This thread is great. I was the house manager of the Towne Theatre in the very early 70’s (it was demolished soon after) and we had a lot of fun working there. The staff was great, we had an 80 year old doorman who had great stories from the Capone years in Chicago (he was also a former minor league catcher) and the theatre has nothing but great memories. Our biggest hit was the Godfather in the summer of 1972, but it was all down hill after that since we couldn’t compete with the multiplexes, especially our sister theater in Lakewood. But growing up in North Long Beach, the Towne and the Crest were the places to go on the weekends.
This thread is great. I was the house manager of the Towne Theatre in the very early 70’s (it was demolished soon after) and we had a lot of fun working there. The staff was great, we had an 80 year old doorman who had great stories from the Capone years in Chicago (he was also a former minor league catcher) and the theatre has nothing but great memories. Our biggest hit was the Godfather in the summer of 1972, but it was all down hill after that since we couldn’t compete with the multiplexes, especially our sister theater in Lakewood. But growing up in North Long Beach, the Towne and the Crest were the places to go on the weekends.