The
Hollywood term (usually in its plural form, nabes) for a
neighborhood movie theatre (now essentially
extinct). Their heyday was pre-
television. These houses showed
science fiction double features and
cartoon matinees and
newsreels...they got the big
movies after the
first-run movie theatres and
second-run movie theatres were through with them. They were
dirt cheap to get in, and couldn't afford
ushers to chase you out
between shows; since the double-feature was included in the price, this was just fine.
One of the last in Chicago, the Adelphi in Rogers Park, ran Star Wars for at least 36 weeks in 1978...for an admission of $1.50...and I'm sure (being age 10 as I was) I sat through it 100 times.