This was my Father’s theatre. He had it in the 50’s and 60’s. Him and my grandfather ran it. Sometimes it would show American movies and then for many years it showed Italian films and also had live Italian shows with performers coming from Italy. I don’t remember the organ but I do remember the large grand piano they had for the shows. When it was American movies on Saturday they would show 3 movies and cartoons for $ .25 . There would be a monster movie, a cowboy movie and a Our Gang movie plus the cartoons. All the mother’s would drop their kids at Noon and have a cheap babysitter for the day. The candy counter sold candy, popcorn, hotdogs, ice cream and soda so you could eat all day also. Up the street was a restaurant where I would get the greasy cheeseburgers and fries but they were great. I have a picture of my father and grandfather standing in front of the theatre. Those were wonderful times. I love the old memories.
This was my Father’s theatre. He had it in the 50’s and 60’s. Him and my grandfather ran it. Sometimes it would show American movies and then for many years it showed Italian films and also had live Italian shows with performers coming from Italy. I don’t remember the organ but I do remember the large grand piano they had for the shows. When it was American movies on Saturday they would show 3 movies and cartoons for $ .25 . There would be a monster movie, a cowboy movie and a Our Gang movie plus the cartoons. All the mother’s would drop their kids at Noon and have a cheap babysitter for the day. The candy counter sold candy, popcorn, hotdogs, ice cream and soda so you could eat all day also. Up the street was a restaurant where I would get the greasy cheeseburgers and fries but they were great. I have a picture of my father and grandfather standing in front of the theatre. Those were wonderful times. I love the old memories.