The address posted is incorrect. I grew up in Glendale and visited this theatre regularly as a kid in the 50’s and 60’s. The theatre was located on 57th Drive, not 57th Avenue. Price for a movie during late 50’s, early 60’s was 25 cents. We could get a bag of popcorn and a glass of Coke for 15 cents. Saw many a movie there.
I worked there in the late 60’s…I was born in Phoenix and have lived here my whole life. The exact address of the playhouse/theater was 4747 North 7th Street. It had a fire in the early 60’s in the dining area and had closed for sometime. Then Mr. Langert (an advertising executive with the Weekly American Newspaper, which was owned by Evan Mecham) opened the place back up in the late 60’s into a theater. I worked full time during the day for Evan Mecham’s newspaper and at night at the Sombrero. When he reopened it as a theater, he ran a continuous showing of the Sound of Music, every night for months on end…and every night we’d have a crowd. When I worked there, there was no snack bar inside (we sold cold coke outside on the patio). After I left, they later opened a small snack bar in the lobby of the theater. What great memories I had of that place.
The address posted is incorrect. I grew up in Glendale and visited this theatre regularly as a kid in the 50’s and 60’s. The theatre was located on 57th Drive, not 57th Avenue. Price for a movie during late 50’s, early 60’s was 25 cents. We could get a bag of popcorn and a glass of Coke for 15 cents. Saw many a movie there.
I worked there in the late 60’s…I was born in Phoenix and have lived here my whole life. The exact address of the playhouse/theater was 4747 North 7th Street. It had a fire in the early 60’s in the dining area and had closed for sometime. Then Mr. Langert (an advertising executive with the Weekly American Newspaper, which was owned by Evan Mecham) opened the place back up in the late 60’s into a theater. I worked full time during the day for Evan Mecham’s newspaper and at night at the Sombrero. When he reopened it as a theater, he ran a continuous showing of the Sound of Music, every night for months on end…and every night we’d have a crowd. When I worked there, there was no snack bar inside (we sold cold coke outside on the patio). After I left, they later opened a small snack bar in the lobby of the theater. What great memories I had of that place.