Coate….my apologies. Our manager (Jim Folman) used to talk to customers in the lobby and he’d always talk about how we played the film for 27 Weeks, “just like STAR WARS!” Of course, now that I think about it, we went to a discount ($1.00) house Thanksgiving week of 1977 so no way we still had the film. Really enjoyed your article. I have an entertainment website – www.mediamikes.com Give it a look.
I was the manager of the Northpoint when it opened as a 4-plex. Some great memories here. I was also the manager when a storm tore the roof off. While repairing it, a workman, who was welding, dropped sparks into one of the auditoriums, setting the seats on fire. I ended up moving to the Yorkridge. I moved to Kansas City in 1995. 2 weeks ago I was visiting Baltimore and stopped by the old girl, now a Walmart. Sadly, most of the theatres I managed in Baltimore (Yorkridge, Northpoint, Joppatowne, Campus Hills, Timonium) were gone.
I went to work at Twin Bays in early 1977. I moved over from the Britton, where I had worked for a while, because Twin Bays paid 10 cents an hour more. I remember we ran SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT that summer for 27 weeks. Our assistant manager was a man named Bob Wiggins, who left to go become the guardian for his nephew in California who was appearing on the television show MAUDE. I learned a lot from him and emulated him as best I could in the 20 years that I managed movie theatres.
Coate….my apologies. Our manager (Jim Folman) used to talk to customers in the lobby and he’d always talk about how we played the film for 27 Weeks, “just like STAR WARS!” Of course, now that I think about it, we went to a discount ($1.00) house Thanksgiving week of 1977 so no way we still had the film. Really enjoyed your article. I have an entertainment website – www.mediamikes.com Give it a look.
Hey dionysoscub, I was the assistant manager there when you worked there. Mike Smith. I also ran the Twin. FYI, Merle passed away a few years ago.
I was the manager of the Northpoint when it opened as a 4-plex. Some great memories here. I was also the manager when a storm tore the roof off. While repairing it, a workman, who was welding, dropped sparks into one of the auditoriums, setting the seats on fire. I ended up moving to the Yorkridge. I moved to Kansas City in 1995. 2 weeks ago I was visiting Baltimore and stopped by the old girl, now a Walmart. Sadly, most of the theatres I managed in Baltimore (Yorkridge, Northpoint, Joppatowne, Campus Hills, Timonium) were gone.
I went to work at Twin Bays in early 1977. I moved over from the Britton, where I had worked for a while, because Twin Bays paid 10 cents an hour more. I remember we ran SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT that summer for 27 weeks. Our assistant manager was a man named Bob Wiggins, who left to go become the guardian for his nephew in California who was appearing on the television show MAUDE. I learned a lot from him and emulated him as best I could in the 20 years that I managed movie theatres.