I was manager of the Roxy in San angelo in 1972 and 1973. There were no old ladies working there. The old man who owned the place for decades said he was “compelled” to sell it to a group from Memphis, if you get my drift. I worked for those guys in 1973 until soon after the VP of the company, involved with “negoiations” with the Projectionst Union in San Antonio was arrested by the FBI with a trunk full of explosives and guns. Such things were frowned upon in those days. There were no old ladies working there – quite the contrary – a couple of which I miss a lot. I closed the threatre in 1973 on instructions from the company after a small fire in a broom closet, for purely economic reasons. My assistant manager was a tech sgt at GAFB.
My last post here was in 2011. Funny how time flies. I was assistant manager of the Winwood Cinema from 1974 to 1977. Some time around the middle of that, the theatre was bought by United Artists. In December of 1977 I opened the newly constructed United Artist’s Cine 4 on Cuthbert in Midland.
Cinema National was a pretty cool company but they weren’t acclimated to southern practices, I think. They equipped all new theatres with a basic package including snow shovels. Including the Winwood in Odessa. My boss Lamont, the man in the newspaper clipping above, was required to wear a tuxedo with cummerbund every evening. UA was much more relaxed, serving sizes were larger and prices much better.
Odessa wasn’t happy with my presence there. The house I was living in is a soccer field now and the Winwood Mall along with this theatre (that I really loved) is gone – as if they wanted to remove every trace of my former presence. Oh well, c'est la vie.
Well, since no one answered your question in a year and a half, No — It was never changed to 3 screens — it would have been a major remodel to do that.
I was manager of the Roxy in San angelo in 1972 and 1973. There were no old ladies working there. The old man who owned the place for decades said he was “compelled” to sell it to a group from Memphis, if you get my drift. I worked for those guys in 1973 until soon after the VP of the company, involved with “negoiations” with the Projectionst Union in San Antonio was arrested by the FBI with a trunk full of explosives and guns. Such things were frowned upon in those days. There were no old ladies working there – quite the contrary – a couple of which I miss a lot. I closed the threatre in 1973 on instructions from the company after a small fire in a broom closet, for purely economic reasons. My assistant manager was a tech sgt at GAFB.
Hi everyone.
My last post here was in 2011. Funny how time flies. I was assistant manager of the Winwood Cinema from 1974 to 1977. Some time around the middle of that, the theatre was bought by United Artists. In December of 1977 I opened the newly constructed United Artist’s Cine 4 on Cuthbert in Midland.
Cinema National was a pretty cool company but they weren’t acclimated to southern practices, I think. They equipped all new theatres with a basic package including snow shovels. Including the Winwood in Odessa. My boss Lamont, the man in the newspaper clipping above, was required to wear a tuxedo with cummerbund every evening. UA was much more relaxed, serving sizes were larger and prices much better.
Odessa wasn’t happy with my presence there. The house I was living in is a soccer field now and the Winwood Mall along with this theatre (that I really loved) is gone – as if they wanted to remove every trace of my former presence. Oh well, c'est la vie.
I will check back in another 10 years. :)
Well, since no one answered your question in a year and a half, No — It was never changed to 3 screens — it would have been a major remodel to do that.