Even back in the 1920s, audiences were sneaking food into theaters, a tradition that still stands to this day. While theater owners originally did not want popcorn in their movie theaters, customers would still sneak the snack in, as vendors would set themselves up near theaters to sell to customers. This meant that popcorn was easy to make and could be sold anywhere without requiring a kitchen. Popcorn had already been a staple of American culture in carnivals, fairs, and sporting events due to the portable popping machine being invented in 1885. Related: The Best Movies Set in Cinema, Ranked This changed as movies shifted from silent pictures to sound, as now a wider array of customers could attend the movies as it no longer required a person to be literate, having to read the text of silent films. The sound of popcorn was also not ideal for silent films, despite featuring music playing over the films.
In fact theater owners originally hated the idea of snack foods in them as they wanted to be closer to actual theaters and cater to a higher rank clientele (and understandably didn't want popcorn to make the fancy carpeting sticky). While it is hard to imagine now, popcorn was not always welcome in movie theaters.
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