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Originally Posted by neverending
When I was a kid we had a quaint little phenomina in our neighborhood- something that doesn't exist any more- a neighborhood theatre. With one screen. Locally owned.
Every Saturday I'd walk down the the Center Theater and watch the Double Feature matinee for $1.00. In addition to two feature films there would be cartoons, old newsreels and serials from the 40s- all lovingly programmed by the theatre manager. There were even prize give aways. One time I won a Weird-Ohs model kit by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.
I saw some amazing movies there, but by far my favorites were the Hammer double feature and the Roger Corman Poe adaptations. I saw just about every horror & sci fi film made in the late 50s, early 60s there. Seeing them on the big screen was something I'll always remember.
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I had a Sleaze Palace up the street from me, as a kid. Used to get in it all the time, cause I looked a lot older and usually the guy in the booth didn't give a rat's ass who got in. During the day, they had all the horror and action flicks. At night, the raunch. Occasionally they would have some low-budget celebrity make an appearance. Once, they had porn star Georgina Spelvin pop in for a week and do that little number with the snake. Caught that show 3 times before it left town. :p