I worked as an usher at the Capitol in 1946. I remember being posted many times to stand at the base of the beautiful white marble staircase during the shows. While I was there they always played one movie and a stage show. For example, “The Postman Always Rings Twice” was paired with Guy Lombardo and his orchestra on stage, and “Two Sisters from Boston” ran along with The Ritz Brothers on stage. A special experience occured while “Two Sisters from Boston”, which had Jimmy Durante in its cast, was playing. Loews Inc. gave a party in a local night club to honor Jimmy Durante on his 20th Anniversay in show business. They asked several of us from the Capitol if we would work the party. I was assigned the front door to identify guests and keep out gate crashers. The guests included many of the greats of show business of that time. I visited Times Square a couple of weeks ago. It didn’t seem the same without that sign down the street reading “Capitol” which is so visible in the Times Square scenes of many old movies.
I was Assistant Manager and Relief Manager of the Garfield Theatre in Alhambra in 1943. At that time it was a part of the Alhambra Theaters Venture, a combination of all four theaters in Alhambra, California which was managed by the Edwards' Theaters Circuit. It was a beautiful theater. It had a fine Wurlitzer Theater Pipe Organ which had been used in earlier years but by the 1940’s was no longer in use. I grew up about three blocks from the theater and lived in the neigborhood for many years. It was hard to watch it deteriorate.
I worked as an usher at the Capitol in 1946. I remember being posted many times to stand at the base of the beautiful white marble staircase during the shows. While I was there they always played one movie and a stage show. For example, “The Postman Always Rings Twice” was paired with Guy Lombardo and his orchestra on stage, and “Two Sisters from Boston” ran along with The Ritz Brothers on stage. A special experience occured while “Two Sisters from Boston”, which had Jimmy Durante in its cast, was playing. Loews Inc. gave a party in a local night club to honor Jimmy Durante on his 20th Anniversay in show business. They asked several of us from the Capitol if we would work the party. I was assigned the front door to identify guests and keep out gate crashers. The guests included many of the greats of show business of that time. I visited Times Square a couple of weeks ago. It didn’t seem the same without that sign down the street reading “Capitol” which is so visible in the Times Square scenes of many old movies.
I was Assistant Manager and Relief Manager of the Garfield Theatre in Alhambra in 1943. At that time it was a part of the Alhambra Theaters Venture, a combination of all four theaters in Alhambra, California which was managed by the Edwards' Theaters Circuit. It was a beautiful theater. It had a fine Wurlitzer Theater Pipe Organ which had been used in earlier years but by the 1940’s was no longer in use. I grew up about three blocks from the theater and lived in the neigborhood for many years. It was hard to watch it deteriorate.