vito, Gus who worked as a projectionist along with my dad (BOB HURD) worked several different theatres over the years, & yes he served on the pension committee until his death in early 2003. My brother Bob Hurd jr. was also a projectionist, & Gus Hurd’s son, Al Hurd is still in the business in NYC @ the multiplex near Times Square. He quit the local #640 & joined the union in the city. Did anyone know George Constandikis? He moved to Fla. at one point & was commuting to N.Y. to work certain times of the year for the better money. He used to drop by & visit us when he was in town, but we lost touch with him. Hicksville memories, I can’t recall anyone with the initials E.P. I’m sure if you told me his name, i’d remember having heard of him.It was probably Bob Hurd who let you watch the show from the booth. My dad, Bob, was a very generous & kind man.
My mother,Dorothy Fuchs Francis worked at the Rialto in 1943-1944 as an usherette. It was there that she met my father, Bob Hurd who was in the U.S. Army & home on leave. His father was the projectionist there at the time (Alfred Hurd). My father was sitting in the auditorium watching the show & had his feet up on the back of the seat in front of him, & my mother whacked him on the feet with her flashlight (ushers & usherettes always carried them back then)& told him to get his feet down. The rest is history!!
My father,Bob Hurd(not Bill Herd) was the projectionist at the Twin South Theatre who ran the Star Wars film. I remember all the hoopla & excitement leading up to opening night. My father spent 6 days, 14hrs/day running it. It caused quite a stir in the local #640 because there were other projectionists that wanted to be a part of it. Those were pretty grueling days for him & he came home at night pretty exhausted. That 70MM film was not easy to haul around the booth. After rewinding the film on to the take-up reel, he took a common clothes belt & ran it through one of the holes in the reel & fastened the belt. Then he put the belt over his shoulder & walked the reel over to the projector where he hoisted it up into the magazine of the projector & threaded it. Those reels were 40 minute reels & were very heavy. He did this from opening day til the movie ran it’s course in the theatre, & never once watched the movie. We all thought that was pretty funny. He was never a Scifi fan. He worked at the Twin South from the late 60’s,early 70’s til the late 80’s. I remember going to the Twin South with him as a kid, & i thought i was some sort of a celebrity because i got to walk past all the people waiting in line for the show & go right in. He used to let me splice film & rewind it sometimes. When i got done watching the movie, i’d go over to the North side & cut through the booth & say hello to Solomon who ran the North. Bob Hurd was #2 on the seniortiy list of the local#640, when he was forced to retire because of poor health. He passed away in 2001.
vito, Gus who worked as a projectionist along with my dad (BOB HURD) worked several different theatres over the years, & yes he served on the pension committee until his death in early 2003. My brother Bob Hurd jr. was also a projectionist, & Gus Hurd’s son, Al Hurd is still in the business in NYC @ the multiplex near Times Square. He quit the local #640 & joined the union in the city. Did anyone know George Constandikis? He moved to Fla. at one point & was commuting to N.Y. to work certain times of the year for the better money. He used to drop by & visit us when he was in town, but we lost touch with him. Hicksville memories, I can’t recall anyone with the initials E.P. I’m sure if you told me his name, i’d remember having heard of him.It was probably Bob Hurd who let you watch the show from the booth. My dad, Bob, was a very generous & kind man.
My mother,Dorothy Fuchs Francis worked at the Rialto in 1943-1944 as an usherette. It was there that she met my father, Bob Hurd who was in the U.S. Army & home on leave. His father was the projectionist there at the time (Alfred Hurd). My father was sitting in the auditorium watching the show & had his feet up on the back of the seat in front of him, & my mother whacked him on the feet with her flashlight (ushers & usherettes always carried them back then)& told him to get his feet down. The rest is history!!
Does anyone have any info on where they took the old box office when they gutted the theatre?
My father,Bob Hurd(not Bill Herd) was the projectionist at the Twin South Theatre who ran the Star Wars film. I remember all the hoopla & excitement leading up to opening night. My father spent 6 days, 14hrs/day running it. It caused quite a stir in the local #640 because there were other projectionists that wanted to be a part of it. Those were pretty grueling days for him & he came home at night pretty exhausted. That 70MM film was not easy to haul around the booth. After rewinding the film on to the take-up reel, he took a common clothes belt & ran it through one of the holes in the reel & fastened the belt. Then he put the belt over his shoulder & walked the reel over to the projector where he hoisted it up into the magazine of the projector & threaded it. Those reels were 40 minute reels & were very heavy. He did this from opening day til the movie ran it’s course in the theatre, & never once watched the movie. We all thought that was pretty funny. He was never a Scifi fan. He worked at the Twin South from the late 60’s,early 70’s til the late 80’s. I remember going to the Twin South with him as a kid, & i thought i was some sort of a celebrity because i got to walk past all the people waiting in line for the show & go right in. He used to let me splice film & rewind it sometimes. When i got done watching the movie, i’d go over to the North side & cut through the booth & say hello to Solomon who ran the North. Bob Hurd was #2 on the seniortiy list of the local#640, when he was forced to retire because of poor health. He passed away in 2001.