Braden’s famous ‘Golden Flake’ popcorn Julia May Braden was born on June 10, 1862, the daughter of a hardworking German immigrant. Raised on a farm in Illinois, she grew up churning butter ...

MARTIN: Smith says we'll never know who first brought popcorn inside the theater, but a Kansas City widow named Julia Braden is certainly in the running for the title. In a 1931 profile ...

As the movie business evolved throughout the 1930s, popcorn became increasingly associated with spending time at the movies. Julia Braden, a widow in Kansas City, Missouri, built a popcorn empire ...