"Also, both screens showed second-run films, something we don't do at other locations."
Some closed while others tried to stay afloat by showing second-run films for $2.
During the 1970s when laws against obscenity were relaxed many of the smaller movie theaters then running second-run films switched to showing adult movies.
The theatre's programming includes independent, second-run and classic films.
Customers tune in to the movie, usually a second-run film, on their AM radios.
The Eastwood primarily screened double features of second-run films in addition to special features and live events.
The theater began to show more mainstream movies in the 1970s, along with second-run films cast off from 20th Century's downtown theaters.
D Map You can't beat the price at this classic 1928 cinema, which shows second-run films.
In the early 21st century, Laurelhurst Theater screens second-run films.
The 8,190-square-foot building had been showing second-run films for $2 until it closed two years ago.