I remember seeing Arch Oboler’s “The Bubble” at the Bexley in the early ‘70’s, presented in the original “Space Vision” which required 3-D glasses with polarized lenses. An amazingly low-budget film, but the 3D was amazing. Not anything like the 3-D that uses the dual-color glasses.
I believe that the Markham was owned by the same person who owned the Livingston Theater: Fred Rollins. I know this because my father moonlighted as a part time manager of the Livingston Theater, and, altough a child, I was an acquaintance of Fred Rollins.
A few more details: The Livingston had a second floor “cry room” which was isolated by glass from the main theater. The cry room had its own sound system. On the second floor, there was the cry room, the projection booth (2 projectors, where I often spent some time), offices, including the control mechanism for the Friday 12N cold war air raid drill alarm.
When I was a kid, my father was a part time manager of the Livingston Theater when it was owned (along with other theaters in Columbus) by Fred Rollins. In the ‘50’s, many first run major features were shown there. As time progressed to the early '60’s, the fare consisted of double and triple B movie bills (Hammer films, Japanese SF, Elvis Presley). I attended very often, often weekly, as my admission, and all the popcorn I could eat, was free. (I had to pay for candy, though.) The features typically changed twice a week. It was a fairly large theater (or so it semed to me), but it was not particularly ornate. Today, I am somewhat of a B-movie buff, primarily traceable to my experiences then.
I remember seeing Arch Oboler’s “The Bubble” at the Bexley in the early ‘70’s, presented in the original “Space Vision” which required 3-D glasses with polarized lenses. An amazingly low-budget film, but the 3D was amazing. Not anything like the 3-D that uses the dual-color glasses.
I believe that the Markham was owned by the same person who owned the Livingston Theater: Fred Rollins. I know this because my father moonlighted as a part time manager of the Livingston Theater, and, altough a child, I was an acquaintance of Fred Rollins.
A few more details: The Livingston had a second floor “cry room” which was isolated by glass from the main theater. The cry room had its own sound system. On the second floor, there was the cry room, the projection booth (2 projectors, where I often spent some time), offices, including the control mechanism for the Friday 12N cold war air raid drill alarm.
When I was a kid, my father was a part time manager of the Livingston Theater when it was owned (along with other theaters in Columbus) by Fred Rollins. In the ‘50’s, many first run major features were shown there. As time progressed to the early '60’s, the fare consisted of double and triple B movie bills (Hammer films, Japanese SF, Elvis Presley). I attended very often, often weekly, as my admission, and all the popcorn I could eat, was free. (I had to pay for candy, though.) The features typically changed twice a week. It was a fairly large theater (or so it semed to me), but it was not particularly ornate. Today, I am somewhat of a B-movie buff, primarily traceable to my experiences then.