Each year the great old theater downtown hosts a summer movie series. The theater is a study in beauty with intricate details on the ceiling, balcony seating with plush red 'velvet' seats, and a great feeling of fun! This year we took CJ and a friend to see The Goonies. Notice that he boy sat one row in front of us. Last year we sat together, what will next year bring? The boys had seen this movie at school this year, as a reward for being good, and were eager to see it again. Steve and I had not seen the movie and in looking at the audience were probably in the minority. There were a bunch of people with Goonies t-shirts. The movie was good and we will be looking for it to run on TV so we can see it again.
This brought back so many memories of Saturday afternoons at the Lansdowne Theater. It was the only time I was a regular movie goer. We were drawn back each week to see what was happening in the adventure serial. Sometimes I TIVO Ch 12's old movies(Issie's favorites) and have some dim memory of watching it long ago. I have more vivid memories of seeing/hearing what happened the previous week in the war which became more real than following it on radio and in newspapers. The Lansdowne was of Moorish design. I'm so glad CJ can experience what it was like long ago. The few times I've been to modern theaters the "decor" numbs me as much as the Black Horse Pike used to.
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