More Movie Madness
Your Boulevardier is a devoted (and, admittedly, repetitious) fan of the Chabot Cinema, but he remembers from his childhood the excitement when the Southland Cinemas in Hayward opened. Two movie theaters in one building -- what a concept!
A blog was stumbled upon today that reminded him of those heady days. Check out these pictures.
When viewing them, Your Boulevardier was certain that they had all been taken at the Southland Cinema I and II. But in fact, they were taken in Texas and Massachusetts. The sheer identicalness (one knows that's not a real word) is uncanny.
By the way, there was a 1:1 staff-to-patron ratio at the Chabot last night for the 6:30 p.m. showing of Watchmen. Your Boulevardier engaged the staffers in a chat and found out that summer midnight movies may not be happening this year, due to lack of advanced planning. Alas.
Labels: buildings, Chabot Theater, history, movies, nightlife
posted by Your Boulevardier @ 10:41 AM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
I, too, remember when Southland Cinema opened. We all said they'd never fill it up. What did we know?
I don't remember when the Southland Cinema opened, but I remember going to the movies there.
No midnight movies?!?! Damn!!! I love those.
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