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JUNE 12 ISSUE ANSWERS: In 1936 the art moderne or art deco Romeo Theater with its green metallic finish was constructed just to the south of the Price’s Museum or Romeo Hall, today where the very modern, but architecturally notable modern bank now stands. An ad in The Romeo Observer in 1939 reads The Woman Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell and Paulette Goddard is showing at the Romeo Theater. The Juliet Theater at the same time was showing The Angels Wash Their Faces with Ronald Reagan. A different week’s ad says Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan in The Flying Dutchman and on Friday Roy Rogers in Rough Riders Roundup was showing at the Romeo Theater. The Juliet Theater was showing Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police and on Sunday Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls. You can see that folks in Romeo had a choice of two movie theaters to visit in the 1940’s. According to an Oct. 10, 1967 newspaper article the Romeo Theater was closed by Jack Howard, the owner, because of the rowdy

JUNE 12 ISSUE ANSWERS: In 1936 the art moderne or art deco Romeo Theater with its green metallic finish was constructed just to the south of the Price’s Museum or Romeo Hall, today where the very modern, but architecturally notable modern bank now stands. An ad in The Romeo Observer in 1939 reads The Woman Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell and Paulette Goddard is showing at the Romeo Theater. The Juliet Theater at the same time was showing The Angels Wash Their Faces with Ronald Reagan. A different week’s ad says Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan in The Flying Dutchman and on Friday Roy Rogers in Rough Riders Roundup was showing at the Romeo Theater. The Juliet Theater was showing Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police and on Sunday Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls. You can see that folks in Romeo had a choice of two movie theaters to visit in the 1940’s. According to an Oct. 10, 1967 newspaper article the Romeo Theater was closed by Jack Howard, the owner, because of the rowdy

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