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The Idle Hour had a big
clock above the marquee, which can
be seen in the photo above and was displayed
in the
print ads for the theatre in early years.
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The postcard view (Left
) was the one of the few pictures I had been able to
find
of the Idle Hour Theatre, even though it was in the
heart
of the downtown shopping district. The Idle Hour
was one
of many movie theatres along Howard Street and
Lexington
Street, and the name says it all. For those shoppers
in the
downtown that had an hour or so to spare while
shopping,
where else but the Idle Hour to go ! If you look in
the foreground,
you can see the tip of the marquee of the Howard Theatre on the right hand
side. Below
are two old ads for the Idle Hour, the second one with
the
name of the " New Idle Hour" , which movie houses
would often
do to let customers know some renovations had occurred
inside. There is plenty of demolition and construction
in the area, but so far, the Idle Hour seems to be
unaffected.
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