I used to work here—1966-67. I made $0.75-$0.85 per hour as an usher. In ‘67 we had Dr. Zhivago for almost a month. We only had one screen back then. Even now, I still find myself spouting the lines.
Yes, Bob, I would I agree. I, too, used to love the original theater and miss the neighborhood intimacy.
Justin, thanks for the update about the theater. In all honesty, I don’t live in New Jersey anymore, so I enjoy hearing about the Allwood Theater.
We ushers used to cut-up and fool around in the back, when no one was looking. I used to love that area in the back, the buffer between the seats and the exit doors to the parking lot.
The ushers used to get stuck with a lot of odd jobs. We liked lugging the film cannisters upstairs to the projection room because we could spend time with Augie and Gene, the projectionists, who taught us things. We hated emptying the spill tank from the soda machine because it was heavy and tended to slosh on the way to the mens room. One of us, didn’t make it.
The longest running movie from those days was Dr. Zhivago, which we had for three consecutive weeks. The theater charged $1.75, an unheard of price in those days, when weeknight admission was $1.00; weekends, $1.25.
I used to work at the Allwood Theater. I was an usher from January, 1966 through June, 1967, with so many magical memories and a lifetime of special moments. The theater had one screen in those days and always a local audience, all the regulars, many of them chose the same seat movie after movie. One man always sat one seat in in the very first row, even if rest of the theater was empty.
I grew up in Allwood (the corner of Allwood Road and Orchard Drive). The Allwood Theater will always remain a part of my life.
I used to work here—1966-67. I made $0.75-$0.85 per hour as an usher. In ‘67 we had Dr. Zhivago for almost a month. We only had one screen back then. Even now, I still find myself spouting the lines.
Yes, Bob, I would I agree. I, too, used to love the original theater and miss the neighborhood intimacy.
Justin, thanks for the update about the theater. In all honesty, I don’t live in New Jersey anymore, so I enjoy hearing about the Allwood Theater.
We ushers used to cut-up and fool around in the back, when no one was looking. I used to love that area in the back, the buffer between the seats and the exit doors to the parking lot.
The ushers used to get stuck with a lot of odd jobs. We liked lugging the film cannisters upstairs to the projection room because we could spend time with Augie and Gene, the projectionists, who taught us things. We hated emptying the spill tank from the soda machine because it was heavy and tended to slosh on the way to the mens room. One of us, didn’t make it.
The longest running movie from those days was Dr. Zhivago, which we had for three consecutive weeks. The theater charged $1.75, an unheard of price in those days, when weeknight admission was $1.00; weekends, $1.25.
I used to work at the Allwood Theater. I was an usher from January, 1966 through June, 1967, with so many magical memories and a lifetime of special moments. The theater had one screen in those days and always a local audience, all the regulars, many of them chose the same seat movie after movie. One man always sat one seat in in the very first row, even if rest of the theater was empty.
I grew up in Allwood (the corner of Allwood Road and Orchard Drive). The Allwood Theater will always remain a part of my life.