Continuing … Mr. Pickus closed the theater to retire, roughly in April 1981. The only films I remember playing there (I would open the candy counter door and watch the films surreptitiously) were The Black Stallion, The Long Riders, and Raging Bull. And I remember the boyfriend-girlfriend seats mentioned above.
I worked there beginning in April 1980, my first job, hired by the movie theater’s owner, a (then) ancient and diminutive man named Mr. Pickus. He was a great old guy who would come into the theater and sit over on the righthand side and doze off … always knew when he fell asleep because his upturned glasses would reflect the screen light! The candy counter was INSIDE the theater, but faced away from the screen. It was in terrible shape then. He only had one candy girl work most nights, but (pre-smart phone) we had a notebook that we would write notes to each other nightly (otherwise we’d die of boredom).
I worked there as a high schooler and college summers beginning in 1981-ish. This was during the transition from UA to TransLux. The UA manager was Mr. Scully. After the transition, I think he left and TransLux brought in someone named Jean. While the theater was in limbo awaiting the corporate transfer, the film Arthur played for MONTHS, until no one was coming into the theater anymore. The staffers were then free to watch the movie fairly regularly, and everyone — candy girls to ushers — learned the lines of the film verbatim. Recall our uniforms were red zip-up polyester dresses. Can’t recall when the theater went from 1 to 3 screens.
Continuing … Mr. Pickus closed the theater to retire, roughly in April 1981. The only films I remember playing there (I would open the candy counter door and watch the films surreptitiously) were The Black Stallion, The Long Riders, and Raging Bull. And I remember the boyfriend-girlfriend seats mentioned above.
I worked there beginning in April 1980, my first job, hired by the movie theater’s owner, a (then) ancient and diminutive man named Mr. Pickus. He was a great old guy who would come into the theater and sit over on the righthand side and doze off … always knew when he fell asleep because his upturned glasses would reflect the screen light! The candy counter was INSIDE the theater, but faced away from the screen. It was in terrible shape then. He only had one candy girl work most nights, but (pre-smart phone) we had a notebook that we would write notes to each other nightly (otherwise we’d die of boredom).
I worked there as a high schooler and college summers beginning in 1981-ish. This was during the transition from UA to TransLux. The UA manager was Mr. Scully. After the transition, I think he left and TransLux brought in someone named Jean. While the theater was in limbo awaiting the corporate transfer, the film Arthur played for MONTHS, until no one was coming into the theater anymore. The staffers were then free to watch the movie fairly regularly, and everyone — candy girls to ushers — learned the lines of the film verbatim. Recall our uniforms were red zip-up polyester dresses. Can’t recall when the theater went from 1 to 3 screens.