I Loved Watching It As A Child - H.R. Pufnstuf Showed Up At A Saturday Matinee At The Local Don Theater As A Child
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H.R. Pufnstuf showed up "in person" at The Don Theater in 1970 when the movie was released.
'The Don' was a popular movie theater in downtown Shreveport from 1947 until it closed in 1983. It had a seating capacity of 1200 people and saw over 2 million attendees between 1947 and 1953 alone which for a city the size of Shreveport at the time is quite remarkable.
History of The Don Theater
It was a lot of fun, we took the neighbor children with us as well!
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