as an early teen, I spent a few summers in Long Beach, 1962-4, I think. The West End usually played a repertory of older films, usually a double bill, and would change the films every few days. It was dirt cheap, and I actually got to see a lot of great films from the late 50’s and early 960’s there.
As a kid, I spent my summers in Rockaway, with my family renting a series of bungalows on 107th St, until everything up to 108th Street was torn down for Robert Moses' urban renewal/destruction. I remember going to see The Wizard of Oz at the Park Theater with my grandmother…..but remember climbing up a series of steps outside to an upper theater, that was rarely used, and the seats weren’t cushioned.this was in 1955. Anyone else have a recollection of this? Could this have been just a staircase to the little used balcony?
as an early teen, I spent a few summers in Long Beach, 1962-4, I think. The West End usually played a repertory of older films, usually a double bill, and would change the films every few days. It was dirt cheap, and I actually got to see a lot of great films from the late 50’s and early 960’s there.
As a kid, I spent my summers in Rockaway, with my family renting a series of bungalows on 107th St, until everything up to 108th Street was torn down for Robert Moses' urban renewal/destruction. I remember going to see The Wizard of Oz at the Park Theater with my grandmother…..but remember climbing up a series of steps outside to an upper theater, that was rarely used, and the seats weren’t cushioned.this was in 1955. Anyone else have a recollection of this? Could this have been just a staircase to the little used balcony?