Bishop was the manager. Vickors (sp) was either the old boss or in the corporate office of Martin Theatres above, if I remember correctly. I haven’t had anyone to really talk to about this. This rocks. Did you know Pam at the Paramount? Pete, Darlene or Linda at the Tennessee? She worked at the one higher up on Church… wasn’t that the Paramount? There was another older blonde lady who worked the box office there, she had a rep for liking the cops! :)
This shows how old I am. I worked there as a a bit later, when pregnant with my oldest son. (yep, I was young) and my manager would NOT allow me to watch The Exorcist… because it might hurt my pregnancy!! They actually took a person out on a stretcher on two different occasions who passed out because of the “horror”.
Shook his hand! I had the “cue” cards that were his lines, then gave them to my sister-in-law. I was too young to know what they could be worth! She has no idea what happened to them. I never took old posters from the theatre or anything. One girl took photos of us in our finery the night of the Grammys (yep… we got to go, rode the city bus in our evening gowns! Those were the days!), but I’ve forgotten her name. I need to make a list as I remember all the people I met. I knew some of the people who worked at the Paramount and Lowes too. LOL… there was a XXX movie theatre on Broad, we went there to buy hotdogs… we couldn’t get any farther than that.
There was a huge winding stairway going stories up back stage. The story was that in the days of live shows, an actress had climbed to the top and jumped to her death.
The movie screen, from backstage was transparent, we could watch the people watching the movies, without them knowing it… now that was interesting!
There was an usher’s room, with lockers downstairs, dressing rooms WITH stars on the doors (our place to sneak down for a bit of alcohol). And there was a complete private screening room downstairs, a precious tiny stage, which I never saw in action.
There were catwalks for days backstage, for stories high. We would go walking around them. We went in on our days off just to roam the theatre.
The popcorn was popped downstairs and sent to the lobby via a dumbwaiter. I worked in the concession stand and was later elevated to “Box Office Girl”. :)
I worked at the TN in 1972 until about ‘74. I was one of the three who were allowed to stay during the 6 weeks we were closed to prepare for the Grammy’s in '73 (?). I shook hands with Ringo Starr, Andy Williams, Helen Reddy, met the 5th Dimension… I could go on and on. I was too young and stupid to take a camera! The crew they brought in totally rebuild our stage, taking it out several feet and I think giving it a couple of side stages. Andy Williams was the host and walked in every morning with a cup of coffee (I guess!) and said, “Good Morning, Ladies”. (I was 15) They totally rebuilt a dressing room downstairs (leftover from the life show days), building a wet bar in for Mr. Williams, even having a local artist come in and paint a mural on one of the walls. I still am in contact with a couple of my co-workers there. I’m 54 now. It was the job of a lifetime and the Best Theatre EVER. I mourn it dreadfully. If anyone would like to know more, if I remember, please feel free to email me, I am a writer on Examiner.com so my email is public anyway!
and if anyone remembers me… please write!!!
The Godfather, which ran so long we could repeat the script by heart, also had people leaving their seats for the lighted safety of the lobby!
I will and thank you!
I older blonde lady worked at the Paramount, I meant. And Pam.
Bishop was the manager. Vickors (sp) was either the old boss or in the corporate office of Martin Theatres above, if I remember correctly. I haven’t had anyone to really talk to about this. This rocks. Did you know Pam at the Paramount? Pete, Darlene or Linda at the Tennessee? She worked at the one higher up on Church… wasn’t that the Paramount? There was another older blonde lady who worked the box office there, she had a rep for liking the cops! :)
This shows how old I am. I worked there as a a bit later, when pregnant with my oldest son. (yep, I was young) and my manager would NOT allow me to watch The Exorcist… because it might hurt my pregnancy!! They actually took a person out on a stretcher on two different occasions who passed out because of the “horror”.
And you are welcome.
Shook his hand! I had the “cue” cards that were his lines, then gave them to my sister-in-law. I was too young to know what they could be worth! She has no idea what happened to them. I never took old posters from the theatre or anything. One girl took photos of us in our finery the night of the Grammys (yep… we got to go, rode the city bus in our evening gowns! Those were the days!), but I’ve forgotten her name. I need to make a list as I remember all the people I met. I knew some of the people who worked at the Paramount and Lowes too. LOL… there was a XXX movie theatre on Broad, we went there to buy hotdogs… we couldn’t get any farther than that.
There was a huge winding stairway going stories up back stage. The story was that in the days of live shows, an actress had climbed to the top and jumped to her death.
The movie screen, from backstage was transparent, we could watch the people watching the movies, without them knowing it… now that was interesting!
There was an usher’s room, with lockers downstairs, dressing rooms WITH stars on the doors (our place to sneak down for a bit of alcohol). And there was a complete private screening room downstairs, a precious tiny stage, which I never saw in action.
There were catwalks for days backstage, for stories high. We would go walking around them. We went in on our days off just to roam the theatre.
The popcorn was popped downstairs and sent to the lobby via a dumbwaiter. I worked in the concession stand and was later elevated to “Box Office Girl”. :)
I worked at the TN in 1972 until about ‘74. I was one of the three who were allowed to stay during the 6 weeks we were closed to prepare for the Grammy’s in '73 (?). I shook hands with Ringo Starr, Andy Williams, Helen Reddy, met the 5th Dimension… I could go on and on. I was too young and stupid to take a camera! The crew they brought in totally rebuild our stage, taking it out several feet and I think giving it a couple of side stages. Andy Williams was the host and walked in every morning with a cup of coffee (I guess!) and said, “Good Morning, Ladies”. (I was 15) They totally rebuilt a dressing room downstairs (leftover from the life show days), building a wet bar in for Mr. Williams, even having a local artist come in and paint a mural on one of the walls. I still am in contact with a couple of my co-workers there. I’m 54 now. It was the job of a lifetime and the Best Theatre EVER. I mourn it dreadfully. If anyone would like to know more, if I remember, please feel free to email me, I am a writer on Examiner.com so my email is public anyway!
and if anyone remembers me… please write!!!