Bank Night
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bank Night
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Three hundred theatres, which had discontinued Bank Night five months ago pending the decision, promptly prepared to resume it.
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Bank Night owners dropped an infringement of copyright suit against the McCollum circuit when the circuit agreed to substitute Bank Night for the "Cash Night" it had been running.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Bank Night," invented by a Colorado theatre manager in 1931, is now prevalent in 4,000 of the 15,000 U. S. cinemansions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The simplicity of Bank Night makes all the more remarkable the way in which it has functioned, not merely to the advantage of theatre owners, but also to that of its shrewd young promoters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like Bank Night, Roller Derby is a copyrighted name, the product of an inventive cinema salesman from the West Coast.
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