The Boulevard was a regular theater for me during the 1970’s. I first saw a double Feature of “Che” and “The Sand Pebbles” there. I also saw Mel Brooks' “The 12 Chairs there. Later in the mid ‘70’s they closed off the balcony and twined it. They constantly doubled up films that played single at other theaters. The theater that was one bus away from me showed the RObert Shaw film, "Diamonds” by itself while I instead took two buses to see it with “Rider on The Rain”. In the summer of 1976 they were the only theater showing the reissue of “The Exorcist” with a second feature which was the sean Connery starrer, “The Terrorist”. I was shocked when they let kids of all ages to see it. I sat with two 9 year olds. During the second feature one of the kid’s fathers came in to see the show and was shocked to see his son there. Plus as I was waiting to get in the manager was telling the kids to come back next week to see the R rated, “Squirm”. I did see “Squirm” there with a sneak preview of “Futureworld”. Squirm was a great experience as the packed audience there mostly for “Futureworld” was make remarks at the screen and all of us were having a good time. I became friendly with the couple next to me, they just got married and he loved horror films, she never watched them and was complaining to me that the night before he took her to see “The Food Of The Gods”, and she commented that first Giant rat now human eating worms. I always wondered how long that marriage lasted.
Other double features I saw there was “Rabbit Test” with “The Hot Rock” (which had been shown on TV many times at the time), “Mr. Billion” and “From Noon To Three”, “Smokey And The Bandit” with “The Seven Percent Solution”, and the last double feature I saw there was the 1979 reissue of “Jaws” with another film that had already been shown on TV a few times, the Charles Bronson/James Coburn film, “Hard Times”. I miss those old days.
I had been to the Colony many times, the first time was to see the double Feature of “West Side Story” and “In The Heat Of The Night”. What i remember most of that first time was that inside the theater by the refreshment stand in the lobby was a second marquee which told us the upcoming attractions at the theater. I also the Frank Sinatra film “Dirsty Dingus Magree” there with an advance preview of Billy Wilder’s “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”. I also saw the third Sidney Poitier Virgil Tibbs film “The Organization” with an advance preview of the george Segal drug film, “Born To Win”. Later on on saw the second Dirty Harry film, “Magnum Force” with “The Last Of Sheila”.
The Boulevard was a regular theater for me during the 1970’s. I first saw a double Feature of “Che” and “The Sand Pebbles” there. I also saw Mel Brooks' “The 12 Chairs there. Later in the mid ‘70’s they closed off the balcony and twined it. They constantly doubled up films that played single at other theaters. The theater that was one bus away from me showed the RObert Shaw film, "Diamonds” by itself while I instead took two buses to see it with “Rider on The Rain”. In the summer of 1976 they were the only theater showing the reissue of “The Exorcist” with a second feature which was the sean Connery starrer, “The Terrorist”. I was shocked when they let kids of all ages to see it. I sat with two 9 year olds. During the second feature one of the kid’s fathers came in to see the show and was shocked to see his son there. Plus as I was waiting to get in the manager was telling the kids to come back next week to see the R rated, “Squirm”. I did see “Squirm” there with a sneak preview of “Futureworld”. Squirm was a great experience as the packed audience there mostly for “Futureworld” was make remarks at the screen and all of us were having a good time. I became friendly with the couple next to me, they just got married and he loved horror films, she never watched them and was complaining to me that the night before he took her to see “The Food Of The Gods”, and she commented that first Giant rat now human eating worms. I always wondered how long that marriage lasted.
Other double features I saw there was “Rabbit Test” with “The Hot Rock” (which had been shown on TV many times at the time), “Mr. Billion” and “From Noon To Three”, “Smokey And The Bandit” with “The Seven Percent Solution”, and the last double feature I saw there was the 1979 reissue of “Jaws” with another film that had already been shown on TV a few times, the Charles Bronson/James Coburn film, “Hard Times”. I miss those old days.
I had been to the Colony many times, the first time was to see the double Feature of “West Side Story” and “In The Heat Of The Night”. What i remember most of that first time was that inside the theater by the refreshment stand in the lobby was a second marquee which told us the upcoming attractions at the theater. I also the Frank Sinatra film “Dirsty Dingus Magree” there with an advance preview of Billy Wilder’s “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”. I also saw the third Sidney Poitier Virgil Tibbs film “The Organization” with an advance preview of the george Segal drug film, “Born To Win”. Later on on saw the second Dirty Harry film, “Magnum Force” with “The Last Of Sheila”.