My uncle Myer was the managerof the Castor for 30 years. My girlfriend (now Wife…41 years and counting) saw a gazillion movies here (free admission) and the other Ellis chain movies like the Tyson, Benner, Hiway, Bala, even the Tower (before the rock and roll shows. Great great momories of Woody Allen, Star Wars, Willard…on and on. Boy do I miss those days, it was such a great neighborhood.
I was a frequent visitor to this theater in the 50’s. living just 1 block away on 77th st. My wonderful memories include saturday afternoon matinees like “The Blob” and a lot of the great “horror movies” of the era. Ist of course was lunch nest store at the Sun Ray drugs store…usually a grilled cheese, and a lime Rickey. I believe the matinee was a nickle! I also recall the theater decked out for a movie I saw with my parents, Judy Holiday, in “The Bells are Ringing”. The entire lobby had telephones, I thought…wow how cool! Later I took a girlfriend to see another Steve McQueen movie, Bullit…was she mesmerized! The last movie I saw there was a matinee…Woodstock.
My uncle Myer was the managerof the Castor for 30 years. My girlfriend (now Wife…41 years and counting) saw a gazillion movies here (free admission) and the other Ellis chain movies like the Tyson, Benner, Hiway, Bala, even the Tower (before the rock and roll shows. Great great momories of Woody Allen, Star Wars, Willard…on and on. Boy do I miss those days, it was such a great neighborhood.
I was a frequent visitor to this theater in the 50’s. living just 1 block away on 77th st. My wonderful memories include saturday afternoon matinees like “The Blob” and a lot of the great “horror movies” of the era. Ist of course was lunch nest store at the Sun Ray drugs store…usually a grilled cheese, and a lime Rickey. I believe the matinee was a nickle! I also recall the theater decked out for a movie I saw with my parents, Judy Holiday, in “The Bells are Ringing”. The entire lobby had telephones, I thought…wow how cool! Later I took a girlfriend to see another Steve McQueen movie, Bullit…was she mesmerized! The last movie I saw there was a matinee…Woodstock.