When did they stop playing the national anthem in movie theaters before the movie?
Best Answer
1987
https://www.answers.com/Q/When_did_they_stop_playing_the_national_anthem_in_movie_theaters_before_the_movie
No explanation, so I wonder if it had anything to do with this movie release the year before?
American Anthem (1986)
06/27/1986 (US) Romance 1h 42m
Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While dealing with the conflicts in their personal lives and the stress of training, they prepare for the US Olympic Trials.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/45930-american-anthem
This is a really filled out article, published Sep 13, 2016 (5 min read):
It used to be illegal to not stand for the national anthem
The controversial history of reverence for ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
by Meagan Day
"A hundred years ago, the United States didn’t yet have an official national anthem. And since the nation was on the verge of combat entry into World War I, it seemed like a good time to get one. “The Star-Spangled Banner,” written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key and popular throughout the 19th century, was the top contender." "Though the military had already adopted it, it wasn’t exactly sacred — set to the tune of an old drinking song, it was played in taverns as well as in military processions."
This early article:
'Star-Spangled Banner' Born From A Drinking Song 200 Years Ago
September 12, 20144:21 PM ET
"Sunday is the 200th anniversary of the day "Francis Scott key penned what came to be known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" as he observed the American flag still flying over Baltimore Harbor's Fort McHenry after a night of British bombardment. He set his lyrics to "The Anacreontic Song.""
"The Anacreontic Society had this one, written in 1776."
Lyrics from "THE ANACREONTIC SONG"
This line was changed from "And besides I'll instruct you, like me, to intwine the Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus' Vine" to, "oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
https://www.npr.org/2014/09/12/348010268/star-spangled-banner-born-from-a-drinking-song-200-years-ago