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As I remember they showed the "soft core" at the Cineworld. I've
posted some ads for various theaters including one for the Cineworld
in the movie theaters album here:



Besides the Empress there was also the Sensuous Cinema at 3656 E.
Speedway, the Showcase also showed adult films. Nik's Flicks & Chicks
was at 4567 S. 6th Ave. I recently found out that one of my cousins
managed that place for a while. The Cine Plaza at 318 E. Congress used
to also show adult movies. I think the Loft did too and that's the
reason they changed their name to the New Loft.

There was a place on Congress west of the Cine Plaza and east of Stone
that used to show blue movies. It was tiny but had a regular screen,
theaters seats and a ticket booth.

There also used to be the Follies Burlesque that had movies between
the stripper shows. It was and old fashioned place, just like a
regular theater. The strippers would get up on stage in front of the
screen to do their shows. They used an old portable hi fi, the girls
would do 3 songs and would have to go over and change records or move
the needle to another song. This place was on Speedway & Main. Ugly
cinderblock building painted yellow with red lettering all over
it.southeast corner.

The MacArthur Hotel was notorious as a gay hangout. There was a gay
bar there and guys would rent rooms in the hotel. There was a peepshow
across the street from the MacArthur with big plate glass painted
opaque red. You would see the guys hanging out in the parking lot. In
the mid '70s my brother rented an old storefront in the MacArthur for
use as a studio. He would get propositioned all the time. I remember
being there in his studio and exploring in a back storage area where
they had a bunch of old soda machines. I still have some of the cork
backed bottle caps I collected from them. The MacArthur was pretty
rundown in those days, really gritty which I thought was cool even at
the age of 9.