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[ButteMT61]

Like I said before, the Sicilians are nothing next to the Calabrians. You just go straight to the source.

I've no 'sperience with thems types. I'll take your word for it.

 

[jamespowers]

I've no 'sperience with thems types. I'll take your word for it.

If Hollywood actually used characters from that area then they would get offers they couldn't refuse to STOP. That is how they work.

 

[MisterGrey]

Aw, man. If every episode were like that, it'd be my favorite show on TV right now. Jeez... where have they been keeping it, and can they pull it out more often?

As for Richard... man, I hope they don't kill him. I'm just afraid that the writers will off him to be "edgy"/unpredictable.

And it would be awesome to see Gyp go down as collateral along with Gillian for something completely unrelated to the Mafia struggle.

 

[ButteMT61]

Aw, man. If every episode were like that, it'd be my favorite show on TV right now. Jeez... where have they been keeping it, and can they pull it out more often?As for Richard... man, I hope they don't kill him. I'm just afraid that the writers will off him to be "edgy"/unpredictable.And it would be awesome to see Gyp go down as collateral along with Gillian for something completely unrelated to the Mafia struggle.

The clap? lol

 

[flat-top]

The clap? lol

Well, Gillian was with Lucky, and we know Lucky has the clap, so......

 

[ButteMT61]

Well, Gillian was with Lucky, and we know Lucky has the clap, so......

And Alphonse is going to...well, history and all.

 

[MisterGrey]

Shouldn't Capone already technically have it by this point? I thought his son's deafness was due in part to Capone's syphilis.

 

[lolly_loisides]

The Roxy Cinema, Parramatta. This was taken during the 30's. The Roxy is now a nightclub.

 

[scotrace]

I spent Sunday evening in an intact silent-era movie house - The Palace in Canton, Ohio. Saw the silent "Phantom of the Opera," accompanied by the original pipe organ, live. It was All That. The film in the theatre with the music.

 

[LocktownDog]

http://louisvillepalace.com/
In Louisville we have the Palace.

That's a fantastic building.

 

[bulldog1935]

And this old porch is the Palace walk-in
On the main street of Texas
That's never seen the day
Of g and r and x's
With that '62 poster
That's almost faded down
And a screen without a picture
Since Giant came to town

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

The Sad part is that they was an even more impressive movie house right across the street. That was torn down and replaced with a parking lot in the late 60's.

Here is the parking lot.

There where several others. that where also torn down.

 

[Two Types]

This is a great thread for me, as it stirs many memories. This is the Granada Cinema in Bedford, UK. Built in the 1930s, it could seat 2000 people. It was a magnificent place in its time. And it has very special memories for me: the first place i saw a film; the first place i went to the cinema without my parents; my first 'X' certificate film; and i worked there from 1980 to 1984 (aged 14 to 18). It was where I grew up, i suppose.

The screen was claimed to be the largest in the UK outside London:

This shows the canopy:

It was my job to go up on a ladder and put the film titles up. It was scary since i was right next to a busy road and there were always gangs of kids hanging around looking for trouble. I would always have a letter 'T' handy just in case (the stem of the letter was like a handle, you could hold it and threaten anyone looking for trouble). The manager (if he was sober enough) would tell me what to write: he once said I was to put 'Martial Arts' for some early Jackie Chan film. Instead - for a laugh - I put 'Marital Arts' - no one noticed!

This was the fading days of the old cinemas. The stalls (seen below) were closed since we never had enough customers to fill both stalls and circle. So i would go there to watch films, sitting all alone, as if in my own private cinema. I saw the Exorcist (on a re-release double bill) down there. As I watched a scary part, my sister sneaked up and dangled a broom over my head. I also caught my mate in there, being 'familiar' (very familiar, in fact) with a married lady on the staff:

My job was to stand in the foyer (by the door on the bottom right) to tear tickets as customers came in. As a teenager, it was quite a high profile job. You got to know everyone in town:

The downside was the violence. There were constant fights with troublemakers. We had to fight all the time. I look back now and find it incredible. These days we wouldn't have survived. I put one lad in hospital after kicking an entrance door open into his face. I pushed anouther backwards and ripped stitches out of his cheek. I had cigarettes stubbed out on me. I was caught by police banging a lads head against the wall (the copper just said, if I was going to do it, i should make sure i do it inside where no one can see!). I broke a Space Invaders machine one night trying to get rid of a gang - I pushed their leader over the top of it. The next day he paraded my bow tie around town like a battle trophy. Scary but exhilerating.

I even recall being propositioned by a prostitute, who offered me 'a favour' if I let her in for free. She didn't know i could remember her from school!

At various times the staff included drunks, a rumoured porn actress, people with varying mental health problems and a stream of teenage girls wanting spare cash. The manager would 'audition' new staff by making the girls show him their legs. Rumour has it he even had all the uniforms shortened so that the girls showed lots of leg.

It was four years of craziness. I loved every minute (unless I was in a fight, or frightened of getting into a fight).

