I grew up in Pelham, and I loved the Picture House. Spent a lot of summer afternoons and nights in the late 70s and early 80s there. I left for college in 1983, and miss it a lot. One fun bit of information: My parents worked with a local community theatre company that produced a show called “The Apple Tree” in the late 70s. One of the sequences involves a mousy washer woman who receives her wish to become a Marilyn Monroe-like film superstar. My dad videotaped a sequence utilized in the show where the actress playing the role came out of the Pelham Picture House in a slinky outfit while her adorning fans swamped her as though this was a giant Hollywood opening, though the local audience knew immediately where it had been filmed. He even highlighted the semi-circular name of the theatre above the entrance (with the permission of the owner at the time). I’m trying to find if the videotape still exists and see if there’s any way to digitize it for posting on this site. It’s a hoot.
I grew up in Pelham, and I loved the Picture House. Spent a lot of summer afternoons and nights in the late 70s and early 80s there. I left for college in 1983, and miss it a lot. One fun bit of information: My parents worked with a local community theatre company that produced a show called “The Apple Tree” in the late 70s. One of the sequences involves a mousy washer woman who receives her wish to become a Marilyn Monroe-like film superstar. My dad videotaped a sequence utilized in the show where the actress playing the role came out of the Pelham Picture House in a slinky outfit while her adorning fans swamped her as though this was a giant Hollywood opening, though the local audience knew immediately where it had been filmed. He even highlighted the semi-circular name of the theatre above the entrance (with the permission of the owner at the time). I’m trying to find if the videotape still exists and see if there’s any way to digitize it for posting on this site. It’s a hoot.