tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6505078736156175892.post7786802921127215594..comments2023-11-05T04:44:07.097-05:00Comments on auto de fey: The loss of Ocean City's movie theaters, and what came aftersdt (a.k.a. stevil)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08152044046649899476noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6505078736156175892.post-13970335661698582202022-02-07T03:06:26.879-05:002022-02-07T03:06:26.879-05:00The Village and then the Moorlyn had the best movi...The Village and then the Moorlyn had the best movies in the 1960's. At least from the perspective of a local teen. The Strand once in awhile. Don't recall the Surf having any interesting films, for young folks anyway<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11928282187571049274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6505078736156175892.post-86169105043114143342016-12-19T10:31:38.974-05:002016-12-19T10:31:38.974-05:00To The Ruiner - Thank You so much for saying hello...To The Ruiner - Thank You so much for saying hello! And Thank You for adding your most recent note, as I wanted to thank you for your previous comment, got sidetracked, and had it slip my memory. Well, it stayed in memory, except for those occasions when I got back to the blog and might have answered. My apologies about that. <br /><br />I hope you don't mind my using your photos and video. If you do, I'll be glad to take them down, and if you don't, I'll be happy to give you credit for them. I collected them while web browsing, never expecting that I'd end up using them in a blog post, so I didn't take appropriate notes for the credits. <br /><br />The bit about the Strand curtain came from a post by someone who wrote that he had witnessed the event in question. I can't quite recall if it was in a regular blog post, or if it was in a reply on a discussion type forum. At the time I wrote this piece, I was nearing the 'early retirement' option of Social Security (which I took). Over the previous year or two, I'd spent a good bit of time looking up Ocean City, with thoughts of perhaps returning there to live. I bookmarked a lot of stuff for future use, and I may have one for the web site where I found the comment. I'll be glad to look through the mess if you'd like. <br /><br />Thank You for sharing your memories and pictures of those theatres. I think my heart skipped a few beats when I found the video of the last change-over at the Strand. I watched with an odd mix of exhilaration and sadness. It was such a delight to see theatre curtains again, let alone the Stand's Neptune/Poseidon. To my mind, the video really shows the end of an era, not just one theatre. Well done, sir.<br /><br />When I first saw that video, I studied the projectionist to see if I knew him/you, and I'm not at all sure of the answer. If it is of any help, I left Ocean City shortly after the election in 1972, and moved to Manhattan. <br /><br />My (weekly 2 hour)radio show (oriented to big bands and the American Songbook) is currently on hiatus, but for its last couple of years I posted every episode (and am now posting previous shows every week)on SoundCloud, linked from the show's Facebook page - which (of course) links to my personal FB page. If you have a FB account, please feel free to send private messages if you'd like to compare notes, reminisce, discuss other shared interests we might have, etc. The show's page is at https://www.facebook.com/Recycled-Radio-621059471269529/<br /><br />If you don't hear back from me within a day or so, let me know here, and I'll give you more direct means of contact.<br /><br />Bestest Wishes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> sdt (a.k.a. stevil)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08152044046649899476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6505078736156175892.post-42584598737268141302016-12-18T21:48:48.371-05:002016-12-18T21:48:48.371-05:00P.S. That's me in the video of the Strand pro...P.S. That's me in the video of the Strand projection room, and I took several of the photos.The Ruinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731291895225970402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6505078736156175892.post-28256726587451909812016-10-01T18:02:30.248-04:002016-10-01T18:02:30.248-04:00Stevil, I feel like I should know you.
This is a ...Stevil, I feel like I should know you.<br /><br />This is a great piece about the loss of the boardwalk theaters. It is a shame that they are no more. Especially the Strand, which had such stylish Art Deco architecture.<br /><br />I knew Mrs. Schilling and worked as a projectionist at the Strand and other theatres in the 70's and 80's. I took 6 of the photos you have here and the other post, and am the guy in the video. The history of these places has always been a hobby of mine.<br /><br />I witnessed the whole deceptive purchase of the theaters and knew the Frank's were behind it. I even went to Mrs. Schilling's house and sat down with her to tell her that the Frank's were already ordering concession equipment for her theaters. She was concerned and said she would make sure they are not sold to them. But obviously it happens anyway.<br /><br />I hadn't heard about the curtain's fate. People have asked me and I never knew. In 89 One of the Frank's told me had the curtain in a box at the Towne 16, but it would be unusual for him to tell me the truth. But I am glad I was able to rescue a few things from the Strand, like some of the movie star portraits from the lobby.<br /><br />I can tell you that the Surf was never twinned. It was a single theater, originally owned by the Hunts and later the Frank's. The Shriver Theater Company rented the Surf from the Frank's for years. But it was never maintained, of course, and often had water in the orchestra pit when it rained. Al Kazmark later purchased it and ran rock and roll pictures for a summer or two before converting it to a mall.<br /><br />Thank you for a nice blog entry. Sorry it has taken me 4 years to find it.<br />The Ruinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731291895225970402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6505078736156175892.post-47954291122801722332012-10-08T08:25:21.370-04:002012-10-08T08:25:21.370-04:00I was often not quite sure where she was coming fr...I was often not quite sure where she was coming from. The Shrivers owned a little rest pavilion on the ocean side of the boardwalk. Ocean City promoted itself as a 'family resort'. When the pavilion became a place where teenagers hung out, it was torn down. (This was after I left. Teens were expected to show up for the summer, work in substandard conditions for substandard wages and then vanish from sight into their substandard rooms. I helped run a counter-culture coffeehouse hangout and front for counseling in those days - the money to do it came from the Methodist Church so we got away with it.) I later heard that the town had been responsible, and Mrs. Schilling wanted it rebuilt, bless her.sdt (a.k.a. stevil)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08152044046649899476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6505078736156175892.post-78145464281617519632012-09-19T20:27:38.855-04:002012-09-19T20:27:38.855-04:00I like that Mrs. Schilling. She had a visionaries...I like that Mrs. Schilling. She had a visionaries eye ahead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com