Every great SF premiere between 1984 and 1997, I saw at Great Northern, all the Star Trek films, etc. There was a Mr. Bulky’s al most next door, and we’d buy our munchies there, and sneak them in…sometimes, we’d go to the Finast supermarket across the parking lot-I remember smuggling a pound of keilbasa and a one liter bottle of Coke in to see “STAR TREK IV:THE VOYAGE HOME”.
I had the pleasure of visiting the Cliftex last Friday, to see “G.I.JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA”. The movie was okay, but the true pleasure was to see it in a single screen house, whilst munching on fresh-made popcorn, just like back in the day.
The Palace was a theater I went to oftimes in the 60’s, and into the 70’s, along with the Dreamland, Ohio, and Tivoli…I saw “Yellow Submarine”, “Jason and the Argonauts”, “The Raven”, and many other wonderful movies there.
The Palace has a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling; I recall sitting under it, ONCE…I couldn’t even enjoy the movie, all I could think about was, “What if that thing falls?” Here it is….
I saw “Star Wars” there when it premiered in ‘77; my friends and I couldn’t get tickets to the Pink Floyd concert, so we decided to see this movie I’d read about in “Starlog”.
Back in ‘69-'70, I was a student at Boy’s Village, at Smithville, Ohio; the Or was where we went to see movies, mainly horror, but I also saw “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”, and “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” there.
In April, 1971, I ran away from Boy’s Town, Nebraska, as was my habit, and went to the Crest to see the re-release of Disney’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”…I sat through the picture 1-¾ times, as I just had to see the giant squid again.
The name is correct…my mother, who lived about five blocks from there, said they used to call it “the rat show”, because of its infestation of the beasties.
The Ohio closed for the first time (as a regular theater)in 1969, re-opening as a porno house in 1970. It closed again in ‘71, and re-opened for the final time in '73, showing whatever films we could get; I was an unpaid “intern” of sorts, getting to eat popcorn, candy, watch the movies and the Manager’s daughter, who worked the projection booth and tended to wear swimsuits to work.
As I said, we showed whatever we could get…we were showing “The Outfit”, with Jim Brown, when it premiered on “The CBS Late Movie”! We closed for good in July, after a run of two months.
The theater was torn down not long after.
The Dreamland was my neighborhood theater; I lived a block and a half from it. In 1965, it was purchased by Vic-Lin Enterprises, refurbished, and re-opened as the V-L Cinema. For about a year, it showed English-language films from Monday to Saturday, and Spanish-language films, like the masked wrestler movies, on Sunday. In ‘67, it changed formats, showing porno movies from Monday to Saturday, and Spanish films on Sunday. In '84 or'85, the theater was closed, re-opening as a Hispanic Pentacostal church, which, as far as I know, it still is. FTR, the Dreamland did show first-run films at times.
I was in error; I saw this film at the Strand.
I saw “20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA” there in spring 1971.
The first drive-in that I can remember attending….I was three, and they were showing “BRIDES OF DRACULA”.
According to the local news, the Waco Hippodrome WILL remain open for the moment.
Every great SF premiere between 1984 and 1997, I saw at Great Northern, all the Star Trek films, etc. There was a Mr. Bulky’s al most next door, and we’d buy our munchies there, and sneak them in…sometimes, we’d go to the Finast supermarket across the parking lot-I remember smuggling a pound of keilbasa and a one liter bottle of Coke in to see “STAR TREK IV:THE VOYAGE HOME”.
I had the pleasure of visiting the Cliftex last Friday, to see “G.I.JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA”. The movie was okay, but the true pleasure was to see it in a single screen house, whilst munching on fresh-made popcorn, just like back in the day.
The Palace was a theater I went to oftimes in the 60’s, and into the 70’s, along with the Dreamland, Ohio, and Tivoli…I saw “Yellow Submarine”, “Jason and the Argonauts”, “The Raven”, and many other wonderful movies there.
The Palace has a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling; I recall sitting under it, ONCE…I couldn’t even enjoy the movie, all I could think about was, “What if that thing falls?” Here it is….
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I saw the re-release of “2001: a Space Odyssey” there in ‘72; perhaps the last screening at the Capitol.
I saw “Star Wars” there when it premiered in ‘77; my friends and I couldn’t get tickets to the Pink Floyd concert, so we decided to see this movie I’d read about in “Starlog”.
I’m sorry to hear that it’s closed.
I saw “Monster Zero” and “War of the Gargantuas” there back in 1970.
Back in ‘69-'70, I was a student at Boy’s Village, at Smithville, Ohio; the Or was where we went to see movies, mainly horror, but I also saw “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”, and “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” there.
In April, 1971, I ran away from Boy’s Town, Nebraska, as was my habit, and went to the Crest to see the re-release of Disney’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”…I sat through the picture 1-¾ times, as I just had to see the giant squid again.
The name is correct…my mother, who lived about five blocks from there, said they used to call it “the rat show”, because of its infestation of the beasties.
The Ohio closed for the first time (as a regular theater)in 1969, re-opening as a porno house in 1970. It closed again in ‘71, and re-opened for the final time in '73, showing whatever films we could get; I was an unpaid “intern” of sorts, getting to eat popcorn, candy, watch the movies and the Manager’s daughter, who worked the projection booth and tended to wear swimsuits to work.
As I said, we showed whatever we could get…we were showing “The Outfit”, with Jim Brown, when it premiered on “The CBS Late Movie”! We closed for good in July, after a run of two months.
The theater was torn down not long after.
The Tivoli closed in mid-1977, and the building was demolished in 1987; the last films shown were “Obsession”, and “Cross Of Iron”.
The Dreamland was my neighborhood theater; I lived a block and a half from it. In 1965, it was purchased by Vic-Lin Enterprises, refurbished, and re-opened as the V-L Cinema. For about a year, it showed English-language films from Monday to Saturday, and Spanish-language films, like the masked wrestler movies, on Sunday. In ‘67, it changed formats, showing porno movies from Monday to Saturday, and Spanish films on Sunday. In '84 or'85, the theater was closed, re-opening as a Hispanic Pentacostal church, which, as far as I know, it still is. FTR, the Dreamland did show first-run films at times.