Way back during my elementary school years (Academia San Jorge), we often took trips to the Music Hall. I’m not exactly sure, but I suspect that the Sisters at the school had an intense devotion for the 70 mm Biblical spectacles. On one ocassion, just before the “Semana Santa” (Holy Week), we watched “Ben-Hur”, and I recall almost every third-grader being in a state of terror during the sea battle scene. And, of course, the chariot race just blew everyone away!
My dad and uncle took turns every month or so taking us neighborhood kids to the Music Hall to see the Disney flicks.
Before the UA Cinema 150, there was… the Metropolitan! Fond film memories include “Planet of the Apes”, “Tora!Tora!Tora!” (That film played for months), “The Sound of Music”, “Gone in 60 Seconds”, and “Blue Water, White Death”. I recall that during “Beneath the Planet of the Apes” an elaborate setup was erected in front of the lobby and box office. I can’t exactly remember which film, but I was standing in line one time and there was someone with a loud transistor radio playing Eric Burdon and War’s “Spill the Wine”. Every time I hear that song, I go “back” to the Metropolitan!
The Metro was probably the most elegant theatre in the area. I remember that during the engagements for “2001: A Space Odyssey”, at the height of the “Space Age”, they had a satellite prop in the lobby!
JSA
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Apr 8, 2005 at 11:29 pm
I want to thank Jose Mendez for contributing to this site. I have very fond memories of many of these theatres. The UA Cinema 150 was close to my Grandmother’s house, so it was a frequent stop for us. I remember going there to see the “Star Wars” saga, “Close Encounters”, the Roger Moore Bond films like “Moonraker”, and many other “event” films. My fondest Cinema 150 film experience, however, was David Lean’s last film, “A Passage to India”. I would like also to point out that I believe that the first film shown there was “Cromwell”, but I’m not 100% sure. “The Andromeda Strain” was the first film advertised as “presented in the D-150 screen”. At any rate, I have been living in California for the lat 15 years, and have been to many movie houses here, but still the Cinema 150, with the UA Ultra 360 Sound and D-150 screen will always be tops.
Way back during my elementary school years (Academia San Jorge), we often took trips to the Music Hall. I’m not exactly sure, but I suspect that the Sisters at the school had an intense devotion for the 70 mm Biblical spectacles. On one ocassion, just before the “Semana Santa” (Holy Week), we watched “Ben-Hur”, and I recall almost every third-grader being in a state of terror during the sea battle scene. And, of course, the chariot race just blew everyone away!
My dad and uncle took turns every month or so taking us neighborhood kids to the Music Hall to see the Disney flicks.
Our entire family went to see “Chitty Chitty” during the opening weekend at the Cinerama. Me and my brothers just had to see that movie!
Before the UA Cinema 150, there was… the Metropolitan! Fond film memories include “Planet of the Apes”, “Tora!Tora!Tora!” (That film played for months), “The Sound of Music”, “Gone in 60 Seconds”, and “Blue Water, White Death”. I recall that during “Beneath the Planet of the Apes” an elaborate setup was erected in front of the lobby and box office. I can’t exactly remember which film, but I was standing in line one time and there was someone with a loud transistor radio playing Eric Burdon and War’s “Spill the Wine”. Every time I hear that song, I go “back” to the Metropolitan!
The Metro was probably the most elegant theatre in the area. I remember that during the engagements for “2001: A Space Odyssey”, at the height of the “Space Age”, they had a satellite prop in the lobby!
I want to thank Jose Mendez for contributing to this site. I have very fond memories of many of these theatres. The UA Cinema 150 was close to my Grandmother’s house, so it was a frequent stop for us. I remember going there to see the “Star Wars” saga, “Close Encounters”, the Roger Moore Bond films like “Moonraker”, and many other “event” films. My fondest Cinema 150 film experience, however, was David Lean’s last film, “A Passage to India”. I would like also to point out that I believe that the first film shown there was “Cromwell”, but I’m not 100% sure. “The Andromeda Strain” was the first film advertised as “presented in the D-150 screen”. At any rate, I have been living in California for the lat 15 years, and have been to many movie houses here, but still the Cinema 150, with the UA Ultra 360 Sound and D-150 screen will always be tops.