I worked at this theatre when I was in High School in the early 80’s.
As well as being there being a regular midnight showing of Rocky Horror on FRI & SAT, it also regularly played Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same & Pink Floyd The Wall @ Midnights on FRI & SAT.
Then at my urging the mgr ordered THE GRATEFUL DEAD movie.
At the time nobody really knew what they were.
I promised her this would be a success and pleaded for her to book it for one weekend.
CONN COLLEGE in New London had a Dead Show of course and it was mentioned on air as well as being in the paper…word got out through Deadhead circles and the place was near sold out 200-300 seats.
The manager was shocked and pleased and thanked me.
She overlooked all the pot smoke and held it over for another weekend!
I started as an usher and later became a projectionist.
I later returned as a projectionist in my college years.
Marion Van Wagner was the manager.
A sweet, tiny lady under 5 feet tall who was an area theatre manager for 50 yrs managing UA in Groton, Garde Theatre ion New London and Hoyt’s in Dayville and a theatre in Norwich (cannot remember the name)
I was a senior in high school in 1983 when I first went to the Cameo.
I can still remember the one sheet poster for the feature Bubble Gum & the tag line which read:
“What Goes In Soft & Comes out Hard?…..Bubble Gum!”
It starred the great Honey Wilder who was 33 at the time.
It struck me as odd that there was a snack bar there.
I did buy a popcorn and candy bar and sat down to watch XXX gyrations on the big screen as if I were enjoying a regular feature.
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I wrote the one sheet tag line backwards of course it read WHAT GOES IN HARD & COMES OUT SOFT (not the other way around as I wrote)
I worked at this theatre when I was in High School in the early 80’s. As well as being there being a regular midnight showing of Rocky Horror on FRI & SAT, it also regularly played Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same & Pink Floyd The Wall @ Midnights on FRI & SAT. Then at my urging the mgr ordered THE GRATEFUL DEAD movie. At the time nobody really knew what they were. I promised her this would be a success and pleaded for her to book it for one weekend. CONN COLLEGE in New London had a Dead Show of course and it was mentioned on air as well as being in the paper…word got out through Deadhead circles and the place was near sold out 200-300 seats. The manager was shocked and pleased and thanked me. She overlooked all the pot smoke and held it over for another weekend! I started as an usher and later became a projectionist. I later returned as a projectionist in my college years. Marion Van Wagner was the manager. A sweet, tiny lady under 5 feet tall who was an area theatre manager for 50 yrs managing UA in Groton, Garde Theatre ion New London and Hoyt’s in Dayville and a theatre in Norwich (cannot remember the name)
I was a senior in high school in 1983 when I first went to the Cameo. I can still remember the one sheet poster for the feature Bubble Gum & the tag line which read: “What Goes In Soft & Comes out Hard?…..Bubble Gum!” It starred the great Honey Wilder who was 33 at the time. It struck me as odd that there was a snack bar there. I did buy a popcorn and candy bar and sat down to watch XXX gyrations on the big screen as if I were enjoying a regular feature.