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G64.1-111
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- 1932-11-03 (Creation)
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Framed by the blackness of the movie theater behind her, Marjorie Yonk emerged from a special midnight preview of the horror movie "White Zombie" on November 3, 1932, visibly shaken. The Blue Mouse Theater at 1131-33 Broadway had offered $10 to any woman who would sit through the midnight preview, alone, without screaming. Marjorie took on the challenge and triumphed, but from the look in her eyes, she earned the ten dollars. The 1932 horror classic, starring Bela Lugosi, was the first Hollywood zombie film. (TNT 11/4/1932, pg. 7)
Blue Mouse Movie Theatre (Tacoma); Yonk, Marjorie;