Our local small town theater was open late on Friday and Saturday nights as this is when everyone came to town.
Even the cafes, barber shops, and other stores stayed open, and people went “window shopping” to escape the heat of the day.
That all came to an end in the mid 1950s when people started staying home Saturday nights to help Matt Dillon patrol the streets of Dodge City.
The theater was the first business to close down.
That all came to an end in the mid 1950s when people started staying home Saturday nights to help Matt Dillon patrol the streets of Dodge City.
The theater was the first business to close down.
LOL You are right. I remember asking my Dad what movie we were going to and he said something like ‘We’ll see a movie another night. Gunsmoke is on tonight”.