And I almost forgot about the color television in the upstairs lounge. It was placed there by Goodman’s furniture store, just a bit north of the Pix on the other side of Bergen Avenue. Nice way for Goodman’s to get folks to come to their store for their first color TV. And, ironically, a harbinger of a not-too-distant future.
Bob mentioned the Pix showing adult-themed movies. I recall attending a budget hearing at Jersey City’s City Hall back in the late 60s or very early 70s, and listening to Mayor Thomas J. Whelan ranting and raving about the Pix showing “dirty” movies (a v-e-r-y relative term, belive me), a particularly egregious sin, since the theater was directly across Bergen Avene from Hudson Catholic High School. The irony is that Mayor Whelan later got thrown in jail (with a good handful of Jersey City and Hudson County officials) following his conviction on federal corruption charges.
And I almost forgot about the color television in the upstairs lounge. It was placed there by Goodman’s furniture store, just a bit north of the Pix on the other side of Bergen Avenue. Nice way for Goodman’s to get folks to come to their store for their first color TV. And, ironically, a harbinger of a not-too-distant future.
And as “X-rated” fare, “Curious” and “Fritz” were pretty clean stuff.
Bob mentioned the Pix showing adult-themed movies. I recall attending a budget hearing at Jersey City’s City Hall back in the late 60s or very early 70s, and listening to Mayor Thomas J. Whelan ranting and raving about the Pix showing “dirty” movies (a v-e-r-y relative term, belive me), a particularly egregious sin, since the theater was directly across Bergen Avene from Hudson Catholic High School. The irony is that Mayor Whelan later got thrown in jail (with a good handful of Jersey City and Hudson County officials) following his conviction on federal corruption charges.