In the mid 70’s the Pix alternated between X-rated and standard fare. I remember being about 8 or 9 and seeing a matinee of Disney’s animated “Robin Hood”. A week later I walked past the theater (it was in my neighborhood) and it was showing “The Devil in Miss Jones”!!
By Summer 1975 the theater had returned to 2nd run standard fare at a cost of 99 cents. I have fond memories of the first show they had, “The Towering Inferno”. I remember about 14 kids from the block going up on a hot summer night to see the film.
I spent many days of my youth watching endless double bills in the dark at the Pix. Usually the 2 films had absolutely nothing in common. “Earthquake” & “The Great Waldo Pepper”, “Once Is Not Enough” & “Harold and Maude”, “Shampoo” & “The Stepford Wives”, “Futureworld” & “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” were just a few. I remember the upstairs lounge and I remember that there was no time between shows. When the film ended, it (or the second feature) began immediately.
I probably saw more movies in any given year at this time then in all the years I have ahead.
I still remember the last films I saw at the Pix on a rainy autumn afternoon in 1976. Just before the theater closed, they may have been the last show. “The Omen” & “Race With The Devil”
After that it became a roller rink before its current incarnation.
The fond memories will never fade.
In the mid 70’s the Pix alternated between X-rated and standard fare. I remember being about 8 or 9 and seeing a matinee of Disney’s animated “Robin Hood”. A week later I walked past the theater (it was in my neighborhood) and it was showing “The Devil in Miss Jones”!!
By Summer 1975 the theater had returned to 2nd run standard fare at a cost of 99 cents. I have fond memories of the first show they had, “The Towering Inferno”. I remember about 14 kids from the block going up on a hot summer night to see the film.
I spent many days of my youth watching endless double bills in the dark at the Pix. Usually the 2 films had absolutely nothing in common. “Earthquake” & “The Great Waldo Pepper”, “Once Is Not Enough” & “Harold and Maude”, “Shampoo” & “The Stepford Wives”, “Futureworld” & “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” were just a few. I remember the upstairs lounge and I remember that there was no time between shows. When the film ended, it (or the second feature) began immediately.
I probably saw more movies in any given year at this time then in all the years I have ahead.
I still remember the last films I saw at the Pix on a rainy autumn afternoon in 1976. Just before the theater closed, they may have been the last show. “The Omen” & “Race With The Devil”
After that it became a roller rink before its current incarnation.
The fond memories will never fade.