ANYWAYS WHEN I WAS IN THE BUSINESS this was MASTERS 4 cinemas and we kept them in line being the larger and more impressive ABC THEATRES. They did very little if any promotions now that i think about it.
I remember when i was under 17 and theatres enforced the code.I could not see THE GODFATHER had to go over to the IMPERIAL and see TALES FROM THE CRYPT. A PG rated horror movie,It wasn’t bad.
DEAN MARTIN Returns to screen in MR.RICCO. It really looks like Dean Martin could do better.This one is quickly shipped to the Drive-in and then out of town.
rated pg.
One morning i walk in Zack’s office and he asks me what i think of local Magician DIXIE DOOLEY who had a saturday morning show on TV 26.
Well, at age 25 i ain’t watching alot of saturday morning TV. His kids had seen DOOLEY on TV. Guess what we are calling DOOLEY on the phone and asks if he wants to perform at our midnight shows. We could pay in a free pizza and free movie passes. He jumped on the deal. And he put a good show. Today, he is in LAS VEGAS and put on a private show for MICHAEL JACKSON and his KIDS. ZACKER COULD SPOT TALENT GUESS THAT IS WHY HE SPOTTED SMEAK, MORRISON & ROGERS.
YES, THE GREEN SLIME played here along with another third rate sci-fi , JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN. I saw JOURNEY at the IMPERIAL ,but missed THE GREEN SLIME.
Ray, did you know Mrs.Hank Willams attened a promotion there.I wonder if she did this after Hank died,I did not have a date on the movie ad. It also stated the Drive in had a nursery for kids with a trained nurse on hand, I hadn’t heard of that in Augusta Drive in history.Parents could drop the kids off and enjoy the movie.
NIck, What great story! We had alot of dusk to dawnfilms here,but i was too young to ever stay out that long. Here is my List for my DUSK TO DAWN SHOW at the HILLSBORO DRIVE IN
1 Now showing CHRISTOPHER LEE in DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE,
{i have the one sheet}
2 CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED
3 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE
4 THE GREEN SLIME [because it is so BAD.}
5 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.
There will be RED JELLY FILLED DOUGHTNUTS and Cherry soda for free if you cab take such fear.
I hope others, using just the movies you listed will do what i just did it was fun.GREAT WORK.
I was informed by a very good source that WHERE EAGLES DARE was part of a CLINT EASTWOOD double bill, PLAY MISTY FOR ME was the second hit on the late show i wrote about earlier. Sorry,I am trying to remember without any help from my friends.
Guess what? REGENCY MALL CINEMAS will show for the first time since the county told us they would take our business license,ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. March 28 1986. The other midnight features{ and you can tell i am out of the bussiness} a very unmidnight lame EUROPEAN VACATION. Third screen NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. I know they did not let ROCKY HORROR get out of hand like we did in the early 80’s.
You know now that i think about it in our days if one of us doormen had to jump behind the concession we would be teed off, even if they just went on a restroom break. NO 1970’s guy would go behind a snack bar unless so ordered. I know on slow nights i would give the Box office girl a smoke break and the concessiongirl,ONCE THE MOVIE STARTED!
WE, played THE WALL at REGENCY 1.2.3. first run and cannot remember anyone coming out asking about the sound. We lost sound somehow one night on FIRST BLOOD and i ran down the mall where our projectionist was getting some coffee and he thought i was pulling HIS LEG!
Look I know you started about the same time i did and in Augusta they did own the Booth. IT took awhile,but with time we became friends,they help get me in local 629 Stagehands local here. Hey, Unless i worked at the Imperial i never saw those FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH flicks. And yes, you could play reel second and reel five third. I had an old projectionist here and you might have read it he swore you could leave reel 7 out of GONE WITH THE WIND and if you hadn’t seen the movie,never miss it. Knowing him, i am sure he pulled it off at a drive in.
