I worked at this theater, as well as the Broadway theater in Pitman, during the mid 80s. Both at the time were operated by Duffy Platt. In fact, his mother had an apartment directly above the Glassboro theater. During my time there, 1985-1986, the theater went from showing X-rated Adult films, to second or third-run feature films. The movies were shown using an old carbon arc amp projector; the projectionist had to constantly, manually, adjust the rod, and it wasn’t unusual to have strips of film suddenly catch on fire
On a collector’s note: Duffy Platt had saved practically every movie poster, arranged alpahbetically, stacked in dusty crates, from the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. B-movies, Porn, Disney — you name it. I was astonished one night to discover, laying on the floor, collecting dust, a gigantic, oversized original Disney poster for Fanstasia — complete with original psychedelic design. Later, after he sold the theater, I heard that he sold his poster collection for one lump sum, probably completely unaware of its value.
I worked at this theater, as well as the Broadway theater in Pitman, during the mid 80s. Both at the time were operated by Duffy Platt. In fact, his mother had an apartment directly above the Glassboro theater. During my time there, 1985-1986, the theater went from showing X-rated Adult films, to second or third-run feature films. The movies were shown using an old carbon arc amp projector; the projectionist had to constantly, manually, adjust the rod, and it wasn’t unusual to have strips of film suddenly catch on fire
On a collector’s note: Duffy Platt had saved practically every movie poster, arranged alpahbetically, stacked in dusty crates, from the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. B-movies, Porn, Disney — you name it. I was astonished one night to discover, laying on the floor, collecting dust, a gigantic, oversized original Disney poster for Fanstasia — complete with original psychedelic design. Later, after he sold the theater, I heard that he sold his poster collection for one lump sum, probably completely unaware of its value.