Footloose 1984: How Kevin Bacon Made a Town Dance Again
In 1898, the town of Elmore City, Oklahoma passed an ordinance banning public dancing. It stayed on the books for 82 years. When the community finally voted to repeal it in 1980, the wire story ran in newspapers across the country. Screenwriter Dean Pitchford clipped it. Four years later, Footloose opened in 2,074 theaters and…