Word: cinema
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cambridge theaters hold weekday and Sunday entertainment licenses, but the three which show midnight movies--Harvard Square Theatre, the Off the Wall Cinema, and the Orson Welles Cinema--hold no special permit for midnight showings...
...This whole dispute has made no sense at all," said J.D. Pollack, director of public relations for the Orson Welles Cinema, which has shown midnight movies for seven years. "I do not see how the board members could have been unaware of the fact that movies are shown at midnight in Cambridge and every other major city in the United States...
Both Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy and local cinema owners yesterday expressed surprise and concern after the city denied the Brattle Theatre a permit to show midnight movies--a regular offering of other city moviehouses...
Local theater owners yesterday said they are concerned that the board might block future midnight shows in all Cambridge moviehouses. "It could cut severely into business," Jay Berman, part owner of the Off the Wall Cinema said yesterday...
...aware of any ordinances limiting movie times in Cambridge," commented Mike Krafka, assistant manager of the Orson Welles Cinema. "We have been showing midnight shows for at least three years...