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Wild about Harry: Fans flock to latest 'Potter' film

Published 07/15/09

You don't have to be a wizard to understand the spell that Harry Potter has cast upon movie-goers. You only had to show up at a movie theater last night in search of a ticket to the latest cinematic installment of the wildly successful J.K. Rowling series.

Kathryn Flynn — The Capital Christalene Karaiskakis, owner of Crystalooneys Creative Arts, paints a 'dark mark' — the symbol of Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters — on Mariel White, 13, of Arnold, before Wednesday morning's midnight premiere of 'Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince' at Bow Tie Cinemas in the Westfield Annapolis mall. Karaiskakis painted dark marks, dragons and other Harry Potter-related artwork on the faces of fans who arrived at the theater hours before the premiere.
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"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" opened at 12:01 a.m. this morning to a show of enormous support nationwide.

Locally, Bow Tie Cinemas at Westfield Annapolis mall sold out every showing before 3 p.m., an employee at the theater said, and the Regal Bowie Crossing Stadium theater reported more than 1,000 people in attendance.

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AS I SEE IT - 2009-07-16 09:44:25

by Mainer Mike Brown.

I've never seen a Harry Potter film.

That's AS I SEE IT. I'm Mainer Mike Brown.

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