Word: licensees
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Russel Higley, city solicitor, said he changed the language because Cambridge's license commissoner felt the age restrictions were not necessary. Higley added that such restrictions were better left for the council, rather than his office, to consider.
Legislation now pending before the state legislature would permit Cambridge to set its own license fees.
The three-member board rejected the theater's license application in late September, stating that permitting movies to be shown at midnight "would set a bad precedent" and would cause traffic congestion in Harvard Square. That decision forced Brattle Theatre to turn away 300 moviegoers from midnight showings of "Eraserhead...
"We probably do not need a special license to show movies at midnight except when the shows run into early Sunday morning and become subject to 'blue laws,'" John J. Campbell, attorney for Brattle Theatre, said yesterday. "But we would rather apply for a license covering Friday and Saturday nights...
While the board members unanimously voted to grant a midnight movie permit to the Brattle Theatre yesterday, they did not specify if the other theaters showing movies at that time need a similar license.