Natick Flick
Route 9,
Natick,
MA
01760
Route 9,
Natick,
MA
01760
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Despite the theater first opened as a twin in Late 1976, a third screen was added shortly afterward in January 1977. It was first known as the Natick Flick 1-2-3 and later as Natick Flicks in the 1980s. The “S” in the Natick Flicks name was dropped in 1990, upgrading its name to just “Natick Flick”. The Natick Flick closed for the final time on March 10, 1991.
Opened in 1976. No ad found.
Just a side note to Greg6363, the Westboro Flick was known at one time as the Ruth Gordon Theater in honor of the actress who starred in “Harold and Maude”. Same low rent theater with a tiny screen and a huge ElectroVoice speaker on the floor in front of the screen.
Hello- I grew up in Natick in the 1970’s-lat 90’s and well remember the Flick. Short lived as I recall. I worked for couple years up the street at the old Sack Cinema
I went there once, during a college vacation, to see “Rocky” in the spring of 1977. Tiny, nondescript theatre. What I remember most about it was that, when my fiancée and I paid our admissions, they only printed out one ticket, tore it in half, and gave us each one of the stubs. Knowing something about the “movie biz,” I recognized that as a common way of scamming the distributor — since it would only record as one ticket sold, they would only have to pay the percentage of the take for that one admission, and pocket it for the second. Don’t know if that was a common practice at the Flick, but it was the first time it ever happened to me.
All I know is I had a great time working there through high school and many of the work ethics I learned from Andy Rockefeller I still hold dear today. Oh…I’m getting all choked up! <wink>
I believe a CVS store now occupies the space.
Dan B…sister Betsy???? LOLOL Yeah…me, April, Kim, Claire, etc took you under our wing before we graduated so you and your friends could be the next generation of Flick workers! The ice fights were brutal if I remember correctly. I recall you having a nice ice cut under your eye. Remember the ice maker, in the slop closet in theater 1. And if we needed ice during a movie it stunk having to go in there, shut the door, then turn the light on and get ice very quietly!!!! I still tell people that Andy was the best boss and all I needed to learn about work I learned from him. Great to hear from you! Keep in touch!!! ()
The Flick was next to Heartland Grocery Store. Child World was over at Shoppers World before Toys-R-Us moved in, not at Sherwood Plaza.
Wow! The Flick 1-2-3. I had completely forgotten about this theater. I do remember it being kind of the “ghetto” theater (though now, any of the original Framingham/Natick theaters would seem ghetto compared to what’s out there now!).
Where exactly at Sherwood Plaza was it? What’s located where it used to be? Of course, I could easily tell you where Child World was, but for some reason, I have no clue what store occupies the old Flick location.
(hi Sue!) It was a blast. I worked there about 85-91. On Wednesday nights it was 2 bucks, while others were 6. While I was there we went from showing blockbusters like Top Gun to more artsy stuff like the Coen Brothers or the Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. For a long time we showed Rocky Horror and I was one of the lucky saps to clean up until about 4am. But the office was what it was all about for me. It was a great time – from ice fights to literally, you don’t want to know! I could write a novel… I have a couple small splices of film (I was a manager/projectionist- fixing the old Eprads), a small reel, and even had an old seat that was taken out when it was torn down…. I STILL miss the place.
I worked at the Natick Flick from 1983-87. It was the best job anyone could have in high school. Then all my friends also started working there. Andy (the owner after Tom Duffy..I knew his son Mike) was a great boss!! It was one huge party! I have a piece of the office moon scape wallpaper in a photo album. We had a great time all the time. Showing midnight movies. Running movies during school hours when we didnt' feel like going..shhhhhhh!! Ahhh..the good ole days!
Ron, you are correct. The original owner (I think his name was Tom Duffy) had these locations plus the Westboro Flick. They were sold them off individually when the owner got out of the business.
Was this part of the same small chain as the Lexington Flick, Billerica Flick, Lowell Flick, etc? Of these, only the Lexington one is still open today.
Actually, the theatre did open as a three-plex but the ceilings were so low that they had to use mirrors to project the image from the booth to the screen.
The Natick Flick played a lot of B-movies like Kill or Be Killed (a martial arts film from South Africa with James Ryan) and its sequel Kill and Kill Again, Silent Rage (with Chuck Norris), The Private Eyes and They Went That-a-way-and-that-away (with Tim Conway) along with the sub-run stuff. It was a great environment as a teenager.