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Let Shirley the Shiva Queen handle your Shiva.

A rollicking, outrageous comedy. You'll laugh

through your tears.

Sfiliva
queen

By Rebecca Ritchie • Directed by Joanna Woodcock

NOVEMBER 26 thru DECEMBER 31

THANKSGIVING
WEEKEND

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Special*

NOV 26, 27and 30

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Ho, Ho, Ho...

DEC 24, 25 and 28

* Tickets subject to availability

Two Special
Champagne
Performance
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7 PM & 10 PM

* Tickets subject to availability

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6600 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI

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The next rung down were the
neighborhood houses ("the nabes,"
Variety called them), which might
well lay within walking distance of
your home. Some survive today as
specialty houses.
The higher the theater on this chain,
the more curtains it would have.
Older houses would follow theatrical
tradition with a flat drop curtain deco-
rated with an elaborate image. That
would rise to reveal more sumptuous
yard goods, which might rise in
impressive swags to show yet another
set of curtains, behind which lay the
screen.
The last curtain would close after
every item on the program; when the
grand drape again descended, it was
time for intermission.
Just as curtains would not open
until after the movie began, so they
would close before the movie was fin-
ished. "The End" would ripple as the
moving drapes caught the projected
image, thus making sure the audience
was spared the horrid sight of a blank
screen.

Photo from "We Americans" published by the
National Geographic Society

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Ushers used hand signals to denote the
availability of seats.

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The Jewish News

GARY ROSE TRIO
Every Saturday Evening

We Are Alive and Well and Better Than Ever!

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Good until 9 p.m. Monday-Friday
Excludes alcohol and gratuity. Good through Dec. 14th, 1997

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WEST BLOOMFIELD •

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ROLL THE CREDITS

When a movie was over in those
days, it was over. Credits did not go
on and on. Indeed, except for a cast
list, there were no end credits to speak
of, and some studios didn't bother to
tell you who played what.
Credits always came at the begin-
ning of the film and, as you can see
from old movies on cable, those cred-
its were still minimal in the early '30s.
They have gradually been getting
longer and longer ever since, but as

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