I have A LOT of memories of this theater as I lived on Donovan Avenue, which was very close walking distance to the theater. This was a beautiful theater, huge screen, and a great lobby with those giant windows bordered by stone arches.
At Bowers Elementary School we had a movie day where they would send a grade or the whole school (I can’t remember) to the theater to watch a film. They had a Saturday Matinee for kids where you could get 3 movies, a free hot dog, and a Coke for $1.50 We would spend the whole day there. Needless to say these were not first run films, we would see films like The Incredible Mr. Limpet, The Perils of Pauline, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Point, etc. One time I sat in the aisle to be close to my brothers since there were very few open seats.
I remember Star Wars played there for about a year with lines around the block, it was then followed by Close Encounters of the Third Kind which also played for many months.
They had a soda machine in the lobby that would drop a paper cup, followed by crushed ice, and then the soda choice. Often times this did not work out so well. I remember they also sold popcorn that was already in tubs, with plastic wrap over the top and secured with a rubber band.
They would always have the curtain closed and would project the film on the curtain and then they would open the curtain. It gave it a bit of showmanship that I miss.
This was a strange location for a theater. It was behind a shopping center and was not visible from the street. There was a gap in between some of the stores that led to the theater. I rarely went to this theater as the Moonlight Drive In and the Cinema 150 were in the same shopping center and were much better options.
I have A LOT of memories of this theater as I lived on Donovan Avenue, which was very close walking distance to the theater. This was a beautiful theater, huge screen, and a great lobby with those giant windows bordered by stone arches.
At Bowers Elementary School we had a movie day where they would send a grade or the whole school (I can’t remember) to the theater to watch a film. They had a Saturday Matinee for kids where you could get 3 movies, a free hot dog, and a Coke for $1.50 We would spend the whole day there. Needless to say these were not first run films, we would see films like The Incredible Mr. Limpet, The Perils of Pauline, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Point, etc. One time I sat in the aisle to be close to my brothers since there were very few open seats.
I remember Star Wars played there for about a year with lines around the block, it was then followed by Close Encounters of the Third Kind which also played for many months.
They had a soda machine in the lobby that would drop a paper cup, followed by crushed ice, and then the soda choice. Often times this did not work out so well. I remember they also sold popcorn that was already in tubs, with plastic wrap over the top and secured with a rubber band.
They would always have the curtain closed and would project the film on the curtain and then they would open the curtain. It gave it a bit of showmanship that I miss.
These memories are mostly from the 1970’s.
This was a strange location for a theater. It was behind a shopping center and was not visible from the street. There was a gap in between some of the stores that led to the theater. I rarely went to this theater as the Moonlight Drive In and the Cinema 150 were in the same shopping center and were much better options.