Cinema: Silent Movies

U.S. cinemansions, which sell $500 million worth of popcorn and candy a year, had something new last week to interest moviegoers who merely want to see and hear the picture: a porous popcorn bag that is not only crackle-proof and explosion-proof but cannot (its manufacturers claim) be filled with water and dropped from the balcony.

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