Movie theaters once banned popcorn | Scott County Record

The B&B Mainstreet Theater is rumored to have been used by bootleggers during Prohibition, and might have even had an elevator large and powerful enough to haul elephants to the stage.

Kansas City concession sellers at the former Linwood Theater at 3036 Prospect Avenue around 1945.

Originally called Burch Manufacturing, Manley Inc. had a presence in Kansas City, Mo., for several decades. The original 1910 building was renovated in 1998 and turned into an apartment building called the Popcorn Lofts.

Movie theaters once banned popcorn

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