Sam Manning
@sammanning88
Cinema historian. Barry Lyndon fan. Wrote a book on post-war cinemas and cinema-going. One third of @Historians_Cut
20-11-2014 16:08:00
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#OnThisDay 1977 Star Wars was shown for the first time in Northern Ireland. Queues and busy screenings were reported in Belfast, Banbridge and Derry. Curzon owner John Gaston said that 'it is just like the good old days of the cinema before television'.