AMC Chestnut Hill 5

27 Boylston Street,
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167

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David Wodeyla
David Wodeyla on October 10, 2004 at 6:48 pm

You prompted some memories with that one! I had almost forgotten Timmy. Chestnut Hill had 3 screens, stadium style, which made pickups between shows a little harder. We couldn’t sweep the stuff forward under the seats. We were allowed more time between shows at Chestnut Hill, sometimes 4 shows a day instead of 5, in order to maximize concession time, and this gave us more time to clean, although the lobby would sometimes back up when it was busy. It also took longer to exit the crowds, as they took longer to come down the stairs.

dave-bronx™
dave-bronx™ on October 10, 2004 at 3:55 pm

We started having the ushers cleaning the auditoriums in cleveland around 1978, when they put out that ridiculous ‘Timmy the Trashcan’ trailer.

David Wodeyla
David Wodeyla on August 31, 2004 at 1:14 pm

The late ‘80s remodel was done by Cambridge Seven Associates, who believed in darker lobbies, and even darker auditoriums, a complete opposite to the original GCC red white and blue everywhere, where every speck of dirt would be obvious. Coincidentally, it was around this time that ushers began cleaning auditoriums between shows, which was unheard of in the Boston area through the '60s and '70’s. (fill and spill, with emphasis on turning over larger crowds, which wasn’t the case in most of the country.)
To mrpibbles, yes, AMC runs it now. GCC went bankrupt. (so much for the volume business…..)

mrpibbles
mrpibbles on July 28, 2004 at 6:11 pm

Is this theater owned by AMC now? And a question i need to know that no one will tell me- does GCC even exist anymore?

David Wodeyla
David Wodeyla on July 27, 2004 at 1:51 pm

When this theatre opened in 1975, it was the first GCC with stadium seating. White walls, and a mirrored ceiling above the circular concession stand, along with a lot of red and white formica, and red velvet seats in the lobby made for a gaudy lobby. It was one of the first to be remodeled in the late eighties, with a gray and dark blue paint job, and backlit concession graphics.