Yes, Mr. Brianerd’s first name was Webb. I don’t know what happened to him after I left, but I read somewhere on this site that he later worked at the corporate office in Texas, I think.
Mr. Edmondson, who was the assistant manager and about the same age as I was, was some piece of work. On the nights of “premieres” he would wear a really bad tuxedo to the theater. He told me he liked to dress up because he was on “one rung of the ladder of show business.”
He was about 6 ½ feet tall and the pants on his tux were always about 6 ½ inches too short.
I will now sing “Memories” from “The Way We Were”, one of the three movies that opened this theater in 1973. :)
Wow! I can’t believe I found this site. I sold the very first ticket at Perimeter Mall Cinema in December of 1973. I was working there nights and weekends while I did my student teaching not far away. We wore not-very-attractive navy blue skirts, white blouses with the GCC logo on them, and really horrible navy blue ties. Mr. Brainerd was the first manager, and a good guy. Mr Edmondson, the assistant manager, was hilarious. I literally learned how to operate the ticket machine about 15 minutes before the first show.
I think I saw “Billy Jack” about ten times while I worked there, and I’m still trying to figure out why.
On “special nights”, Mr. Brainerd and Mr. Edmondson would dress up in their fancy suits and try to maintain a little crowd control. We had no system of “lines” there, and customers pretty much surged up when we had a new movie opening.
I once rode my horse from the stable on Peachtree Dunwoody Road to the theatre to pick up my paycheck. I thought it was really cool, but Mr. Brainerd wasn’t too thrilled with me riding right up to the glass doors.
Memories. Glad to have found some other people who remember this place.
Wow….I never heard that story. A GCC scandal!
Yes, Mr. Brianerd’s first name was Webb. I don’t know what happened to him after I left, but I read somewhere on this site that he later worked at the corporate office in Texas, I think.
Mr. Edmondson, who was the assistant manager and about the same age as I was, was some piece of work. On the nights of “premieres” he would wear a really bad tuxedo to the theater. He told me he liked to dress up because he was on “one rung of the ladder of show business.”
He was about 6 ½ feet tall and the pants on his tux were always about 6 ½ inches too short.
I will now sing “Memories” from “The Way We Were”, one of the three movies that opened this theater in 1973. :)
Wow! I can’t believe I found this site. I sold the very first ticket at Perimeter Mall Cinema in December of 1973. I was working there nights and weekends while I did my student teaching not far away. We wore not-very-attractive navy blue skirts, white blouses with the GCC logo on them, and really horrible navy blue ties. Mr. Brainerd was the first manager, and a good guy. Mr Edmondson, the assistant manager, was hilarious. I literally learned how to operate the ticket machine about 15 minutes before the first show.
I think I saw “Billy Jack” about ten times while I worked there, and I’m still trying to figure out why.
On “special nights”, Mr. Brainerd and Mr. Edmondson would dress up in their fancy suits and try to maintain a little crowd control. We had no system of “lines” there, and customers pretty much surged up when we had a new movie opening.
I once rode my horse from the stable on Peachtree Dunwoody Road to the theatre to pick up my paycheck. I thought it was really cool, but Mr. Brainerd wasn’t too thrilled with me riding right up to the glass doors.
Memories. Glad to have found some other people who remember this place.