(Source of image: Florida State Archives)

This lobby served as the portal to movie magic that was presented in style, with soft half-lights and muted carpets.  We're looking at the Edgewood Theater on October 27, 1948.  A coming attraction appears to have been "The Iron Curtain," billed as "The Most Amazing Plot in 3,300 Years of Espionage!"  The film starred the sturdy leading man, Dana Andrews ("The Ox-Bow Incident," "The Best Years of Our Lives"), and the actress with the dreamy overbite, Gene Tierney ("Leave Her to Heaven," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir").