I can jump over the moon above

A couple weeks back Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events did a one-day presentation of Singin' In The Rain to theaters, which gave us yet another chance to go out to the theater that had the Rifftrax performance and take in the popcorn with cheese flavorings and free refills on sodas and all that. Though I've now seen the movie multiple times this would be my first on an actual movie screen, and I was delighted to notice again something I hadn't seen before.

( Trimmed because of potential spoilers, come to think of it.  )

At our theater, someone turned the room's lights on halfway at the ending of The Dancing Cavalier's premier, when ``The End'' came up on the screen-in-the-screen. bunny_hugger and I couldn't agree whether this was deliberate or a mistake by whoever at our theater was in charge of the lights. The lights didn't dim again when it was clear the movie wasn't yet over, as they should if someone in the projection booth made a mistake, but then, if the lights were automatically timed to rise again why were they mis-timed? No answer is quite perfectly satisfactory.

Trivia: Folklore says Warner Brothers star Mary McAvoy lost her career due to her lisp. According to Robert Gitt's restoration of recorded sound discs, she had no speech impediment whatever. If there were any fault it would be from bad audio equipment or a worn disc. The Speed of Sound, Scott Eyman.

Currently Reading: The Wave Watcher's Companion: From Ocean Waves To Light Waves Via Shock Waves, Stadium Waves, And All The Rest Of Life's Undulations, Gavin Pretor-Pinney.

PS: My Problem With 7, or specifically, making a 7 out of some very tightly constrained rules.