COLUMBIA TWO I can’t believe it but we are once again picking up product from WEIS CINEMA CENTER this time it is ORCA. I did see the killer whale chomp off Bo Derek’s Leg. Smart Fish. One week run. 1977.
Yeah, On OH,GOD a pretty unoffensive film we were protested as mentioned somewhere on this COLUMBIA 1 and 2 Theatres page. All it did was sell the movie out at the 9:20 showing. Ours made the AP.
My dad told me when he was dating my mom they saw SGT. YORK there. on the way home his dad stopped him to tell him do not go up the road any further.My dad’s cousin had hit a train and was killed. He said he would always remember that date and theatre.
THE EXORCIST 2 THE HERETIC plays first run at the imperial and if i am mistaken by the 9:20 showing another reel is sent in for a new ending.Anyways, the movie was a bomb.
Will, someone explain to me what is going on in the home office. COLUMBIA ONE is going to play at a first run theatre EASY RIDER which has played countless late shows! on COLUMBIA TWO we will have THE WAY WE WERE. EASY RIDER shows at 7:25 and 9:15 while WAY WE WERE shows at 6:35 and 8:50.
Ed , Don’t Mention BILLY JACK,we played that at NATIONAL HILLS and lost track of the boom mikes in everyshot. Bill, also said that the movie 1970 THE COCKEYED COWBOYS OF CALICO COUNTY was so bad that was pulled out of the IMPERIAL before the first week. Dan Blocker should have stayed on the tube. You would never change Bill’s Mind about Bonnie abnd Clyde i have known him since 1974 and he swears the award was taken from his movie. I guess i did feel something like that when Paul Newman lost on the VERDICT. I swore i would never watch them again and haven’t. I read where critic Rex Reed felt it was a good old boys system.
ANYWAYS WHEN I WAS IN THE BUSINESS this was MASTERS 4 cinemas and we kept them in line being the larger and more impressive ABC THEATRES. They did very little if any promotions now that i think about it.
I remember when i was under 17 and theatres enforced the code.I could not see THE GODFATHER had to go over to the IMPERIAL and see TALES FROM THE CRYPT. A PG rated horror movie,It wasn’t bad.
This need to be changed to MASTERS 7.Somehow i really messed up.ONLY SEVEN SCREENS. STill all movies $2.00 a seat.
DEAN MARTIN Returns to screen in MR.RICCO. It really looks like Dean Martin could do better.This one is quickly shipped to the Drive-in and then out of town.
rated pg.
One morning i walk in Zack’s office and he asks me what i think of local Magician DIXIE DOOLEY who had a saturday morning show on TV 26.
Well, at age 25 i ain’t watching alot of saturday morning TV. His kids had seen DOOLEY on TV. Guess what we are calling DOOLEY on the phone and asks if he wants to perform at our midnight shows. We could pay in a free pizza and free movie passes. He jumped on the deal. And he put a good show. Today, he is in LAS VEGAS and put on a private show for MICHAEL JACKSON and his KIDS. ZACKER COULD SPOT TALENT GUESS THAT IS WHY HE SPOTTED SMEAK, MORRISON & ROGERS.
MY one sheet,however, has the two lovers kissing.
I TOO HAVE A MINT COPY OF THE ONE SHEET,plus DR.PHIBES RISES AGAIN. Vincent Price was PRICELESS.
YES, THE GREEN SLIME played here along with another third rate sci-fi , JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN. I saw JOURNEY at the IMPERIAL ,but missed THE GREEN SLIME.
Ray, did you know Mrs.Hank Willams attened a promotion there.I wonder if she did this after Hank died,I did not have a date on the movie ad. It also stated the Drive in had a nursery for kids with a trained nurse on hand, I hadn’t heard of that in Augusta Drive in history.Parents could drop the kids off and enjoy the movie.
I KNOW FOLKS IT IS"CAN" NOT “CAB”
NIck, What great story! We had alot of dusk to dawnfilms here,but i was too young to ever stay out that long. Here is my List for my DUSK TO DAWN SHOW at the HILLSBORO DRIVE IN
1 Now showing CHRISTOPHER LEE in DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE,
{i have the one sheet}
2 CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED
3 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE
4 THE GREEN SLIME [because it is so BAD.}
5 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.
