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We’ve lived in this house for 34 years and now it’s time to move onward. Hopefully a new family will be as happy here as we have been…
1975
2009
Watch for new posts as soon as I get settled. Maybe even some new additions to MV Obsession !!!
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Edgartown
The Island Theatre (Eagle Theatre) circa 1910.
The Island Theatre 2009 – Oak Bluffs.
The Strand 2009 – Oak Bluffs.
The Capawock 1996 – Vineyard Haven.
Movies have been a big part of Island entertainment since the early 1900’s. At one time there were as many as 8 theatres down-Island… of those only the Island, The Strand and The Capawock remain. In 1927 the Island theatre in Oak Bluffs was showing the talkie “Wings” starring the “It” girl Clara Bow. The price of admission was 50 cents on a Saturday night, 30 cents if you sat in the balcony.
For me, as a summer kid on the Vineyard in the 1950’s, a night at the movies was a very big deal. The movies I remember the clearest are the musicals, like “Summer Stock” with Judy Garland, and “Showboat” with Howard Keel. Before even getting to the theatre there was a stop at …
…Darling’s for popcorn. A bag would be fine for an afternoon treat but for going to the movies the choice was always a popcorn bar in such flavors as chocolate, strawberry,vanilla, caramel, and butterscotch. After the ’show’ a stop at the Frosty Cottage on Circuit Ave for a pistachio ice cream cone finished off the evening. Many nights on the way home I morphed into a singing, dancing movie star…at least in my head 
Ocean Park ~ Oak Bluffs
