The Grand was paradise on the east side for the 10 to 11 crowd back in 1950/51. Every Friday night was family night and for 25 cent everybody got in! The 700 seats were full and up on the screne Roy Rogers sang as he shot the bad guys, who were also dirty, while Gale shouted “give it to them, baby”. Gaby Hayes was there for laughs. There were always two cartoons and at pop corn refill time there was the organ with the dancing ball for sing along. Sure. The Grand was already a little seedy like the rest of the East side business district, but between the Grand on Friday night and Johnson´s Drugstore´s comic section on Saturday morning it was still paradise for many of us. Back then we didn´t worry about the rough corners of the old buildings because the exalted self esteem of the post 49 Ford years were still around the corner. Further down the Jewel Theater was for more serious old reruns and older people.
The Grand was paradise on the east side for the 10 to 11 crowd back in 1950/51. Every Friday night was family night and for 25 cent everybody got in! The 700 seats were full and up on the screne Roy Rogers sang as he shot the bad guys, who were also dirty, while Gale shouted “give it to them, baby”. Gaby Hayes was there for laughs. There were always two cartoons and at pop corn refill time there was the organ with the dancing ball for sing along. Sure. The Grand was already a little seedy like the rest of the East side business district, but between the Grand on Friday night and Johnson´s Drugstore´s comic section on Saturday morning it was still paradise for many of us. Back then we didn´t worry about the rough corners of the old buildings because the exalted self esteem of the post 49 Ford years were still around the corner. Further down the Jewel Theater was for more serious old reruns and older people.