What was playing at the Palace on March 13, 1969?

March 4, 1969 Lorain Journal movie ad

So what was playing at the Palace Theater in Lorain on March 13, 1969?

None other than a travelogue entitled Alaskan Safari (1968). It boasted scenes of “hunting and fishing amidst most magnificent scenery ever filmed,” including hunts for moose, Dahl sheep, grizzly bears, brown bears and polar bears. Other highlights included scenes of Bald Eagles, and Eskimos searching for food (presumably in the wild).

The movie was so popular with Lorain audiences that it was held over for a week or two. (The movie is well-remembered and positively reviewed on the TCM website.)

Why is this interesting to me? Because it brought back a pleasant memory of something I'd long forgotten: a sleepover at the house of a friend at that time. He only lived a block away from me, but it was a real novelty to stay overnight at a friend’s house back then. And part of the fun (besides trying some of the pickles that were curing in a huge crock in his garage) was that his father took us to see Alaskan Safari at the Palace.

Alaskan Safari was released on video back in the mid-1980s but doesn't seem to have made it onto DVD. Based on the favorable comments left on the TCM website by people who remember the movie from its original run, perhaps it should.

Hey, what happened to the hunter in this ad?