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Catherine Wilson |
| "Going to see "There's No Business Like Show Business" in the early 1950's. For some reason we chose to see the movie on a school night - unheard of in our family! I recall standing for what seemed like hours (I was like 9 or 10 years old). The line snaked out from the ticket booth, in front of the White House, and around the corner of the Mills Building. This was a popular movie starring Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor and Marilyn Monroe. I was in trouble the next day for falling asleep in class..." |
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Clyde Hooten |
| "...under the twinkling stars and floating clouds along with the majestic garden atmosphere of the Plaza, my former "sweetheart" and current "best friend" and I saw many movies together there: "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "Written on the Wind", "Trapeze", "Mr. Roberts", "Rebel Without a Cause", "Helen of Troy" and many others..." |
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Dana Shelton |
| "For a little girl with an active imagination, the Plaza Theatre became a 'palace for a young Princess.' What could have been more like a palace than a beautiful palace with red carpeting, gilded chairs with red velvet upholstery, ushers (who were my private pages) in red uniforms with gold trim? And there was the elegant "powder room" with big mirrors and velvet, cushioned chairs and stools for a private boudoir." |
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Frank Briones |
| "...All the thought and detail to the design of the theater made the place seem magical..." |
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Frank Mendez |
| Sneaking into the Plaza Therater to watch movies for free. |
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Gerald Andersen |
| "...I was one of the (7) seven men that rebuilt the organ in the 1960 ..." |
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Gordon Johnson |
| "During the early and late 1930’s I can remember going to the Plaza Theatre on Saturdays and marveling at the twinkling stars, moving clouds and a setting which reminded me of an Italian or Spanish garden..." |
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Jim Richards |
| El Paso Premiere at the Plaza , the big chair and Tex Ritter and his horse. |
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Jose Araujo |
| "...At intermission we got to listen to the organ for the first time which was a great surprise seeing the organ as it came rising from the floor..." |
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Rudy Romero |
| On Saturdays my mother would give me a dollar to go to the Plaza Theater. The Lower Valley bus ride was ten cents each way and thirty-five cents to get into the Plaza. |
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Wiley L. Jones |
| "Having worked at the Plaza Theatre during the 50s and 60s as a doorman/usher and finally assistant manager, I was fortunate to be a part of the good memories that came along. I was proud to be employed as such a famous theater. " |
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William Wilson |
| "...One fond memory is seeing "Gone with the Wind" with my mom sometime prior to 1945. We sat in the balcony by the front brass railing with the maroon curtains..." |
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