richman
The Washington Post

PROVIDENCE • BOSTON
CHESTNUT HILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. • MIAMI

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40 NIGHTLY DINNER SPECIALS

Fresh Variety of Seafood, Steaks & Chops
All specials come with soup, salad & dessert

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RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

BREAKFAST SPECIALS AS LOW AS $1 79

TWO HOMEMADE SOUPS SERVED DAILY

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EXCELLENT HUNGARIAN,
AND EUROPEAN CUISINE

4021-g/

12 OZ.
VEAL CHOP
$795

BROILED
LAKE SUPERIOR
WHITEFISH

Rice and
vegetable

Served with
potato & vegetable

$ 7 50

LUNCH SPECIAL

GREEK SALAD

& CUP OF SOUP

$ 475

"YOUR perfect choice for
birthdays, anniversaries,
showers, rehearsal parties,
retirement parties or any
special occasion."

Strolling Gypsy Musicians
Closed Mondays

11/28

1997

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29221 NORTHWESTERN (CORNER OF 12 MILE RD.) • SOUTHFIELD

1235 Ottawa Street • Windsor

(248) 358-2353

For Reservations

SERVING
OAKLAND COUNTY
FOR 15 YEARS

7 locations to serve you

10% SENIOR
DISCOUNT
AFTER 12 P.M.

5 mins. from Tunnel • U.S. Exchange

1-800-963-1903

or (519) 252-0246

Audience members came "dressed" to the
movie theater — and donned 3-D glass-
es — in the early '50s.

screen before the movie began, it was
at an invitational showing at the
Directors Guild of America on Sunset --
Boulevard in Hollywood. Well, I
thought, this must be how the profes-
sionals do it.
Now it's the way everybody does
it. Sometimes there's no curtain to be
drawn, the screen being given over to
various announcement and advertise-
ments before the movie. •
In the old days, curtains were a big
deal, and theaters took pride in fancy''
effects of parting and rising.
This is a good place to explain that
in the pre-multiplex days, movie the-
aters fell into several classes. You had a
handful of first-run houses; in most
cities, movies would open in a single
theater downtown. In sprawling cities
like Los Angeles, you would generally
get openings in two or three locations.
Most movies played only a week.
Then they would shift to second-run
houses. These regional theaters were
wildly elaborate by today's standards,
but few have survived in anything
like their original conditions.

MOVIE GOING

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