I recall the really hot movies showing there exclusively so if I wanted to see one I had to go to Hunt’s. Problem was I hated the place. I have long legs and when sitting for any time, cross them, usually by putting my right anle onto my left knee. This was for some reason forbidden at Hunt’s even thought I never had a problem with it at any other theater. And usher would come down the aisle, flash a light on me and make me sit through the movie with both feet flat on the floor. So it was wait until the picture eventually appeared elsewhere or suffer through it in discomfort. And I was VERY careful not to scuff the back of the seat in front of me.
At one time before it was known as the World Theater, it was known as the Alhambra Theater, apparantly a typical neighborhood theater of its day. My grandfather, who died in 1943, either owned or ran it but the only artifact of any kind that remaina in the family is a photo of my father at the projector.
I recall the really hot movies showing there exclusively so if I wanted to see one I had to go to Hunt’s. Problem was I hated the place. I have long legs and when sitting for any time, cross them, usually by putting my right anle onto my left knee. This was for some reason forbidden at Hunt’s even thought I never had a problem with it at any other theater. And usher would come down the aisle, flash a light on me and make me sit through the movie with both feet flat on the floor. So it was wait until the picture eventually appeared elsewhere or suffer through it in discomfort. And I was VERY careful not to scuff the back of the seat in front of me.
At one time before it was known as the World Theater, it was known as the Alhambra Theater, apparantly a typical neighborhood theater of its day. My grandfather, who died in 1943, either owned or ran it but the only artifact of any kind that remaina in the family is a photo of my father at the projector.