My father, E. W. Andrew, Jr., my sisters, Julie Andrew Franklin and Jone Andrew Ackerly Cross, all work for Southern Independent Theatres out of Atlanta. My father had been a salesman for RKO Pictures and 20th Century Fox for many years; Jack and Mary Borders were among the first to sign on to his independent booking agency when he left Fox in 1958. Remember the THC Drive In, Gui-Win Drive IN, and the Pastime Drive In. We had a lot of fun working for them. They resisted the pressure to join the Jerry Lewis Cinema bubble of 1971-1972.
My father and two partners bought the Glen from Mr. Green in probably 1964. My father’s theater booking agency represented the Glen so when Mr. Green said he was going to close it, they made their move. We operated it for about 18 months, then the burden of it got to be too much. I generally operated the concession stand on Saturdays, Sundays and some evenings. Fellow named Gene was the projectionist. Very neighborhood house, mostly teens coming in during the week to neck, weekends for the socializing and the action pictures. After they sold it to a Cuban, he flipped it to the prono house. There was a Krystal across the street, a drug store down the corner to the right, lots of parking out front. Faced west, so the setting sun flooded the lobby. Lot of fond memories. My dad kept careful note of the time of the last ticket sold so we could shut the place down when the program came back to that point. I was 16, 17 at the time.
My father, E. W. Andrew, Jr., my sisters, Julie Andrew Franklin and Jone Andrew Ackerly Cross, all work for Southern Independent Theatres out of Atlanta. My father had been a salesman for RKO Pictures and 20th Century Fox for many years; Jack and Mary Borders were among the first to sign on to his independent booking agency when he left Fox in 1958. Remember the THC Drive In, Gui-Win Drive IN, and the Pastime Drive In. We had a lot of fun working for them. They resisted the pressure to join the Jerry Lewis Cinema bubble of 1971-1972.
My father and two partners bought the Glen from Mr. Green in probably 1964. My father’s theater booking agency represented the Glen so when Mr. Green said he was going to close it, they made their move. We operated it for about 18 months, then the burden of it got to be too much. I generally operated the concession stand on Saturdays, Sundays and some evenings. Fellow named Gene was the projectionist. Very neighborhood house, mostly teens coming in during the week to neck, weekends for the socializing and the action pictures. After they sold it to a Cuban, he flipped it to the prono house. There was a Krystal across the street, a drug store down the corner to the right, lots of parking out front. Faced west, so the setting sun flooded the lobby. Lot of fond memories. My dad kept careful note of the time of the last ticket sold so we could shut the place down when the program came back to that point. I was 16, 17 at the time.