I lived in Glen Cove from 1943 to 1953. I’d take the bus (a dime) from the Landing to go to the movies at the Cove. I remember how the ticket line would go way down School St when a Dean Martin / Jerry Lewis movie would be showing. I saw The Day the Earth Stood Still there in 1950 at the Saturday kids’ matinee. The Magnetic Monster, too. In 1949, there was a revival of 1939’s Wizard of Oz. I’ll never forget how the movie started in black and white, they dramatically switched to COLOR when the house landed in Oz. In the Cub Scouts, we were allowed to be guest ushers on one Saturday. I stayed all day and saw the movie twice.
My cousin was the concession counter salesgirl in the Glen Theatre on Glen Street. It showed all horror films. She would let me sit in the projection booth on a stool to watch movies while she was working. The Glen stood across the street from Sears where my dad worked.
I lived in Glen Cove from 1943 to 1953. I’d take the bus (a dime) from the Landing to go to the movies at the Cove. I remember how the ticket line would go way down School St when a Dean Martin / Jerry Lewis movie would be showing. I saw The Day the Earth Stood Still there in 1950 at the Saturday kids’ matinee. The Magnetic Monster, too. In 1949, there was a revival of 1939’s Wizard of Oz. I’ll never forget how the movie started in black and white, they dramatically switched to COLOR when the house landed in Oz. In the Cub Scouts, we were allowed to be guest ushers on one Saturday. I stayed all day and saw the movie twice.
My cousin was the concession counter salesgirl in the Glen Theatre on Glen Street. It showed all horror films. She would let me sit in the projection booth on a stool to watch movies while she was working. The Glen stood across the street from Sears where my dad worked.
Yikes, that was a long time ago!