I saw “Jaws” at the Bedford in 1975. I remember walking across Bronx Park to the “other side of the tracks” and up Bedford Park Blvd. That was the only time I was ever there. I was an “Allerton Theater” kid….LOL
When I moved into Parkside Projects as a kid in 1973 I saw “The Exorsist” at the Allerton. It was my first time in the theater and it was huge. I spent my teen years watching movies like “The Taking of Pelham 123”, “Serpico”, the original “Texas Chainsaw Massacre"My friends and I were there every Saturday, two movies and a cartoon for $1.25 (kids). I also remember the lady at the consession stand. Short old lady with a beehive hairdoo. She never smiled. I also remember sneaking in the rear emergency exits on Cruger Ave. My friends and I would pry open the doors and run into the theater during a show on a Saturday afternoon. Light would flood into the theater and we would all spread out into the seats. (Yea, I was one of those retards) As per the above posts, yea, after they changed it into a triplex it just wasn’t the same. The theaters were long and narrow, like a large hallway. I have many fond memories of growing up in the Bronx in the 1970s and the "original” Allerton Movie Theater will always have a place in them.
I saw “Jaws” at the Bedford in 1975. I remember walking across Bronx Park to the “other side of the tracks” and up Bedford Park Blvd. That was the only time I was ever there. I was an “Allerton Theater” kid….LOL
When I moved into Parkside Projects as a kid in 1973 I saw “The Exorsist” at the Allerton. It was my first time in the theater and it was huge. I spent my teen years watching movies like “The Taking of Pelham 123”, “Serpico”, the original “Texas Chainsaw Massacre"My friends and I were there every Saturday, two movies and a cartoon for $1.25 (kids). I also remember the lady at the consession stand. Short old lady with a beehive hairdoo. She never smiled. I also remember sneaking in the rear emergency exits on Cruger Ave. My friends and I would pry open the doors and run into the theater during a show on a Saturday afternoon. Light would flood into the theater and we would all spread out into the seats. (Yea, I was one of those retards) As per the above posts, yea, after they changed it into a triplex it just wasn’t the same. The theaters were long and narrow, like a large hallway. I have many fond memories of growing up in the Bronx in the 1970s and the "original” Allerton Movie Theater will always have a place in them.