Me and American Graffiti
The summer of 1973 was coming to a close. I was still at the Renton Cinemas working as an usher and a doorman. Changes lay around the corner though, all…
Swiss Family Critic
THE DISNEY STRATEGY Disney, through Buena Vista, their distribution arm, had a strategy in place since the fifties. You never saw their animation or live action features on the small…
THE USHER’S NIGHTMARE
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of Out of the fullness of our days our dreams speak. We spend a lot of time on our jobs. And a lot of thought…
Sorry Sir, but you’ll have to leave your bomb outside
Going to Work I was all of fifteen, and could now get a job. All I needed was a work permit which was no problem at all, and a job.…
I Left It at the Barber’s
Trekking to the Movies in Brockton My father’s new theater was the Cinema 1 and 2 in Brockton, Massachusetts. The building was in the parking lot of the Westgate Mall.…