Wow – I grew up in the Glenville area and over the years must have been to the Uptown about 50 times so lots of memories including many Saturday afternoon kids matinees..
1.A little nitpicking , the child price wasn’t 10 cents but 11 cents including a 1 cent tax — I remember my mother carefully giving me 21 cents – 11 cents for the ticket and 10 cents for popcorn.
2.In 1948 my Cub Scout den won a $2 prize which we used for all of us to go to the Uptown and see Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood, now considered a classic. We had enough left over to get each of us a sundae!
3.In the forties and fifties you didn’t go to the movies but to “the show”.
4.In 1955 I was driving dates to movies so I went downtown or out to the suburbs – the Uptown was beginning to be considered unsafe. My family also moved to the suburbs in ‘56.
5.A couple of years ago I saw a TV show on Glenville which included a deal on the Superman museum. The two fellows who created the greatest comic book character of all time grew up in the Glenville area. Alas, they were legally cheated out of the fortune they rightfully deserved.
I find it hard to believe the F. closed in ‘59 — B4 my Case graduation in '59 (after graduation I moved to the west coast)I went to the F. many times as it was a nice theater in a nice part of town which next to the downtown flicks was a good place for a date —in fact in '59 (or 58)I saw the Academy Award winning “Gigi” there.
I lived in the Cleveland area until my Case graduation
in'59 and went to the Lake and Shore (I think that area was known as 222) many times, in part, as my old Glenville theaters were in decline. I remember and agree what other folks have said,i.e., the Lake was nicer —that’s where you took dates. In 1954, I took a date to see the now classic Sabrina — where ever my date is now, here’s looking at you kid!
The building of suburban theaters like the Lake, Mayland and the Fairmont (U. Heights) spelled the death knell for inner-city Cleveland movie houses. As for the Shore, in ‘58 my girl friend (now my wife) and I saw The Bridge over the River Quay (sp?) and as folks often did in those days, came in half way thru the movie, a practice unheard of today. You older folks will remember that you stayed until they showed the movie again and left when they got to the part you had seen already — this gave rise to the now cliche, this is where we came in! I wonder if younger folks realize that started in the movies?
One Shore double feature I took in consisted of The Caine Mutiny and Guys and Dolls —both flicks now shown often on cable etc.
Wow – I grew up in the Glenville area and over the years must have been to the Uptown about 50 times so lots of memories including many Saturday afternoon kids matinees.. 1.A little nitpicking , the child price wasn’t 10 cents but 11 cents including a 1 cent tax — I remember my mother carefully giving me 21 cents – 11 cents for the ticket and 10 cents for popcorn. 2.In 1948 my Cub Scout den won a $2 prize which we used for all of us to go to the Uptown and see Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood, now considered a classic. We had enough left over to get each of us a sundae! 3.In the forties and fifties you didn’t go to the movies but to “the show”. 4.In 1955 I was driving dates to movies so I went downtown or out to the suburbs – the Uptown was beginning to be considered unsafe. My family also moved to the suburbs in ‘56. 5.A couple of years ago I saw a TV show on Glenville which included a deal on the Superman museum. The two fellows who created the greatest comic book character of all time grew up in the Glenville area. Alas, they were legally cheated out of the fortune they rightfully deserved.
I find it hard to believe the F. closed in ‘59 — B4 my Case graduation in '59 (after graduation I moved to the west coast)I went to the F. many times as it was a nice theater in a nice part of town which next to the downtown flicks was a good place for a date —in fact in '59 (or 58)I saw the Academy Award winning “Gigi” there.
I lived in the Cleveland area until my Case graduation in'59 and went to the Lake and Shore (I think that area was known as 222) many times, in part, as my old Glenville theaters were in decline. I remember and agree what other folks have said,i.e., the Lake was nicer —that’s where you took dates. In 1954, I took a date to see the now classic Sabrina — where ever my date is now, here’s looking at you kid! The building of suburban theaters like the Lake, Mayland and the Fairmont (U. Heights) spelled the death knell for inner-city Cleveland movie houses. As for the Shore, in ‘58 my girl friend (now my wife) and I saw The Bridge over the River Quay (sp?) and as folks often did in those days, came in half way thru the movie, a practice unheard of today. You older folks will remember that you stayed until they showed the movie again and left when they got to the part you had seen already — this gave rise to the now cliche, this is where we came in! I wonder if younger folks realize that started in the movies? One Shore double feature I took in consisted of The Caine Mutiny and Guys and Dolls —both flicks now shown often on cable etc.