Growing up in Chicago was an adventure for me. I worked at the Chicago Theater when I was 16 as an usher and I went to movies every 9 am when there was no school at times. I loved the Clark theater for their double features and you could get a post card from their lobby that you would write two movies that you wanted to see. I posted one one day to see the Court Jester with Danny Kaye and the Crimson Pirate with Burt Lancaster. You would fill the card with your name, address and phone number and list the two films you wanted to see. About two months later a card came to my home at 1235 Jackson Blvd, my families Homes since 1902 til 1959 when it was torn down. And I also loved the Clark Theaters, very cheap 75 cent tickets and on Fridays they featured new grade B sci-fi horror flicks. After military service in 1964 I then worked at Brotman and Sherman Theaters for a year and also at the Crawford theater. As a kid I carried the 9-10 film cannisters up to the projection room at the Century theater and would get a free butter popcorn and a regular one and a large soda. But the Clark was a good getaway for me every week I went at least twice a week,.
Growing up in Chicago was an adventure for me. I worked at the Chicago Theater when I was 16 as an usher and I went to movies every 9 am when there was no school at times. I loved the Clark theater for their double features and you could get a post card from their lobby that you would write two movies that you wanted to see. I posted one one day to see the Court Jester with Danny Kaye and the Crimson Pirate with Burt Lancaster. You would fill the card with your name, address and phone number and list the two films you wanted to see. About two months later a card came to my home at 1235 Jackson Blvd, my families Homes since 1902 til 1959 when it was torn down. And I also loved the Clark Theaters, very cheap 75 cent tickets and on Fridays they featured new grade B sci-fi horror flicks. After military service in 1964 I then worked at Brotman and Sherman Theaters for a year and also at the Crawford theater. As a kid I carried the 9-10 film cannisters up to the projection room at the Century theater and would get a free butter popcorn and a regular one and a large soda. But the Clark was a good getaway for me every week I went at least twice a week,.