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A Movie Theater That Did It Right
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| By Tom Teti
Posted on 03/11/2006 3:57:06 PM PST by Tribune7
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A story for a Saturday night.
Delaware County is in Pennsylvania and is a suburb of Philly.
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posted on
03/11/2006 3:57:07 PM PST
by
Tribune7
To: Temple Owl
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The theater where I saw Jaws.
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posted on
03/11/2006 3:57:40 PM PST
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Tribune7
To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Willie Green; Mo1; ..
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posted on
03/11/2006 3:58:05 PM PST
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Tribune7
To: Tribune7
To: Tribune7
I used to go to the Anthony Wayne Movie Theater every Saturday matinee from about 1957 to about 1968. I'm amazed to see it's still there though now it's part of a chain.
BTW my granmother lived in Yeadon so I'm familiar with that town also.
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:15:08 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: facedown
I used to go to the Anthony Wayne when I attended VFMA. I like the fact that they have maintained the original facade.
SIC
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:18:50 PM PST
by
SICSEMPERTYRANNUS
("Our responses to terrorist acts should make the world gasp." - When Devils Walk the Earth)
To: Tribune7
I bet you could smoke there, too. That would have rocked.
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:24:55 PM PST
by
mysterio
To: Tribune7
The theater where I saw Jaws--a great old moviehouse in a small town--has been chopped into a duplex with crappy seats, sticky floors and absolutely horrible sound/projection/lighting.
But I remember being nine years old, waiting in a long line to get into the packed house, and peeking at the screen from between my fingers when the "shark theme" music played.
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:28:03 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: SICSEMPERTYRANNUS
I used to go to the Anthony Wayne when I attended VFMA.Holy Cadets, Batman! I lived on the second block of Walnut Ave. so all y'all used to walk right past my house on the way to town.
Was Holden Caulfield there when you were? 8^)
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:30:03 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Petronski
I too was 9 when I saw Jaws in the theater. When that one eyed head popped out of the hole in the boat, I came unglued. The only thing that kept me in the theater was my mother's kung fu grip on my arm.
To: facedown
Holden Caulfield was there about 50 years before me.
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:39:42 PM PST
by
SICSEMPERTYRANNUS
("Our responses to terrorist acts should make the world gasp." - When Devils Walk the Earth)
To: Domestic Church
That's what Jaws cost :-)
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:41:01 PM PST
by
Tribune7
To: Petronski
The theater where I saw Jaws--a great old moviehouse in a small town--has been chopped into a duplex At least it's still there and just a duplex. The only theaters around here are narrow multi-plexes that show a lot of commercials before the feature.
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:42:58 PM PST
by
Tribune7
To: Tribune7
I remember "Winchester 73", popcorn and balcony seats. I remember eating a box of Dots or Snaps and then blowing into the empty box and making an annoying noise during the movie. If the usher caught you doing that he would at least reprimand you or shine his flashlight in your direction to shush you up.
The neighborhood movie theater, usually built in the 1930's, and enjoyed throughout the 40's and 50's, was a part of our culture that we will never see again.
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:46:31 PM PST
by
joem15
To: Tribune7
Whew does that bring back memories. Our local movie theater in the 70's always had a different matinee on Saturdays, everything from old Laurel & Hardy movies, Santa Claus Goes to Mars, to Vincent Price Dr. Something, to Snoopy Come Home.
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:51:22 PM PST
by
Dane
( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
To: Tribune7
I saw Hall & Oates at the Tower Theater in 1976. It was during their album tour "Bigger Than Both of Us". Todd Rundgren too. Great concerts with small audiences(around a thousand).
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:51:45 PM PST
by
blackdog
(Still evolving... thanks to play, rebelliousness, and immaturity.)
To: facedown
What years did you go to VFMA? A good friend of mine(actually, several) attended VFMA. One graduated in '72 and another in '78.
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:53:59 PM PST
by
blackdog
(Still evolving... thanks to play, rebelliousness, and immaturity.)
To: blackdog
The Tower is still there although it doesn't show movies. (I did see the Kids are Alright there, however, 25 or so years ago.)
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:54:20 PM PST
by
Tribune7
To: blackdog
That was Rundgren's home court :-)
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:55:13 PM PST
by
Tribune7
To: facedown
The York theater(went exclusively to porn)in the mid 70's. That was in Jenkintown. The Walnut Street Theater was where I saw Romeo and Juliett and Cats(yuck).
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posted on
03/11/2006 4:57:41 PM PST
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blackdog
(Still evolving... thanks to play, rebelliousness, and immaturity.)
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