I thought it was much newer but i am 95% sure i saw “WILLARD” and “WHO SLEW AUNTIE RUE” there in the early 70’s. Thanks Jack for getting me here. Sure thought it was built later than 1955.
By bad do you mean what Ray was saying Mold growing everywhere.I saw a few movies there and watching what few films i saw the picture and sound were good as any theatre i had seen movies in.
SMOKEY TRAILS is the last movie to play there before the fire that night.The last Box office take was 220.60. all these figures could iinclude the concession. It was not broken down in the Ledger book i found.
The Dreamland burned and never reopened even though the theatre itself was not torn down for a year.
FRANKENSTEIN MEETS WOLFMAN thursday—74.80
Jan 27 1944 MUSIC IN MANHATTHAN —-248.00 DRREAMLAND Feb 1944 was playing SOULS AT SEA that took in on Sunday 276.35 SLEEPY LAGOON on Monday made 149.90 tuesday 128.35. ASSIGNMENT IN BRITTANY Wed.117.25 and Thursday 71.05.
FRONTIER LAW made on friday 168.40 and saturday 257.40. The last movies to play at the DREAMLAND were MISSING JUROR on momday it made 125.50 and tuesday 99.10 GYPSY WILD on Wednesday it made 130.80 and thursday 117.90.
YEAH,it’s about all gone. I am sending SKYLAND ARTS CINEMA. TRI CITY and MIDLAND DRIVEin down to you in a few days. I know you are working up another history. I hope CHARLIE and MIKE help you. So don’t feel rushed. THey took your OVERLAND POST and it got moved off to who knows where.Something about the Overton and Davis theatre being the same.
I have several newspaper movie ads i clipped out of the paper there the MANRING ran some pretty nice ads.Boy,the ROSA DRIVE-In really looked like a great place to see a movie like the ALAMO.
I never understood suspended. I missed an employee meeting Tinney had set up.I had only been to 30 of them. Still, i should have there.But,it goes back to being too big for your britches. I know he really didnot want to fire me.I know he didn’t because of all the managers under him he knew i would trek down to the Imperial when noone else would.
Thank you Jack Coursey.i left a post on another Wheaton area theatre about the Aspen Hill Twin months ago trying to find it, thanks for the time. I also went to a drive in around there called the QUEENS DRIVE-In or something like that,Does that ring a bell since i have you on CT figured i would ask.
Movies I saw ZEPPLIN with Michael York. WHEN DINOS RULED THE EARTH [sexy cavegirls] but rated G and the final movie i ever saw before going back to Georgia was THE OMEGA MAN with Charlton Heston. I still have the flyer they gave away at the Concession. THANKS FOR A GREAT THEATRE.Flyer from THE OMEGA MAN WAS like a newspaper,
I spent a few weeks in Wheaton with my cousins.They were a bit older so i found the Aspen Hill twin Cinema.Being from Augusta We had not gotten our first Twin theatre so i was excited to go to the theatre. I remember a record store nearby.
I think you will really like CT when you get to talking with other theatre people from around the world.and It will happen.one of them will come across usually a crazy story and comment.Most likely,“HEY,Robin that happened here but on a different night!”
Jack, Can you help me.Back in the early 70’s i spent a few weeks in Wheaton and would go to a twin theatre called i think the ASPEN HILLS Twin Theatre does that sense. I am hoping you might be a native there and remember movies there in the 70’s. i saw “OMEGA MAN” there among others, Thanks.
Even with my pretty good memory,it took awhile,but Tinney fired me in Nov. 1980. that night i drove up to NATIONAL HILLS guess in a state of shock,but sometimes it does one good to be brought down to earth if one is only an Assistant Mgr,at a twin theate.
GREAT,You can count on ME wanting pictures{COPIES} The picture you took from the IMPERIAL was the marquee “EYEWITNESS” and “DEATH HUNT”. I hope you can find them. I will bring my album. Bill has hundreds.
Another great thing about this is that you will get to know other theatre people and really enjoy discussing working there. I am talking with theatre people from Nashville to Hawaii. tisloews is one guy iam always talking the old days about.He worked for Loews but loves my stories,as i do his.
How could such a concept theatre work. X rated porn on one side and maybe a G or PG on the other screen. Surely,they were separated with no chance of a child slipping in a X rated movie,And what about the restrooms.
I have seen twin theatres play a X rated feature like Warhol’s “DRACULA”,but no a constant flow of adult movies.Quite,frankly i am surprized it ever went over in Houston.and i wouldn’t want to manage such a set up.
Nick, When you see NATIONAL HILLS,IMPERIAL and COLUMBIA 1and2 on it will be me and Robin talking old days at our theatres. Can you believe we are getting 5 inches of SNOW here in Georgia tonight.WHERE IS AL GORE?
I have Columbia 1 and 2. I have the picture you took of the Imperial closing night.Several of National Hills, Miller,SouthGate,Daniel Village.North 85 Drive-in,Modjeska and Hilltop Drive-in.
I thought it was much newer but i am 95% sure i saw “WILLARD” and “WHO SLEW AUNTIE RUE” there in the early 70’s. Thanks Jack for getting me here. Sure thought it was built later than 1955.
Jack, I bet that is it. It looked pretty new from what I can remember. I will Check it out.
Iam old theatre dawg,Chuck 1231.
By bad do you mean what Ray was saying Mold growing everywhere.I saw a few movies there and watching what few films i saw the picture and sound were good as any theatre i had seen movies in.
