Glen Theatre
7028 N. 57th Drive,
Glendale,
AZ
85301
7028 N. 57th Drive,
Glendale,
AZ
85301
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Paramount-Nace Theatres opened the $100,000, 800-seat Glen Theatre on July 1, 1949 with Randolph Scott in “The Doolins of Oklahoma” .
While listed as a Harry L. Nace Theatre, the Glen Theatre dropped out of the local listings in July 1973 and the theatre was later demolished.
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Does anyone remember approximately what the admission price for kids or teens would have been at this theater in the 1950s and 1960s? (We called it the Glen Theatre, but I see here that it was listed as a Harry L. Nace Theatre.
Boxoffice, Oct. 15, 1973: “Officials of Mountain Bell announced last month that the company had acquired a 21,000-square-foot parcel of land on the southwest corner of Glenn Drive and North 57th Drive, which includes the now-closed Glen Theatre. The movie house was closed in July because of what a spokesman for the Harry Nace Co. called "needed repairs” and “inadequate central air-conditioning.” … The Glen Theatre was completed June 30, 1949, opening to the public the next day with a world premiere of “The Doolins of Oklahoma” starring Randolph Scott … The theatre had lavish, flowered carpeting and special push-back chairs that allowed patrons to enter and leave their seats without causing distraction for others. It was managed from late 1949 to 1954 by the late Lawrence Eaglin."
The address posted is incorrect. I grew up in Glendale and visited this theatre regularly as a kid in the 50’s and 60’s. The theatre was located on 57th Drive, not 57th Avenue. Price for a movie during late 50’s, early 60’s was 25 cents. We could get a bag of popcorn and a glass of Coke for 15 cents. Saw many a movie there.
I remember going to the Glen Theatre with my sisters and sometimes their friends. Saw many movies there’s a kid including The Jungle Book, Airport, Tales From the Crypt, Willy Wonka, Escape From the Planet of the Apes, Pufnstuf,House of Dark Shadows, Willard and Ben. I remember a big screen with two side ways and a small entrance and snack bar. Towards the later run of this theatre started to turn ghetto with the obnoxious kids from the Glendale projects. Too bad nice single screen theatres are a thing of the past here in the Phoenix area. Thank goodness for the Loft Theater in Tucson.