The valley Art theatre was (at least in the 70’s) run by the sherpix company, a company that also produced broadway shows. In the mid seventies the valley was run by Nancy Sher, and the projectionist was Mr. Bill Gregg who had run there since the 1940’s.
To chime in on the star wars debate; (I was also there for the special Nick Salerno screening). The Print was 35mm, we were all very suprised to hear that.There were 35mm mag prints made as well as non dolby 70mm prints made. By the way there were 35mm mag prints made for Empire also.You can’t always judge how a print played by the newspaper ads, (just look at all the errors in the red book of widescreen movies). And yes there are still old folks around who do remember how these movies were run.
The valley was not Harkins first or even one of his first theatres. Before Danny Harkins took over the operation in the mid seventies, the chain was run by his father Dwight. Some of the first Harkins theatres I remember were the Cammelview, the theatre in that mall on Thomas around 36th st. The one with the big antenna masts (not thomas mall) and a couple on the west side.
When I moved to Phoenix In the summer of 1966, the movie I remember playing at the cine capri was The Blue Max. Seems like it play there forever. Most of those road show presentations played for 3 to 6 months or more.
What was the name of the food court next to the cine capri. It was one of the first food courts I ever saw, with maybe 8 to 10 different food stands. One stand had a bob’s big boy style double hamberger, which in 1966 was still unusual.
The thing hurt the most about 24th and camellback was when they tore up all that pretty grass on the corner, to build another building. That lawn was one of the prettiest in phoenix.
The valley Art theatre was (at least in the 70’s) run by the sherpix company, a company that also produced broadway shows. In the mid seventies the valley was run by Nancy Sher, and the projectionist was Mr. Bill Gregg who had run there since the 1940’s.
To chime in on the star wars debate; (I was also there for the special Nick Salerno screening). The Print was 35mm, we were all very suprised to hear that.There were 35mm mag prints made as well as non dolby 70mm prints made. By the way there were 35mm mag prints made for Empire also.You can’t always judge how a print played by the newspaper ads, (just look at all the errors in the red book of widescreen movies). And yes there are still old folks around who do remember how these movies were run.
The valley was not Harkins first or even one of his first theatres. Before Danny Harkins took over the operation in the mid seventies, the chain was run by his father Dwight. Some of the first Harkins theatres I remember were the Cammelview, the theatre in that mall on Thomas around 36th st. The one with the big antenna masts (not thomas mall) and a couple on the west side.
When I moved to Phoenix In the summer of 1966, the movie I remember playing at the cine capri was The Blue Max. Seems like it play there forever. Most of those road show presentations played for 3 to 6 months or more.
What was the name of the food court next to the cine capri. It was one of the first food courts I ever saw, with maybe 8 to 10 different food stands. One stand had a bob’s big boy style double hamberger, which in 1966 was still unusual.
The thing hurt the most about 24th and camellback was when they tore up all that pretty grass on the corner, to build another building. That lawn was one of the prettiest in phoenix.