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BigPolishDog commented about Mapletown Theatre on Feb 22, 2017 at 11:54 am

I,along with my friend John T.(Trzcinski)during the “Golden Era” of the late ‘60’s…..“Bonnie & Clyde”, “In The Heat Of The Night”, “Sand Pebbles”,“Bullitt”,“Wait Until Dark” et. al……We had a MANNERS'BIG BOY 'katy-korner’(across the bridge/street) from the theater, and we learned how to ‘inhale’ those “Big Boys”,Onion Rings, and I believe they also had battered Mushrooms too…..A British couple;Eric (?),w/wife and kids changed the marquee from withing the ‘housing’ of the sign itself,and also provided custodian service……prior to working there in HS,I was a customer since my childhood in the ‘50’s (I remember walking to the theater from Morgan Street across from Broadway Elementary School(defunct)after seeing “Jailhouse Rock” and at another viewing,“Rebel Without A Cause”…Or,being dropped off there on a Friday dusk hours in the early '60’s with $2….stopped at the drug store on the corner/by the bridge and boughts 20 candy bars for a NICKLE each….$.50 for the show, and I had $.50 left for Royal Castle across Broadway after the show (hamburgers were 15cents, and I believe a root beer was a dime)…btw, that Friday 'double bill’ was Bob Hope in “Call Me Bwana” and “Dr.No” with Sean Connery……….