I worked in this location from about the mid 80s until the early 90s. I started in the original concession stand which was not run by Loews but by another company named Ogden. I did everything at this theatre; I loved it. I was even manager of the concession stand as that operation got transferred to Loews and then I became an assist manager for Loews. I even worked in the projection booth and ran the projectors and built / broke down films. I can even remember when the seating was re-done to have 700+ and 350+ houses with new seat covers. And my co-workers …. they where the best … popcorn golf! I loved working with them all. I spent all of HS (plus a year after HS) working here. Even worked a few summers during college. The last time I was their, I worked a night shift (as always) and closed the ‘new’ concession stand (the one against the wall under the mural where the coin-op video games use to be) turned in my uniforms and walked away ready for another semester at college. I always thought I would be back for more movies or a job if needed. I did drive by once when it was closed in that 5 year span before the collapse. It was very sad to see it so empty … but I won’t dwell because this place filled so many lives with happiness for many, many years. Come to think aboutit I bet I still have a Loews neck-tie somewhere and my name-badge. At Loews we wore a red-sport-coat and a neck-tie or a maroon vest, and a neck-tie, with a white shirt and black pants … the Ogden shirts (gradient Orange to Red to Maroon … in stripes with a black bow-tie) … YUCK! The memories are flooding back … I was even the voice on the answering machine when you called the number for the movie times … and for several years and I even scheduled the times for the movies to start and also worked the copy and postings in the local newspapers. And the marquees … their where two … one lowered on the 635 frontage road and you still needed a ladder for the top two rows and the smaller one (on Coit road) was always full of red-fire-ants!!! So many memories … so many friends … so many customers … (OMG! I still remember the crowds for the Indiana Jones movies) … what great times … and so many movies … and tons of bagged popcorn!!! Thanks to everybody that made this such a great place to work and grow-up as a teenager. BEST JOB EVER!!!!
I worked in this location from about the mid 80s until the early 90s. I started in the original concession stand which was not run by Loews but by another company named Ogden. I did everything at this theatre; I loved it. I was even manager of the concession stand as that operation got transferred to Loews and then I became an assist manager for Loews. I even worked in the projection booth and ran the projectors and built / broke down films. I can even remember when the seating was re-done to have 700+ and 350+ houses with new seat covers. And my co-workers …. they where the best … popcorn golf! I loved working with them all. I spent all of HS (plus a year after HS) working here. Even worked a few summers during college. The last time I was their, I worked a night shift (as always) and closed the ‘new’ concession stand (the one against the wall under the mural where the coin-op video games use to be) turned in my uniforms and walked away ready for another semester at college. I always thought I would be back for more movies or a job if needed. I did drive by once when it was closed in that 5 year span before the collapse. It was very sad to see it so empty … but I won’t dwell because this place filled so many lives with happiness for many, many years. Come to think aboutit I bet I still have a Loews neck-tie somewhere and my name-badge. At Loews we wore a red-sport-coat and a neck-tie or a maroon vest, and a neck-tie, with a white shirt and black pants … the Ogden shirts (gradient Orange to Red to Maroon … in stripes with a black bow-tie) … YUCK! The memories are flooding back … I was even the voice on the answering machine when you called the number for the movie times … and for several years and I even scheduled the times for the movies to start and also worked the copy and postings in the local newspapers. And the marquees … their where two … one lowered on the 635 frontage road and you still needed a ladder for the top two rows and the smaller one (on Coit road) was always full of red-fire-ants!!! So many memories … so many friends … so many customers … (OMG! I still remember the crowds for the Indiana Jones movies) … what great times … and so many movies … and tons of bagged popcorn!!! Thanks to everybody that made this such a great place to work and grow-up as a teenager. BEST JOB EVER!!!!