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So who are these "7" to whom you refer?
Of whom, I take it, I am one...
(Probably the "old fogies" referred to in another thread.)
I'm only 59, but I remember most things that interested me, particularly film and theatre performances, even though I may only have seen them once.
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The Boyd still exists, and has been saved from demolition. There is now an effort underway to get funds to restore it. Sadly, The Stanley, which was even more palatial, and every other grand movie theater of Philadephia is gone!
WOW!...what a beautiful theatre.
Those were the days eh?
Today's Multiplexes are from a different planet !
yeah, but those seats sure look uncomfortable..
Maybe.....but in those more refined days, you were supposed to sit up straight, keep quiet and pay attention to the movie.
Not lounge around, playing with cell-phones and grazing on junk food!!
Or cracking and popping chewing gum like a cow. Ohhhh.
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Sep 14, 2016 - 11:30 AM
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Ron Pulliam
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It is really a masterful piece of entertainment, a blend of exotic locales and lovely music, a sort of light comic travelogue. I don't wonder it won the Oscar; as I recall, that year its chief competition was THE TEN COMMANDMENTS and FRIENDLY PERSUASION, though I don't remember the other two competitors, maybe LUST FOR LIFE.
In fact, I believe "The King and I" and "Giant" were its main competition. "The King and I" won Oscars for Best Actor, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Recording and Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. It had been nominated for nine Oscars, including Picture, Director and Best Actress. "Giant" won the Oscar for "Best Direction". It had been nominated for 10 Oscars, including Picture, Actor (Dean), Actor (Hudson) and Supporting Actress (McCambridge).
"The Ten Commandments" was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, but won only one: Special Effects. "Friendly Persuasion" was nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor (Perkins) but won nothing.
"Around the World in 80 Days" was nominated for eight Oscars (no acting nominations), including Best Director, Art Direction and Costume Design, and won five: Picture, Cinematography, Editing, Writing (adapted) and Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
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The last film I saw there was Suspiria, in September of 1977! 
of the Souvenir Book.