I was an usher and later the assistant manager of the Center Theater in the years 1965-1967. The manager of this theater for many years was Mr. Jim Bellows. The company that owned the Center Theater also owned and operated both the Skyline and South Drive-In Theaters in Greensboro, NC. Just some of the films shown at the Center Theater during my time there included: “A Man
For All Seasons”, “The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly”, “Our Man Flint”, “Alfie”, “Georgy Girl”, “Born Free”, “The Professionals”, “Torn Curtain”, and a re-run of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” shortly after it won so many Academy Awards. Working there was my after-school job, and I used to do my homework by flashlight in the balcony during the last show each evening. I think its final year of operation was 1981. At the time I left the Center Theater, there were only 5 indoor theaters in operation in Greensboro: The Center, The Carolina, The National (all of which were downtown), The Cinema (on Tate St. near UNC-G), and the newly opened Terrace at Friendly Shopping Center.
I was an usher and later the assistant manager of the Center Theater in the years 1965-1967. The manager of this theater for many years was Mr. Jim Bellows. The company that owned the Center Theater also owned and operated both the Skyline and South Drive-In Theaters in Greensboro, NC. Just some of the films shown at the Center Theater during my time there included: “A Man For All Seasons”, “The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly”, “Our Man Flint”, “Alfie”, “Georgy Girl”, “Born Free”, “The Professionals”, “Torn Curtain”, and a re-run of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” shortly after it won so many Academy Awards. Working there was my after-school job, and I used to do my homework by flashlight in the balcony during the last show each evening. I think its final year of operation was 1981. At the time I left the Center Theater, there were only 5 indoor theaters in operation in Greensboro: The Center, The Carolina, The National (all of which were downtown), The Cinema (on Tate St. near UNC-G), and the newly opened Terrace at Friendly Shopping Center.