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JuliaHuggins commented about Big Cinemas Loehmann's Twin on Oct 11, 2021 at 6:55 pm

Oh, this one really hurts. Was here on opening day to see “The Barefoot Executive” and was hired while still in middle school by the theatres' first manager, Lois Wakefield a year later. She said “you’re here so often, you might as well work here!” Was there all the way through high school, and would still do occasional short-notice shifts for several years after that. I knew it would happen sooner or later but… PS- Thanks Soundman176 for those demo photos, much appreciated.

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JuliaHuggins commented about Boulevard Cinema on Dec 11, 2020 at 11:21 am

LOVED this theatre. So reminiscent of earlier days of theatres. I lived on Jordan Ave in CP for years; always worked two jobs and Sunday was my only day off from both. My “treat” to myself was to go to Zody’s, then onto Baskin Robbins for a double hot fudge Sunday, then onto the Baronet for whatever they happened to be showing. A nice, well maintained neighborhood movie house.

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JuliaHuggins commented about Skyline 12 on Jul 6, 2007 at 10:42 am

Saw many, many a movie in this complex; the original screens (1-6) were decorated in that trendy brown/orange/yellow combo of the ‘70’s and the seats were very comfortable.

The 7-12 screens came later, when a Safeway supermarket located in the mall closed down, and AMC took over the space.

A very eclectic little mall; so sorry it’s gone.

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JuliaHuggins commented about Cinema 7 on May 3, 2007 at 8:49 am

The Jefferson and the Cinema 7 were two different houses; the Jefferson was a single screen house run by the Neighborhood chain which was located off Arlington Boulevard (Rt 50) in Falls Church it played every first-run Disney release. My father was the porter for some time, and I was a ticket-counter when Warner Bros. four-walled the theatre for some selected releases in the mid-late 70’s.

I also worked at the Cinema 7 dishing up popcorn ;)

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JuliaHuggins commented about Glendale Theatre on May 3, 2007 at 5:51 am

I was an assistant manager at the Glendale Twin in the early 80’s, and I remember the spooky upstairs apartment very well. Part of it was made into dressing rooms for us and, with the exception of an usher who used to nap there from time-to-time, none of us wanted to be anywhere near it. I also remember that there were a few of the old-style make-up mirrors found in a crawl space behind the theatre screen in the #2 house. I have fond memories of my time there — I’m so sorry it’s gone.