The Man with the Golden Gun MEETS Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
We like a classic pairing here on the Archive – and we’ve
seen a great deal over the years, including Mr 007 himself – James Bond who has
been paired up with the Dollar films as a result of them both emerging from the
United Artists camp.
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot has been paired up with another
iconic character in the past, most notably Bruce Lee in the classic Kung Fu
movie The Way of the Dragon.
However, it was nice to discover (Thanks to Davy Triumph)
this rare piece of evidence to show that Clint was again paired up in the 70’s
(alongside Bond) for a Big Gun feast including The Man with the Golden Gun /
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
This rare ad, believed to be from November 14th 1975 shows
the films running together at the Woods movie theatre on the corner of Randolph and Dearborn Streets in Chicago.
The Woods live theatre venue converted to show movies in
1932. It later became the flagship venue for Essaness Theatres, which moved its
headquarters into the building. Starting in the 1950s, the building featured an
unusually large marquee facing Dearborn Street. The facade and its marquee can
be seen in the parade scene of the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
In its later years the quality of the venue declined. In
1982, the management had to pay for medical treatments when a patron was bitten
by a rat during a show! By 1988, the Woods had become the last of the Chicago
Loop movie houses. It closed on January 8, 1989, after a screening of
Hellbound: Hellraiser II.
After being considered for entry in the National
Register of Historic Places, it was demolished in 1990.
Rats or no rats – I think I would have paid a couple of bucks to watch these two men of action back together on the Big Screen! God Bless the 70’s!
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