Your pretty good with the dates. I definitely loved the movies they had at the Granada. Memorized a lot of dialog from the movies I worked for then. Feel free to contact me through my email. No need to bore everyone here with tales of the past.
I worked at the Granada for several years in the mid 1960s as an usher. Needless to say, I fell in love with the place. Many of us took great pride in the theater and every weekend we would come in before the theatre opened and did things to keep the place looking great (painting, cleaning, etc). I did a lot of exploring of the theatre, getting behind the walls, going under the theatre to the vents below the seats (I was young). The place was in fantastic condition. While the place did have its share of rodents, it was a young guy’s palace. While employed there I met many celebrities that came in to promote their movies, Jerry Lewis and George Peppard being a couple that I recall. I also worked for a closed circuit TV broadcast for a Cassius Clay (A.K.A. Muhammad Ali) and Sonny Liston fight. I was seating customers who had reserved seats. Among them was Jack Dempsey. The fight was brief but the memories were sweet. After I left employment there I continued to visit the place for movies and concerts (Supertramp and Foreigner being some of my favorites). Since then I have never seen a movie palace that matched the grandeur of the Granada. Granada, I miss you!
Hi Ellen,
Your pretty good with the dates. I definitely loved the movies they had at the Granada. Memorized a lot of dialog from the movies I worked for then. Feel free to contact me through my email. No need to bore everyone here with tales of the past.
Hi Ellen, Yes I was capt of the users at the Granada in ‘65.
Hello Everyone,
I worked at the Granada for several years in the mid 1960s as an usher. Needless to say, I fell in love with the place. Many of us took great pride in the theater and every weekend we would come in before the theatre opened and did things to keep the place looking great (painting, cleaning, etc). I did a lot of exploring of the theatre, getting behind the walls, going under the theatre to the vents below the seats (I was young). The place was in fantastic condition. While the place did have its share of rodents, it was a young guy’s palace. While employed there I met many celebrities that came in to promote their movies, Jerry Lewis and George Peppard being a couple that I recall. I also worked for a closed circuit TV broadcast for a Cassius Clay (A.K.A. Muhammad Ali) and Sonny Liston fight. I was seating customers who had reserved seats. Among them was Jack Dempsey. The fight was brief but the memories were sweet. After I left employment there I continued to visit the place for movies and concerts (Supertramp and Foreigner being some of my favorites). Since then I have never seen a movie palace that matched the grandeur of the Granada. Granada, I miss you!
Bob V.