Glove Theatre

Roger: You’re probably right. It was a long time ago and I couldn’t find the notes I took about the Glove. Schine had a lot of great looking theatres including the one in Auburn, N.Y. I was interested in purchasing this one but it had just been sold to someone who was going to make it into a night club. That, of course, failed. Do you think any of the Schine family still lives in Gloverville? I’m sure some relative has pictures and information on the theatres.

I looked at this theatre maybe 25 years ago when the whole theatre complex was for sale. The Schine family got their start with this theatre and it remeained their headquarters until the chain folded. I don’t know that flagship is the right word for the Glove Theatre because most of their theatres were larger and nicer than the Glove. The building complex had a private screening room where the Shine family and executives would review the movies and decide which theatres would show what show movies. The private screening room was definitely more impressive than the theatre. The Glove had already closed as a daily run movie theatre by the late 1970’s and possibly before. I know it was still used periodically during this time frame for things like yearly children’s Christmas parties with cartoons etc. Memory tells me the Glove was much smaller than 1100 seats annd as I recall it had no balcony. Years ago, when the USA actually made instead of importing clothing, Gloversville was the glove capitol of America.