Guys this is what i got on National Hills Theatre.I must be bad luck,so i will just read what you guys up there discuss. In fairness to Justin,JJD and a couple others I have seen posts about theatres where guys end up posting about RADIO stations,so it happens quite a bit,but I guess we do get Off Topic like so many others.Right Justin and JJd.
Adjusted to inflation I read “GONE WITH THE WIND” is still the higest grossing film of all time.Ticket prices up so high; so does it really mean anything to set a Box Office record? Just asking as an old theatre manager.
I had a friend I worked with at the IMPERIAL in Augusta.He showed me his “JAWS” T-Shirt they wore opening week; he still kept in a box.Tommy,why didn’t GET ONE !
“NASTY HABITS” opens at Columbia 1,we thought we might have protests with the Catholic Church,but it played a few weeks before shipping out with no problems and Bad Box Office.
Joe you are right about BOXOFFICE.I have used old issues for several theatres I have put on CT only to be told this is a wrong date or that movie wasn’t shown in 70mm.And so on. I know when I worked for GCC i would often send items in,some would get printed,some would not.Most of us theatre managers did not have Journalism Degrees.LOL.
Someone is actually talking about CUE MARKS,ask an 18 year old projectionist at your local 20 plex about them.Automation sounds great,but i knew a lot of operators that lost jobs in the late 70’s having shown movies since the 30’s in some cases,but that is business,isn’t it.The Human cost,out the door.
I thought it was wild when i read the bio and somehow remembered the story the other night,Grabbed the book and put Fonda’s Quote in.Hope one day to find the Drive-in that was in “MIDNIGHT COWBOY”.
Well.In 1956 it was called the BEACH DRIVE-In I wish these small town operators would quit changing names.I see it mostly in one and two Theatre towns so far.
We tend to be so alike ,i had a Ventura same color.Having known Nick for so long it is danged scary how much we are alike.But we were all theatre dawgs.
Good guess,Drive-ins everywhere were closing quick in those years.thanks for the story.
Guys this is what i got on National Hills Theatre.I must be bad luck,so i will just read what you guys up there discuss. In fairness to Justin,JJD and a couple others I have seen posts about theatres where guys end up posting about RADIO stations,so it happens quite a bit,but I guess we do get Off Topic like so many others.Right Justin and JJd.
Thanks Don for the movie program.
Raysson,I have a Flamingo Drive-in in Myrtle Beach in 1956 owned by B.R.and w.w. Hucks. Name change again? This one parked 200 cars.
It was a Howard and Howard Drive-in.[in 1956]
What a bunch writing about “NOTHING”. Who Cares!Hope this ends some very stupid comments.
Don’t EVER let them tear it down!
Great pictures and ads guys.
Noticed in the ad they took credit cards.did not realize that form of payment was going on in those days.
Adjusted to inflation I read “GONE WITH THE WIND” is still the higest grossing film of all time.Ticket prices up so high; so does it really mean anything to set a Box Office record? Just asking as an old theatre manager.
I had a friend I worked with at the IMPERIAL in Augusta.He showed me his “JAWS” T-Shirt they wore opening week; he still kept in a box.Tommy,why didn’t GET ONE !
“NASTY HABITS” opens at Columbia 1,we thought we might have protests with the Catholic Church,but it played a few weeks before shipping out with no problems and Bad Box Office.
Great story Ian on “TOWERING INFERNO”.
Joe you are right about BOXOFFICE.I have used old issues for several theatres I have put on CT only to be told this is a wrong date or that movie wasn’t shown in 70mm.And so on. I know when I worked for GCC i would often send items in,some would get printed,some would not.Most of us theatre managers did not have Journalism Degrees.LOL.
Thanks for the ads,always great to look at all of them.
Thanks WHP for the comment on the Lakeview.We know it is still standing.
So the Drive-in is still the Beach.That book of mine had Fair Hope.
Someone is actually talking about CUE MARKS,ask an 18 year old projectionist at your local 20 plex about them.Automation sounds great,but i knew a lot of operators that lost jobs in the late 70’s having shown movies since the 30’s in some cases,but that is business,isn’t it.The Human cost,out the door.
Another one closed by CARMIKE.
I thought it was wild when i read the bio and somehow remembered the story the other night,Grabbed the book and put Fonda’s Quote in.Hope one day to find the Drive-in that was in “MIDNIGHT COWBOY”.
Well.In 1956 it was called the BEACH DRIVE-In I wish these small town operators would quit changing names.I see it mostly in one and two Theatre towns so far.
There still might be one in the local newspaper achieves.
This was the only Drive-in I could find in Carthage,so it had to be this one that Peter Fonda was writing about.
Thanks for the movie ad.
We tend to be so alike ,i had a Ventura same color.Having known Nick for so long it is danged scary how much we are alike.But we were all theatre dawgs.