My husband Ed also enjoys this Fall River Theater Site. He mentioned that one correction should be made. The person who patrolled the Theater (which he and his friends attended many times in the 1940’s and 1950’s) was indeed a large burly man (approx. 275 lbs.) with red hair – however, his name was “Paul the Cop” and his name was chanted by the boys many times to annoy him (I guess) “Hey P a u l” ! and he would come running down the aisle to try to control the mayhem.
P.S. “Red the Cop” was a park patrolman at South Park for many years.
Gerald – I totally understand your last post. In the future we will post information and/or comments on the appropriate Theatre site.
Thanks for the info. on the restoration project – we hope to go back to Fall River again soon.
Gerald – Thanks once again for your reply ! My husband could “paint you a picture” of all the Fall River Theatres from memory I am sure.
Fall River was a beautiful city in the 40’s and 50’s. It’s Main Street rivaled many in the area with an abundance of great Theatres and Department Stores along with three (can you believe it) 5 & 10 cent Stores in a row ! We both lived very close to the South Park (now Kennedy Park) and St. Anne’s Church and Shrine. Just as a little bit of trivia – from the time I was 4 yrs. old until I was about 8 or 10 I sang at a Radio Station WSAR that was located on one of the upper floors of the building where the Academy Theatre was located. The Academy Building as it is called is now Housing for the Elderly. Oddly enough when I reached the age of 40 I began working at a company located in the same historic building.
A big THANKS to Gerald DeLuca for the great pic. of the old Plaza.
My husband, ED, especially enjoyed it. We found some great old pics. of South Park on a web site and downloaded it as desktop. I will also save the Plaza photo for the same use. We grew up “below the hill” – are you familiar with that area?
Our thanks to Gerald DeLuca for posting the info.on a thread to the photos of old Fall River Theatres. We now live in Florida but grew up in Fall River and have many happy memories of the theatres.
John McAvoy was a good friend and when we lived in Fall River we enjoyed the articles he wrote after his retirement.
My husband Ed also enjoys this Fall River Theater Site. He mentioned that one correction should be made. The person who patrolled the Theater (which he and his friends attended many times in the 1940’s and 1950’s) was indeed a large burly man (approx. 275 lbs.) with red hair – however, his name was “Paul the Cop” and his name was chanted by the boys many times to annoy him (I guess) “Hey P a u l” ! and he would come running down the aisle to try to control the mayhem.
P.S. “Red the Cop” was a park patrolman at South Park for many years.
Gerald – I totally understand your last post. In the future we will post information and/or comments on the appropriate Theatre site.
Thanks for the info. on the restoration project – we hope to go back to Fall River again soon.
Gerald DeLuc The Academy Theatre began as a Vaudeville Theatre where many of the more famous stars of the 40’s performed.
Gerald – Thanks once again for your reply ! My husband could “paint you a picture” of all the Fall River Theatres from memory I am sure.
Fall River was a beautiful city in the 40’s and 50’s. It’s Main Street rivaled many in the area with an abundance of great Theatres and Department Stores along with three (can you believe it) 5 & 10 cent Stores in a row ! We both lived very close to the South Park (now Kennedy Park) and St. Anne’s Church and Shrine. Just as a little bit of trivia – from the time I was 4 yrs. old until I was about 8 or 10 I sang at a Radio Station WSAR that was located on one of the upper floors of the building where the Academy Theatre was located. The Academy Building as it is called is now Housing for the Elderly. Oddly enough when I reached the age of 40 I began working at a company located in the same historic building.
A big THANKS to Gerald DeLuca for the great pic. of the old Plaza.
My husband, ED, especially enjoyed it. We found some great old pics. of South Park on a web site and downloaded it as desktop. I will also save the Plaza photo for the same use. We grew up “below the hill” – are you familiar with that area?
Our thanks to Gerald DeLuca for posting the info.on a thread to the photos of old Fall River Theatres. We now live in Florida but grew up in Fall River and have many happy memories of the theatres.
John McAvoy was a good friend and when we lived in Fall River we enjoyed the articles he wrote after his retirement.