Current admission price: $4 for adults, less for kids.
The theater is owned by Quirino family, who have owned and operated it for nearly 50 years. They take the tickets, sell the candy, and project the films.
And now, thanks to the generosity of two local residents, there’s another reason to love the Crandell: a new $30,000, state-of-the-art sound system.
The idea for this gift came about during a dinner conversation one evening between Frank Viggiano, of Chatham-based Viggiano Associates, specializing in high-end consumer electronics, and Gina Harman, part-time Chatham area resident and president of the consumer division of Harman International, the audio and electronics company started by her father.
I worked at Paramount Pictures headquarters from late 1964 through early 1965 and remember once being taken by a veteran employee down a series of stairs from our offices to a door that opened upon a top-down view of the shuttered theater. It was a spectacular vista, one befitting a master shot for “Phantom Of The Opera.” From that vantage point, even a youngster like myself understood immediately what theatrical grandeur was all about.
Paul,
Amazon will have it, Paul, I’m pretty sure. Or you can ask your local bookstore to order it.
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Best wishes,
Steven Katten
The theater is also home to the annual film festival, FilmColumbia, which attracts an ever growing number of grade A movies and documentaries.
http://filmcolumbia.com/
And to the Columbia County Film Club, which hosts monthly screenings of non-mainstream movies.
http://www.thechathamfilmclub.com/
Current admission price: $4 for adults, less for kids.
The theater is owned by Quirino family, who have owned and operated it for nearly 50 years. They take the tickets, sell the candy, and project the films.
And now, thanks to the generosity of two local residents, there’s another reason to love the Crandell: a new $30,000, state-of-the-art sound system.
The idea for this gift came about during a dinner conversation one evening between Frank Viggiano, of Chatham-based Viggiano Associates, specializing in high-end consumer electronics, and Gina Harman, part-time Chatham area resident and president of the consumer division of Harman International, the audio and electronics company started by her father.
I worked at Paramount Pictures headquarters from late 1964 through early 1965 and remember once being taken by a veteran employee down a series of stairs from our offices to a door that opened upon a top-down view of the shuttered theater. It was a spectacular vista, one befitting a master shot for “Phantom Of The Opera.” From that vantage point, even a youngster like myself understood immediately what theatrical grandeur was all about.
Can anyone provide a list of films playing at the Paramount in the last half of 1962? Many thanks in advance.