This is to the 50’s Moviegoer: You are right about Mr. Beck owning the Merc. B & K bought it in 1957 and Mr. Calamarie managed it. My dad was the janitor there and we lived in the apartment upstairs from 1957-1962. My dad worked there until about ‘67. I’ve seen just about all the movies that played there in those years, including the kids Saturday morning shows. I even got to learn how to operate the old carbon-fired projectors. On good movies, it was standing room only and the inner lobby had a glass wall and the ushers would raise the curtains so the people could watch. Back then adults were $.50 and kids were $.25. Plain popcorn was $.15 and buttered was $.25. I’m Greg Lucht.
When I was a kid, the Elm Theatre was the place to go to see great (for that time) horror and sci-fi movies.
Greg
This is to the 50’s Moviegoer: You are right about Mr. Beck owning the Merc. B & K bought it in 1957 and Mr. Calamarie managed it. My dad was the janitor there and we lived in the apartment upstairs from 1957-1962. My dad worked there until about ‘67. I’ve seen just about all the movies that played there in those years, including the kids Saturday morning shows. I even got to learn how to operate the old carbon-fired projectors. On good movies, it was standing room only and the inner lobby had a glass wall and the ushers would raise the curtains so the people could watch. Back then adults were $.50 and kids were $.25. Plain popcorn was $.15 and buttered was $.25. I’m Greg Lucht.