For an impressionable teen-ager, this was a one-of-a-kind theater. A sizeable courtyard was situated between the ticket booth and the theater building itself. Just the physical layout was a captivating first-time experience. Many high school dates were wrapped around this movie house in the early to mid-‘50’s; including “The High and the Mighty”. Very unhappy to have seen its demise.
This was my first-ever movie theater, as an awestruck kid of seven years, back in 1944. The movie was Vincent Price, starring in the “Return of the Invisible Man.” Why my mother chose that as my initiation into cinematography, I’ll never know. Still remember the uniformed usherettes with their flashlights.
For an impressionable teen-ager, this was a one-of-a-kind theater. A sizeable courtyard was situated between the ticket booth and the theater building itself. Just the physical layout was a captivating first-time experience. Many high school dates were wrapped around this movie house in the early to mid-‘50’s; including “The High and the Mighty”. Very unhappy to have seen its demise.
This was my first-ever movie theater, as an awestruck kid of seven years, back in 1944. The movie was Vincent Price, starring in the “Return of the Invisible Man.” Why my mother chose that as my initiation into cinematography, I’ll never know. Still remember the uniformed usherettes with their flashlights.