There’s lots of info available on the Lenox includng a photo in the Hartford Courant files. Simple apply for a ct state libary card at ctstatelibrary.org which is free. Once you have it, you can go to the Courant digital files and enter the “Lenox Theater” in quotes and have a ball. Also look on you tube under Charles Nelson Riley’s one man show,“The Life of Riley.” He has a scene when he talks about Mrs. Treske.
Hi,
Do you have any photos of your grandmother’s Lenox? Love to see one, haven’t been able to find one anywhere.
If you have one please think of posting on Old Hartford Facebook page which has tons of members. I heard that your grandmother advised Charles Nelson Reilly to go into show business when he was in high school.
Our neighborhood theater, the Lenox, sat between Cabot and Sterling Streets. The owner-manager was Mrs.Tretski.
As a young boy,I saw my first movies at the Lenox in the WWII years with my family after walking there. We’d go a couple of times a week, as they changed films on a regular basis, usually two films a viewing, a newsreel and sometimes a short or cartoon. There was a balcony.
Saturday mornings featured a Kiddie Show featuring serials (Superman, etc.),westerns (Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong), cartoons. Some weeks they had guest stars like Ranger Andy. They also sponsored contests for kids: bubble gum blowing, yo-yo’s, etc. The Lenox was a booming business, especially on Friday nights and weekends. I practically lived there as a teenager or at the Lenox Coffee Shop across the street.
There’s lots of info available on the Lenox includng a photo in the Hartford Courant files. Simple apply for a ct state libary card at ctstatelibrary.org which is free. Once you have it, you can go to the Courant digital files and enter the “Lenox Theater” in quotes and have a ball. Also look on you tube under Charles Nelson Riley’s one man show,“The Life of Riley.” He has a scene when he talks about Mrs. Treske.
Hi, Do you have any photos of your grandmother’s Lenox? Love to see one, haven’t been able to find one anywhere. If you have one please think of posting on Old Hartford Facebook page which has tons of members. I heard that your grandmother advised Charles Nelson Reilly to go into show business when he was in high school.
Dennis Sullivan
Our neighborhood theater, the Lenox, sat between Cabot and Sterling Streets. The owner-manager was Mrs.Tretski. As a young boy,I saw my first movies at the Lenox in the WWII years with my family after walking there. We’d go a couple of times a week, as they changed films on a regular basis, usually two films a viewing, a newsreel and sometimes a short or cartoon. There was a balcony. Saturday mornings featured a Kiddie Show featuring serials (Superman, etc.),westerns (Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong), cartoons. Some weeks they had guest stars like Ranger Andy. They also sponsored contests for kids: bubble gum blowing, yo-yo’s, etc. The Lenox was a booming business, especially on Friday nights and weekends. I practically lived there as a teenager or at the Lenox Coffee Shop across the street.