SMOKEY TRAILS is the last movie to play there before the fire that night.The last Box office take was 220.60. all these figures could iinclude the concession. It was not broken down in the Ledger book i found.
The Dreamland burned and never reopened even though the theatre itself was not torn down for a year.
FRANKENSTEIN MEETS WOLFMAN thursday—74.80
Jan 27 1944 MUSIC IN MANHATTHAN —-248.00 DRREAMLAND Feb 1944 was playing SOULS AT SEA that took in on Sunday 276.35 SLEEPY LAGOON on Monday made 149.90 tuesday 128.35. ASSIGNMENT IN BRITTANY Wed.117.25 and Thursday 71.05.
FRONTIER LAW made on friday 168.40 and saturday 257.40. The last movies to play at the DREAMLAND were MISSING JUROR on momday it made 125.50 and tuesday 99.10 GYPSY WILD on Wednesday it made 130.80 and thursday 117.90.
The following figures from DREAMLAND theatre found by me while exploring the old MILLER theatre in the 80’s.
1944 GREENWICH VILLAGE monday—222.50
tuesday —92.30
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY Wed.—-157.60
thursday—139.00
Jan 1944 FRANKENSTEIN MEETS WOLFMAN WED.—180.20
YEAH,it’s about all gone. I am sending SKYLAND ARTS CINEMA. TRI CITY and MIDLAND DRIVEin down to you in a few days. I know you are working up another history. I hope CHARLIE and MIKE help you. So don’t feel rushed. THey took your OVERLAND POST and it got moved off to who knows where.Something about the Overton and Davis theatre being the same.
Your picture on the ROSA Reda drive in looked great,Chuck.
i have a picture of the Projectionist there he looked like he was a vetran of the booth,not some teenager.
I have several newspaper movie ads i clipped out of the paper there the MANRING ran some pretty nice ads.Boy,the ROSA DRIVE-In really looked like a great place to see a movie like the ALAMO.
I never understood suspended. I missed an employee meeting Tinney had set up.I had only been to 30 of them. Still, i should have there.But,it goes back to being too big for your britches. I know he really didnot want to fire me.I know he didn’t because of all the managers under him he knew i would trek down to the Imperial when noone else would.
Thanks Chuck 1231.i am a rookie.
Thank you Jack Coursey.i left a post on another Wheaton area theatre about the Aspen Hill Twin months ago trying to find it, thanks for the time. I also went to a drive in around there called the QUEENS DRIVE-In or something like that,Does that ring a bell since i have you on CT figured i would ask.
Movies I saw ZEPPLIN with Michael York. WHEN DINOS RULED THE EARTH [sexy cavegirls] but rated G and the final movie i ever saw before going back to Georgia was THE OMEGA MAN with Charlton Heston. I still have the flyer they gave away at the Concession. THANKS FOR A GREAT THEATRE.Flyer from THE OMEGA MAN WAS like a newspaper,
I spent a few weeks in Wheaton with my cousins.They were a bit older so i found the Aspen Hill twin Cinema.Being from Augusta We had not gotten our first Twin theatre so i was excited to go to the theatre. I remember a record store nearby.
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I think you will really like CT when you get to talking with other theatre people from around the world.and It will happen.one of them will come across usually a crazy story and comment.Most likely,“HEY,Robin that happened here but on a different night!”
Jack, Can you help me.Back in the early 70’s i spent a few weeks in Wheaton and would go to a twin theatre called i think the ASPEN HILLS Twin Theatre does that sense. I am hoping you might be a native there and remember movies there in the 70’s. i saw “OMEGA MAN” there among others, Thanks.
Even with my pretty good memory,it took awhile,but Tinney fired me in Nov. 1980. that night i drove up to NATIONAL HILLS guess in a state of shock,but sometimes it does one good to be brought down to earth if one is only an Assistant Mgr,at a twin theate.
GREAT,You can count on ME wanting pictures{COPIES} The picture you took from the IMPERIAL was the marquee “EYEWITNESS” and “DEATH HUNT”. I hope you can find them. I will bring my album. Bill has hundreds.
Another great thing about this is that you will get to know other theatre people and really enjoy discussing working there. I am talking with theatre people from Nashville to Hawaii. tisloews is one guy iam always talking the old days about.He worked for Loews but loves my stories,as i do his.
How could such a concept theatre work. X rated porn on one side and maybe a G or PG on the other screen. Surely,they were separated with no chance of a child slipping in a X rated movie,And what about the restrooms.
I have seen twin theatres play a X rated feature like Warhol’s “DRACULA”,but no a constant flow of adult movies.Quite,frankly i am surprized it ever went over in Houston.and i wouldn’t want to manage such a set up.
Nick, When you see NATIONAL HILLS,IMPERIAL and COLUMBIA 1and2 on it will be me and Robin talking old days at our theatres. Can you believe we are getting 5 inches of SNOW here in Georgia tonight.WHERE IS AL GORE?
II will go on and run some copies off for you anyways just to keep. If Cathy or the others want copies they can use yours that i give you,
I have Columbia 1 and 2. I have the picture you took of the Imperial closing night.Several of National Hills, Miller,SouthGate,Daniel Village.North 85 Drive-in,Modjeska and Hilltop Drive-in.
Iam so glad i had a journal of sorts that i jotted down events.You all must have been in ATlanta for a few years.