I grew up in Inglewood from 1953 to 1975. I frequented The Academy often. Two films I recall seeing were “The Great Escape” and “Dog of Flanders”. I still remember the vending machines in the men’s room. Cool viles of hair creme and combs.
I didn’t make it to the Fox Venice very often. I couldn’t, however, pass up a double feature which played sometime in the mid-seventies.
It was “The Cincinnati Kid” with Steve McQueen and “The Hustler” with Paul Newman. How do you pass up a double feature like that?
George Clooney and Brad Pitt just don’t make it.
I was an usher and eventually assistant manager at the UA from 1967 to 1969. I was in high school and had to close almost every night. I worked about 48 hours a week and pulled in a wopping $75.00 after taxes. It was, however, the most fun that I ever had working. 2 or 3 friends also worked there and we all became a sort of family. We would have parties after hours and put Jimi Hendrix on the stereo system in the projection booth. We made a habit of holding on to the bottom weight of the curtain and riding it up 10 or 12 feet for kicks…that is, until a cable broke and we had to spend the night trying to repair it. The manager at that time was Lupita Alvarez. From behind, she looked like Lana Turner. From the front, she looked like Cantinflas! Bert’s Bar was next door and I got to watch all of the drunks walk by while waiting for the last picture show to end. That job taught me much about people as I watched it pass by the double glass doors.
I grew up in Inglewood from 1953 to 1975. I frequented The Academy often. Two films I recall seeing were “The Great Escape” and “Dog of Flanders”. I still remember the vending machines in the men’s room. Cool viles of hair creme and combs.
I didn’t make it to the Fox Venice very often. I couldn’t, however, pass up a double feature which played sometime in the mid-seventies.
It was “The Cincinnati Kid” with Steve McQueen and “The Hustler” with Paul Newman. How do you pass up a double feature like that?
George Clooney and Brad Pitt just don’t make it.
I was an usher and eventually assistant manager at the UA from 1967 to 1969. I was in high school and had to close almost every night. I worked about 48 hours a week and pulled in a wopping $75.00 after taxes. It was, however, the most fun that I ever had working. 2 or 3 friends also worked there and we all became a sort of family. We would have parties after hours and put Jimi Hendrix on the stereo system in the projection booth. We made a habit of holding on to the bottom weight of the curtain and riding it up 10 or 12 feet for kicks…that is, until a cable broke and we had to spend the night trying to repair it. The manager at that time was Lupita Alvarez. From behind, she looked like Lana Turner. From the front, she looked like Cantinflas! Bert’s Bar was next door and I got to watch all of the drunks walk by while waiting for the last picture show to end. That job taught me much about people as I watched it pass by the double glass doors.