Movie fans gather to bid farewell to the last stand-alone movie theatre"La Scala" amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Bangkok, Thailand July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee ThirasupaShare this contentBANGKOK: Donning masks and observing social-distancing practices, movie and theatre fans on Saturday bid a final farewell to Thailand's La Scala theatre in Bangkok, which is set to close its doors in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
"I'm so sad I have no words. It is heartbreaking," said Nanta Tansasha, whose family runs the theatre, which was built by her father. The theatre had a glamorous opening on New Year's Eve in 1970, and the first movie it showed was"The Undefeated" starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson.In its heyday, it rolled out the red carpet for celebrities including the likes of Jean Claud Van Damme for the Bangkok Film Festival in 2013.
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