My mom worked at the Carolina Theater in the 1950’s in the box office. Ted Reed (Reid)I think that was his name, was the manager. I remember seeing Peter Pan and a John Wayne western when I was a little girl. I remember the audience laughing out loud when I declared in my child like voice, “Look mommy, they’re wearing their jommies” (my word for pj’s)in the western movie.
I remember the flashing lights of the marque, the curtains over the double set of entrance doors, the thick dark carpet, concession stand with all the candy soft drinks and popcorn and the long stair case to the ladies room, which had several couches and chairs in a lounge area before entering the restrooms. The door to the office was in the lounge area. I was always fascinated with the lighting fixtures on the walls in the auditorium. It was a beautiful theater back then. To bad it couldn’t have been saved.
My mother worked in the outside ticket office of the Carolina Theatre in the mid 1950’s. Mr. Reed/Reid was the manager and she worked with a cute petite blond, Becky and a couple of high school age young men I remember….Paul and Theo…they were ushers, ticket takers and worked the concessions. I was in the 2nd – 4th grade at Rosa Edwards Elementary School at the time. I would walk from school to the theatre and wait for her to get off work around 5:30 in the evening. Got to watch free movies and get free popcorn. Admission was around $.25 for kids under 12. When I was younger she worked a block down between 5th and 4th avenue in the State/Fox Theatre. I think the location now is a jewelry store…The Goldsmith by Rudy. It wasn’t nearly as nice as the Carolina. Brings back lots of memories from my childhood in Hendersonville
My mom worked at the Carolina Theater in the 1950’s in the box office. Ted Reed (Reid)I think that was his name, was the manager. I remember seeing Peter Pan and a John Wayne western when I was a little girl. I remember the audience laughing out loud when I declared in my child like voice, “Look mommy, they’re wearing their jommies” (my word for pj’s)in the western movie.
I remember the flashing lights of the marque, the curtains over the double set of entrance doors, the thick dark carpet, concession stand with all the candy soft drinks and popcorn and the long stair case to the ladies room, which had several couches and chairs in a lounge area before entering the restrooms. The door to the office was in the lounge area. I was always fascinated with the lighting fixtures on the walls in the auditorium. It was a beautiful theater back then. To bad it couldn’t have been saved.
My mother worked in the outside ticket office of the Carolina Theatre in the mid 1950’s. Mr. Reed/Reid was the manager and she worked with a cute petite blond, Becky and a couple of high school age young men I remember….Paul and Theo…they were ushers, ticket takers and worked the concessions. I was in the 2nd – 4th grade at Rosa Edwards Elementary School at the time. I would walk from school to the theatre and wait for her to get off work around 5:30 in the evening. Got to watch free movies and get free popcorn. Admission was around $.25 for kids under 12. When I was younger she worked a block down between 5th and 4th avenue in the State/Fox Theatre. I think the location now is a jewelry store…The Goldsmith by Rudy. It wasn’t nearly as nice as the Carolina. Brings back lots of memories from my childhood in Hendersonville