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Palm44 commented about Loyola Theatre on Aug 28, 2011 at 7:55 pm

from 1951 to about 1960, this was my second favorite theater. Paradise was the first.

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Palm44 commented about Paradise Theatre auditorium on Aug 28, 2011 at 7:53 pm

Thanks William for the pix!

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Palm44 commented about Paradise Theatre Lobby interior on Aug 28, 2011 at 7:52 pm

Remember it well

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Palm44 commented about Paradise Theatre on Aug 28, 2011 at 7:50 pm

I grew up with the Paradise. From 1952, I would ride the bus from Loyola Village for 7 cents and watched a double feature for a quarter. At the intermission, the manager would go on stage and hold a drawing —if your ticket stub number was called, you got a box of red hots, popcorn or Milk Duds. It was his way of calming a theater full of kids sailing popcorn boxes and running up and down the aisles. I went almost every weekend until I was 15 (except for a few times at the Loyola or trips to Inglewood. The big kids hung out on the aisle next to the south wall – the 14 and 15 year olds. The rest of us, took over the lobby. It was a great childhood.