Above them, a message on the marquee of the Birmingham 8 movie theater shared the proposal that he was about to make. “Will you marry me, Emily?,” it spelled out in big letters.

Guests won’t know the movie title until the lights go down and the opening scene begins. The first mystery showing is set for Monday, May 19, at 7 p.m., and tickets are just $5.

Now the entertainment hub for Plymouth, Michigan, is bringing people together during the COVID-19 crisis in a different way — through movie quotes on its marquee. With its doors shut and no ...

And while the illuminated, wrap-around sign may have been made to advertise movie showings, it could not be more perfect for the Japanese short-form poetry, according to the bards. “The marquee itself ...