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Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? A tough Kansas City widow helped open the door
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 ...
WWNO22d
On National Popcorn Day, we look back at how they became a movie theater staple
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 ...
The Pueblo Chieftain27d
Bring your best bucket to Pueblo's Cinemark Tinseltown for National Popcorn Day Jan. 19
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 ...
Yahoo27d
Bring your best bucket to Pueblo's Cinemark Tinseltown for National Popcorn Day Jan. 19
What do a sandcastle mold, a Halloween trick-or-treat bucket, a beach tote bag and a wooden pale have in common? Any one of them can be taken to Cinemark Tinseltown in Pueblo on Jan. 19 to be ...
WKU Public Radio22d
On National Popcorn Day, we look back at how they became a movie theater staple
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, Braden told ...