Originally Posted By wonderingalice I may be looking for a 'needle-in-a-haystack' here, but I know we have a huge So. Cal. LP fan base here. I'll explain more when I find "you," but is there anyone who remembers the wonderful Saturday matinees at the Rolling Hills Theater back in the mid-late '60s? Thanks guys...
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Ha ha, avromark... I'm just hoping they're MIGHT be somebody here who shared a similar memory related to this theater / timeframe.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Are you referring to the one at the bottom of the Hill near PCH and Hawthorne, or maybe PCH and Crenshaw?
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Yes. SPP... PCH and Crenshaw. The UA theater was across the street. The Rolling Hills was a big, beautiful stand-alone theater during the '60s and was eventually 'twinned.' It had a flat, but sloped roof.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice The matinees would stand-out for you... They were exceptional and admission was only 60 cents. They normally featured three movies plus a short. And they often had high-school level rock band contests and dance contests for the audience to participate in at intermissions.
Originally Posted By avromark ^^^ A few years ago they "renovated" our beautiful old cinema. They took out the balconies and the lovers seats (the double wide ones you can snuggle on). The new "improved" single seats were also thinner padded and less wide, but they did have big cupholders.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^^Ahhhhh... They could have given you both. Most of the newer theaters here have armrests (with big cupholders) that raise up, so you can still snuggle.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I know the theater, but alas, I likely was there only a few times. From 1966 thhrough 1974 I lived in Chicago, and visited my grandparents in RPV in 1970, 1972 and the summer of 1974 before we moved back. I had an aunt who would take us to see whatever Disney movie was there, like the Boatniks or something similar.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Thanks SPP... I appreciate your effort. We might have actually been there at the same time around '66 - '69. I have a couple of 'feelers' out through old grammar school classmates, too. Just need to confirm one small and probably pretty vague 'ritual' that took place there on Saturdays... To set my mind at rest and tell me it wasn't just my imagination. (The theater is gone now, partially due to an awful occurrence there). If you'd like to take a look, the source of my obsession is here: <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2134_0_2_0_C/" target="_blank">http://cinematreasures.org/the ater/2134_0_2_0_C/</a> It may take awhile to load, the site is always pretty slow.
Originally Posted By avromark <<^^^Ahhhhh... They could have given you both. Most of the newer theaters here have armrests (with big cupholders) that raise up, so you can still snuggle. >> It's not the same, that's 2 bottoms, the old ones where a shared bottom, more comfortable for snuggling.