There will be RED JELLY FILLED DOUGHTNUTS and Cherry soda for free if you cab take such fear.
I hope others, using just the movies you listed will do what i just did it was fun.GREAT WORK.
I was informed by a very good source that WHERE EAGLES DARE was part of a CLINT EASTWOOD double bill, PLAY MISTY FOR ME was the second hit on the late show i wrote about earlier. Sorry,I am trying to remember without any help from my friends.
Guess what? REGENCY MALL CINEMAS will show for the first time since the county told us they would take our business license,ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. March 28 1986. The other midnight features{ and you can tell i am out of the bussiness} a very unmidnight lame EUROPEAN VACATION. Third screen NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. I know they did not let ROCKY HORROR get out of hand like we did in the early 80’s.
You know now that i think about it in our days if one of us doormen had to jump behind the concession we would be teed off, even if they just went on a restroom break. NO 1970’s guy would go behind a snack bar unless so ordered. I know on slow nights i would give the Box office girl a smoke break and the concessiongirl,ONCE THE MOVIE STARTED!
Like so many passion pits this location today is home to a large church.
WE, played THE WALL at REGENCY 1.2.3. first run and cannot remember anyone coming out asking about the sound. We lost sound somehow one night on FIRST BLOOD and i ran down the mall where our projectionist was getting some coffee and he thought i was pulling HIS LEG!
Look I know you started about the same time i did and in Augusta they did own the Booth. IT took awhile,but with time we became friends,they help get me in local 629 Stagehands local here. Hey, Unless i worked at the Imperial i never saw those FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH flicks. And yes, you could play reel second and reel five third. I had an old projectionist here and you might have read it he swore you could leave reel 7 out of GONE WITH THE WIND and if you hadn’t seen the movie,never miss it. Knowing him, i am sure he pulled it off at a drive in.
COLUMBIA TWO I can’t believe it but we are once again picking up product from WEIS CINEMA CENTER this time it is ORCA. I did see the killer whale chomp off Bo Derek’s Leg. Smart Fish. One week run. 1977.
Yeah, On OH,GOD a pretty unoffensive film we were protested as mentioned somewhere on this COLUMBIA 1 and 2 Theatres page. All it did was sell the movie out at the 9:20 showing. Ours made the AP.
My dad told me when he was dating my mom they saw SGT. YORK there. on the way home his dad stopped him to tell him do not go up the road any further.My dad’s cousin had hit a train and was killed. He said he would always remember that date and theatre.
THE EXORCIST 2 THE HERETIC plays first run at the imperial and if i am mistaken by the 9:20 showing another reel is sent in for a new ending.Anyways, the movie was a bomb.
I could swear i saw an HAWAII 5-0 episode where a car drives by a DRIVE-IN theatre. I wonder if this is the one?
Dave Poland was the district manager this area.And i never heard alot of good about him.
Will, someone explain to me what is going on in the home office. COLUMBIA ONE is going to play at a first run theatre EASY RIDER which has played countless late shows! on COLUMBIA TWO we will have THE WAY WE WERE. EASY RIDER shows at 7:25 and 9:15 while WAY WE WERE shows at 6:35 and 8:50.
Ed , Don’t Mention BILLY JACK,we played that at NATIONAL HILLS and lost track of the boom mikes in everyshot. Bill, also said that the movie 1970 THE COCKEYED COWBOYS OF CALICO COUNTY was so bad that was pulled out of the IMPERIAL before the first week. Dan Blocker should have stayed on the tube. You would never change Bill’s Mind about Bonnie abnd Clyde i have known him since 1974 and he swears the award was taken from his movie. I guess i did feel something like that when Paul Newman lost on the VERDICT. I swore i would never watch them again and haven’t. I read where critic Rex Reed felt it was a good old boys system.