I was raised just three blocks west of the Pershing Theater. Our house was (and still is)located at 2631 Pershing Drive (corner of Pershing and Maple streets.)
We used to go and watch the Saturday Matinee which included serials such as Batman and Robin, The Green Hornet and westerns with Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy,etc.
It was so cool inside the theater during the summer season that we watched double features two or three times.
A friend of ours that we graduated with at Cathedral High School worked there as an usher. His name was John Doran who I haven’t seen since we graduated in 1961. We have some great memories of this theater and the Pershing Inn, which is a local tavern located right next door to the theater.
I was raised just three blocks west of the Pershing Theater. Our house was (and still is)located at 2631 Pershing Drive (corner of Pershing and Maple streets.) We used to go and watch the Saturday Matinee which included serials such as Batman and Robin, The Green Hornet and westerns with Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy,etc.
It was so cool inside the theater during the summer season that we watched double features two or three times.
A friend of ours that we graduated with at Cathedral High School worked there as an usher. His name was John Doran who I haven’t seen since we graduated in 1961.
We have some great memories of this theater and the Pershing Inn, which is a local tavern located right next door to the theater.