I worked at the Cinema 21 (San Francisco) during the premier of “Hello Dolly” and Marianne McAndrew was the celebrity who attended. I also worked at the UA on Market St. and the Esquire on Market (my first theater job). My first day at the Esquire was during a janitor’s strike so I was asked to stay until all hours trying to clean the theater (Gag).
I grew up in San Jose (Land of a million drive-ins) and remember the Moonlight, the Winchester, Frontier Village, El Rancho and Alma.
The first multi-screen drive-in was the Tropicaire Twin-Vue. It had two screens but no barrier.
This allowed you to watch the double feature on one screen and then drive over to catch the second showing of the main feature on the other screen.
Admission prices were about $1.50 a person or, if you went on special nights, $5 a carload and we almost always brought our own food, especially on dusk to dawn horror movie nights.
Carraff
I worked at the Cinema 21 (San Francisco) during the premier of “Hello Dolly” and Marianne McAndrew was the celebrity who attended. I also worked at the UA on Market St. and the Esquire on Market (my first theater job). My first day at the Esquire was during a janitor’s strike so I was asked to stay until all hours trying to clean the theater (Gag).
I grew up in San Jose (Land of a million drive-ins) and remember the Moonlight, the Winchester, Frontier Village, El Rancho and Alma.
The first multi-screen drive-in was the Tropicaire Twin-Vue. It had two screens but no barrier.
This allowed you to watch the double feature on one screen and then drive over to catch the second showing of the main feature on the other screen.
Admission prices were about $1.50 a person or, if you went on special nights, $5 a carload and we almost always brought our own food, especially on dusk to dawn horror movie nights.
Carraff