And now it's all gone. Pulled down to build a supermarket.

I still miss it. Farewell, Granada.

 

[davidraphael]

wow, your time at the cinema sounds rough!

And that last shot looks like a frame from The Shining!

 

[Two Types]

It was tough. Even as teenagers we were cynical about the violence. I can remember seeing kids climbing up walls trying to get in through an open window. We just shut the window and let them worry about how they were going to get down again. I can honestly say that we expected violence every single day. Strangely, from 1985 to 1987 i worked in a cinema in London, paying my way through university. The area was much rougher, but I never had any trouble. Odd really.

The violence at the cinema in the 1980s was a sympton of how the whole process of cinema going had stagnated. Audiences were falling and the building was past its best. Whilst i was truly sad that the beautiful old cinemas closed down and were pulled down, we all have to admit that the multiplexes revitalised the industry.

In my day, everything was going 'to the dogs'. We seemed to be living on borrowed time, with only a handful of big hits to sustain the place. But what i loved about the cinema in those days was the way it was a centrepiece of the town. People recognised you when you went in shops. You made friends. We had 'our pub' (oddly enough, it was the town's gay pub - which I felt a bit reticent about when I first went in there still aged 14 - but there was no hassle).

One of my favourite memories of working there was the building itself. It was bigger than all the characters who worked there (and, by god, there were some characters: a rubberwear fetishist; an ex-member of the Bund Deutscher Mädel; a man who dressed as a cowboy; and at least two people who ended up with serious mental health problems!).There were passage ways, hidden rooms (honestly, there was one room that I could see a window for but could never locate a door), interconnecting staircases, a ladder up to the roof (which was fun, if a little dangerous), and a massive open area behind the screen. All very 'Phantom of the Opera'. It was genuinely eerie at night when we were locking up. Even at 14 or 15 years old, the manager (a drunk) would leave me to lock up the entire building because he was in a rush to go home (he 'd lost his driving licence and had to catch the last bus).

Amazing times and an amazing place.

 

[Lily Powers]

I don't think that Richard will get very far with her. His presence in the show strikes me as a nod to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. I.E. it is a sympathetic showing of how some veterans have a difficult time coming home. I bet that we if we even see Julia again it will be while she turns away any advances he makes. If he all of a sudden gets the girl, so to speak, and things start going his way, then that will undermine what they have done so far with his character. But seeing as the writers of the show come across like a herd of cats, maybe they'll get married and live happily ever after.

My take on Richard (the best character on the show IMHO) is that ultimately, he's a soldier. He does his job and asks no questions. I think he needs to have someone he can be loyal to and protect, even at his own risk. (Like when he offered to take Jimmy's place at that final meeting w/ Nucky.) He felt protective of and comforted by Jimmy's wife and he exacted revenge on her murderer. Gillian treats him like he's invisible, so there's no desire to protect her, but he's watchful over Jimmy's son. Richard even stood by Julia's father (after the man was so aggressive) till someone (Julia) came to take him home.

I think his attraction to Julia is a natural progression; as long as he keeps that odd mix of vulnerability and steeliness, I think that addition could be true to his character.

 

[countryclubjoe]

This was the best episode to date. Many new plots to figure out.

Did Billie get killed? Will Nucky seek revenge for her death?

Best regards
CCJ

 

[ButteMT61]

Yes, great episode. The Margaret thing is dragging, but the rest came along nicely tonight. Cromwell is awesome these days between BE and American Horror Story.

 

[tonyb]

...

Did Billie get killed? Will Nucky seek revenge for her death?

...
CCJ

Little doubt of that, on both accounts. Although on the former we can hope for a miracle, I suppose, and on the latter, well, Nucky will have to address this as a matter of his own survival, let alone revenge, seeing how that nice Mr. Rosetti isn't about to give up just because his murder attempt on Nucky and Rothstein failed. Still, too bad about Billie, though.

Oh, and who couldn't have loved Nelson Van Alden/George Mueller this episode? Peddling home-distilled akvavit to the Norskis beats the hell out of selling irons door to door. And you had to admire the style with which he submitted his resignation from the iron company. Surely did smooth out the wrinkles on that smartass's face, eh?

 

[ButteMT61]

Little doubt of that, on both accounts. Although on the former we can hope for a miracle, I suppose, and on the latter, well, Nucky will have to address this as a matter of his own survival, let alone revenge, seeing how that nice Mr. Rosetti isn't about to give up just because his murder attempt on Nucky and Rothstein failed. Still, too bad about Billie, though. Oh, and who couldn't have loved Nelson Van Alden/George Mueller this episode? Peddling home-distilled akvavit to the Norskis beats the hell out of selling irons door to door. And you had to admire the style with which he submitted his resignation from the iron company. Surely did smooth out the wrinkles on that smartass's face, eh?

It was awesome. I thought he was going to hit him over the head with it, but maybe the burns are better payback. There's some great actors on this show. It's really on track again.