The loss of a $400,000 state grant for the film about Ponca Chief Standing Bear s iconic legal victory will not affecting the movie s production. The film will be partially made
One of the lesser known, but critically important stories of indigenous Native American history as well as Civil Rights for all Americans will soon be told to moviegoers around the
He later applied for the job of theater doorman, because he wanted to meet her.
Richard Paden got the job.
It was 1973.
They started dating and married in 1977.
The Empress closed many years ago, but the Padens continue to be movie fans.
âWe still love going to movies,â the Rev. Cheryl Paden said. âOne of the things we probably missed the most in COVID was going to the theater. Before COVID, it was not unusual for us to go two or three times a month and see all the new movies coming out.â
On Saturday, the Padens were back at the Empress Theatre â this time for an open house, which featured Star Wars characters and free food amid the backdrop of historical perspective.
Richard Roeder remembers the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated a little differently than most people.
At the time, Roeder was a projectionist at The Empress Theater in downtown Fremont. Roeder was set to go to the theater when he learned the American President had been shot.
âWhen I got here, I decided to go into the projection room, tap into the radio and put that radio news broadcast on the speakers in the theater,â Roeder said. âBelieve it or not, after about 10 minutes of that, the people who were here to go to the movie complained and I had to turn that off.â