I suppose it wasn’t teeny, I must be remembering it and comparing it to other theaters I’ve been in since I left. I do remember the upstairs theater-screen being mashed right up close to the first seats.
There were no columns that I can remember, most of the decoration was either paint or special wallpaper. I’ll ask my brother about whether there was a men’s sitting room or not.
I lived in Oswego from 1967 to 1986 and was a frequent visitor to the Oswego Theater. I have always been under the impression that it was built in 1928! It certainly didn’t look like a 1941 interior. It was all textbook speed-type curves with accompanying straight lines. It never occurred to me to get pictures of the place before I left. In the 80’s, they had bands play on the stage occasionally, and I even got up there once – you know, Rocky Horror and all.
I saw 2001:A Space Odyssey there as a first run film downstairs in the main theater, also Romeo and Juliet with Olivia Hussey, but that was in the new balcony theater.
There were some neat features to this place. Yup, fake balconies on the sides – these always fascinated me. They were – sort of, glued on, and then others were painted on, in a hierarchical fashion. There was a gigantic ladies sitting room outside the ladies lavatory, with big leather chairs and a couple of beautiful cut glass mirrors. The stalls in the bathrooms were divvied up by big slabs of marble I believe. Please don’t ask me about the mens' room!
Overall, the theater was not all that big, so I fail to see how they were able to cut it up into 7 theaters. What a shame! I almost cried when I heard that news. It has been some years since that happened. The balcony theater was especially tiny. Gee, I saw Blazing Saddles there…
Oh! Duh! Lost Memory has already posted it. Sorry for the repeat info… [talk about lost memory]
I never saw a movie here, but I always liked the way the screen looked – I recently scanned an old photo I have of it. You can see it here:
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—-sue h
Hi Geo!
Yes! They have put on a substantial addition – I was even in town this past spring and didn’t drive by. Here is a link to an oblique:
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I suppose it wasn’t teeny, I must be remembering it and comparing it to other theaters I’ve been in since I left. I do remember the upstairs theater-screen being mashed right up close to the first seats.
There were no columns that I can remember, most of the decoration was either paint or special wallpaper. I’ll ask my brother about whether there was a men’s sitting room or not.
—-sue h
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Hello!
I lived in Oswego from 1967 to 1986 and was a frequent visitor to the Oswego Theater. I have always been under the impression that it was built in 1928! It certainly didn’t look like a 1941 interior. It was all textbook speed-type curves with accompanying straight lines. It never occurred to me to get pictures of the place before I left. In the 80’s, they had bands play on the stage occasionally, and I even got up there once – you know, Rocky Horror and all.
I saw 2001:A Space Odyssey there as a first run film downstairs in the main theater, also Romeo and Juliet with Olivia Hussey, but that was in the new balcony theater.
There were some neat features to this place. Yup, fake balconies on the sides – these always fascinated me. They were – sort of, glued on, and then others were painted on, in a hierarchical fashion. There was a gigantic ladies sitting room outside the ladies lavatory, with big leather chairs and a couple of beautiful cut glass mirrors. The stalls in the bathrooms were divvied up by big slabs of marble I believe. Please don’t ask me about the mens' room!
Overall, the theater was not all that big, so I fail to see how they were able to cut it up into 7 theaters. What a shame! I almost cried when I heard that news. It has been some years since that happened. The balcony theater was especially tiny. Gee, I saw Blazing Saddles there…
Well, there’s my 2¢! Thanks for reading!
—-sue h