With the Academy Awards around the corner, we found some Post covers that make us want to grab a bucket of popcorn and watch a great flick!

By Norman Rockwell
October 14, 1916
In 1916, Charlie Chaplin’s star was still rising rapidly. By 1916, at age 26, he was making $670,000 a year and in charge of his own studio. He had already appeared in 50 films, including his most well-known, The Tramp.

By Lawrence Toney
March 31, 1928
The movie bug has bitten these kids early – looks like we have a budding director, cinematographer, and actress in the making!

By Emery Clarke
July 27, 1940
He must have been watching Andy Warhol’s Empire.

By Douglas Crockwell
April 4, 1942
Bags of popcorn have gotten larger and hair bows have gotten smaller since 1942.

Stevan Dohanos
July 14, 1945
You can’t go wrong with a good romance, even in less-than-ideal circumstances.

By Norman Rockwell
April 6, 1946
These cleaning ladies are at the theater, not the movies, but we couldn’t resist including this classic Rockwell illustration.

John Falter
September 18, 1948
Illustrator John Falter grew up in the Midwest and started his career in New York, and most of his paintings depict these locations. This southwestern movie theater is an outlier, but reflected Falter’s later interest in western art.

By George Hughes
August 19, 1961
Riding in the “way-back” of your parents’ station wagon has gone the way of the dodo, but you can still find a few drive-in movie theaters here and there.
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Comments
Even when I was only reading the jokes and loving the weekly covers of
The Post I thought those covers were a wonderful snap shot from the past- – like when my folks we so
very young couples. Little did I know that I would see my own highschool memories would be the best snapshots ever…and now I realize that these are the capturing Of The human spirit in America and every bit
As real as they were for every era Along the way!! Kudos for the memories!!