D&R Theatre — 7/23/1947 — #23533_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State) — Aberdeen
D & R Theatre
Image includes Gloss Laundry, billboards for Coca-Cola and Triton Oil, and D&R Theatre exterior with marquee with Aberdeen's Robert Arthur in "The Devil on Wheels" with "Lightning Raiders."
Thanks to Sam Talley, who writes: "Regarding Aberdeen's Robert Arthur, the actor was born Robert Arthaud in Aberdeen in 1925. He graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1943 and the University of Washington. He appeared in 49 movies and TV shows, the last being 'Gomer Pyle' in 1966. After retiring, he moved back to Aberdeen and passed away October 1, 2008."
Mr. Talley adds this story concerning the theater: "As junior high school boys in the mid-1950's, we would put handfuls of JuJuBes candy in our mouths and get them soft and gooey. They were made of starch, gum, and corn syrup. We'd then drop them over the balcony at the D&R onto the girls' hair where they would stick. Unknown to me then, my present wife (who is a year younger than I) claims to have been one of my victims. All the girls learned to not sit directly under the balcony edge. I guess we were trying to get attention.”
