Nice marquee,but quite tacky with the third feature,I know save money leave the marquee alone.rpb.I hope you didn’t marry your “girlfriend”.What a jerk.
From an old Charlotte Plitt Meno,Tim Mason sold $27,563 in reduced admission tickets,I sincerely hoped they shared a per centage like GCC did with their Managers.These tickets,for those of you that do not know were sold to businesses,Schools,hospitals for those employees to see a movie for about 50 cents off the Box office price.RATS as we called them.Wow,raysson you truly know CAROLINA theatres.
Some really great stories,,as always the ones from old theatre folks are the best to read,I can relate to so many and the ones that JERRY couldn’t print here I bet anyone in the business for several years has witnessed.LOL.
Here’s one David, When the DREAMLAND THEATRE burned in Augusta,It is on CT; on the marquee,“SMOKEY TRAILS”,can’t make it up.LOl.The movie is not the marquee in any picture that have,just the way i worded it.
Yep,I knew a few old Projectionists that were working on a hobby during work instead of tending to business,often if we would get a second or third run on a film we would blame the scratches from coming from the DRive-ins,but according your facts often a\"Lazy\" operator in a first run house could ruin a print way before the Drive-in played it.Cline’s Book is pretty good .I met him several times at the Charlotte Western Film Convention always had a story to tell about theatres.
I got hold of a Plitt Memo from Charlotte naming Al Panetz naming him one of the top five sellers of Reduced Admission Ticket seller selling $5,400 for May 1983.
Picture of the PALACE THEATRE in May 19 2011 USA TODAY discussing the DEmise of Gary,Indiana,Seeing the above picture one can tell why no one wants to live there!
I bet “Rollercoaster” in sensuround was interesting in a multi-plex,markp.LOl.
Nice marquee,but quite tacky with the third feature,I know save money leave the marquee alone.rpb.I hope you didn’t marry your “girlfriend”.What a jerk.
1983 R rated and PG rated Double feature? hopefully, they got the kids out.
From an old Charlotte Plitt Meno,Tim Mason sold $27,563 in reduced admission tickets,I sincerely hoped they shared a per centage like GCC did with their Managers.These tickets,for those of you that do not know were sold to businesses,Schools,hospitals for those employees to see a movie for about 50 cents off the Box office price.RATS as we called them.Wow,raysson you truly know CAROLINA theatres.
Some really great stories,,as always the ones from old theatre folks are the best to read,I can relate to so many and the ones that JERRY couldn’t print here I bet anyone in the business for several years has witnessed.LOL.
Nice way to go out on Marquee,so many theatres never have the chance.
BY the 90’s theatre ads,real theatre ads were long gone.
What stupid design for a Mall cinema.I worked at two, both GCC and it was easy access to the parking be it 2 pm or 2am.
A loser of a theatre all around to me.
Thanks Big Dave.
Thanks Chuck,wonderful pictures.
Here’s one David, When the DREAMLAND THEATRE burned in Augusta,It is on CT; on the marquee,“SMOKEY TRAILS”,can’t make it up.LOl.The movie is not the marquee in any picture that have,just the way i worded it.
Yep,I knew a few old Projectionists that were working on a hobby during work instead of tending to business,often if we would get a second or third run on a film we would blame the scratches from coming from the DRive-ins,but according your facts often a\"Lazy\" operator in a first run house could ruin a print way before the Drive-in played it.Cline’s Book is pretty good .I met him several times at the Charlotte Western Film Convention always had a story to tell about theatres.
I got hold of a Plitt Memo from Charlotte naming Al Panetz naming him one of the top five sellers of Reduced Admission Ticket seller selling $5,400 for May 1983.
Very nice looking theatre,best of luck.Thanks for a great picture.
Thanks Tis.WOW,“KING KONG” the real one.not the silly remakes,one which i played.
Thanks Andy,Did we see this one when you were giving me the Tour,Nick.
Most likely that was what it was Mike97 a few of our old Theatres were pretty much like that in Augusta.Storefronts,if you will.
Thanks Joe,hope you were able to catch the Flick,Tis.
Picture of the PALACE THEATRE in May 19 2011 USA TODAY discussing the DEmise of Gary,Indiana,Seeing the above picture one can tell why no one wants to live there!
That is wonderful news a lobby still “beautiful”.
The GCC i worked at was built before handicap laws; we had to open a back exit door to wheel them in,sure it felt degrading at times.
WOW.Theatre business is run by by %$&#@@ it seems today.Thanks John.
June 3 1983 has Willie Lackey managing this Twin.
Irwin Mumford was managing here June 3 1983.