My memories of this theater fall from the late 70s up and until it closed. I remember one summer, not exactly sure when -but it must have been towards the end, they showed Star Wars for over a month at it cost all of 75 cents. I must have seen it 30 times that Summer. I also saw The Island of Dr. Moreau, Clash of the Titans, Jaws, Xtro, and Rambo -just a few highlights but there were so many, many more. I lived just down the block from the theater on May Place and really love the above conversations. My own film mania starts with this theater which was indeed beautiful. What a great place to grow up and see movies: the death of the single screen movie house was the death of Baldwin, but more importantly the death of American film culture. What could be more ruinous to the idea of movies than watching them exclusively in home theater?
My memories of this theater fall from the late 70s up and until it closed. I remember one summer, not exactly sure when -but it must have been towards the end, they showed Star Wars for over a month at it cost all of 75 cents. I must have seen it 30 times that Summer. I also saw The Island of Dr. Moreau, Clash of the Titans, Jaws, Xtro, and Rambo -just a few highlights but there were so many, many more. I lived just down the block from the theater on May Place and really love the above conversations. My own film mania starts with this theater which was indeed beautiful. What a great place to grow up and see movies: the death of the single screen movie house was the death of Baldwin, but more importantly the death of American film culture. What could be more ruinous to the idea of movies than watching them exclusively in home theater?