In the 70's I was assistant manager for the largest theater in the county with 999 seats. At that time movie distributors leased the house out for a period of time. We had The Exorcist run for, I think 6 months. (Saw it about 100 times.) We were the only theatre in the county to show it. The percentage that the house gets grows each week the longer the picture shows. I believe that is still how it works. That might be why many showings are empty.
Our Hungarian projectionist was a member of the very strong, at that time union, and was a midget. He had performed as a Munchkin in the Wizard of OZ. We also had an Ambulance parked out front for the first few weeks paid for by the studio to give aid to those that fainted. We had two fainters and one false labor emergency.
Last edited by SFSkol; 01-09-2018 at 11:13 AM.
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