Does anyone remember the Vogue Theatre? It only cost .25 cents to get in and it the best horror movies. I think it was on Charelevois.
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Yes I remember the Vogue. Went there many times. But it has been so long ago, I am having trouble actually remembering where it was, or even what it looked like.Winston Allison
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I used to go to the Vogue as a kid. It was 10 cents for the movie and 15 cents for the stick to beat the rats off with. They had the best cliff hangers and I remeber we all cheered the heroes and booed the villains. Jim
My mother was the Vogue ticket lady for years and I got in free and went down the aisle and opened the fire doors and let my friends in...I had lots of friends .
I would have posted the Canadian made movie 'Better Than Chocolate' on
the Canadian Artists thread, but it wasn't that good a movie.
However if you like Woody Allen (Writer & Director and not in the
movie), and your my age 65 +or- , then rent 'Radio Days'. Takes place
between 1937 and 1944 in a lower middle class neighbourhood in N.Y.
Lots of old music -- Ink Spots, Bing Crosby etc. Very nostalgic because
it somehow reminded me of Second Avenue during the 40s. Maybe it was
the combination of the 40s music, style of furniture, clothing, cars.
Quite possibly it was the radio shows I used to listen to. Green
Hornet, Suspense Theater, lone Ranger, Tarzan.
Bill
"Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and
have a definite object in life outside themselves and their own
personal happiness."
- Leo Tolstoy
I would have posted the Canadian made movie 'Better Than Chocolate' on
the Canadian Artists thread, but it wasn't that good a movie.
However if you like Woody Allen (Writer & Director and not in the
movie), and your my age 65 +or- , then rent 'Radio Days'. Takes place
between 1937 and 1944 in a lower middle class neighbourhood in N.Y.
Lots of old music -- Ink Spots, Bing Crosby etc. Very nostalgic because
it somehow reminded me of Second Avenue during the 40s. Maybe it was
the combination of the 40s music, style of furniture, clothing, cars.
Quite possibly it was the radio shows I used to listen to. Green
Hornet, Suspense Theater, lone Ranger, Tarzan.
Bill
I pray that my life may be deeply rooted in faith. I pray that I may
feel deeply secure.
Yes, How can one forget the Vogue Theater in Point St. Charles. That place use to be packed especially on Sundays , where they use to show Three movies one after the other . When we finished our homework on the Week-end ( Saturday ) we were dying to go see the Horror Movies ( or others ) they use have On Sundays, we would actually get there for Twelve, and stay till Seven or so at night ! A Great long day at the Movies really !! Sweet_N_Gorgeous Anna
Hi Sweey_N_Gorgeous Anna,.....the vogue is an indelible mark in my mind,.....I can't seem to find a good old picture of the old cockroach palace,....at least not one from the old days,........I can vividly Remember that theater with the stuffing missing from most of it's chairs (at least in the 60's this is how it was)......I also Remember the multiple movies,.....but I thought I used to go on Saturdays,......oh well that was awhile ago anyway.......my old memory may be playing tricks on me.......Have Fun & Remember Verdun..... if you have any old pictures from your growing up days in Verdun,...I'm sure we'd all like to see them...dig out that shoebox,& start scanning .............hahahahaha HF&RV
I went the Vogue regualrly on Saturdays in the 60s. As I remember it, they played triple features all week long. In fact, they changed the movies twice a week rather than just once like the Savoy did. About once a month they ran 3 horror movies.
When I first started to go, the admission was $0.55 and I was there from about noon to 7 pm (all the movies cycled twice during the day) and people under 16-years old were supposed to be out by 7. I can remember the ushers walking around the theatre just after 7 looking for kids and asking them to leave. There was an electric clock right over the exit just to the left of the screen and, after 6:30 pm, if you were planning to stay, you needed to take some action.
If I wanted to stay to see the movies again (or just some "good part"), I would sit up as high as I could (sometimes sitting on my rolled up jacket) in a seat near the middle of the aisle (where he couldn't get a good look at my young face), and try not to look worried, or even show that I was taking notice of him as he came around. If you survived the post-7 pm sweep, and didn't get the flashlight beam in the face, you were golden until the lights came up and they played "God Save the Queen."
For $1 I got three movies. a $0.15 hot dog (with a skin so rubbery you could chew it for quite some time), a $0.10 bag of popcorn (popped right in the machine, which, if you shook it just right, would deliver up to an extra bag on a good day), a $0.10 ice cream bar, and a $0.10 soft drink. Quite a deal.
When the numbers of people coming to the Vogue started to drop, they tried some live entertainment between movies in the evening. I think it was part of the death throes of the Montreal vaudville circuit. They even had strippers (which shocked me given I was 14-15 years old, although they typically wore huge pasties with tassels) and none of this seemed to be advertised and was all a big surprise the first time it happened......
The Vogue was a special place,,,,,,
I also rememeber being first in line for the showing of some special movie that drew a huge crowd (likely a Hard Day's Night) We were all crowded around the locked front doors when someone inside decided to leave about 10 minutes before the theatre was scheduled to open. Well, when the usher opened the door (this was the really old guy who worked there...he looked like Buster Keaton but much older and crabbier....) the crowd surged forward pushing me in. Well, because they were not quite ready to let us in, and I couldn't back out with everyone pushing me forward, the old guy grabbed the frame of the door with both hands, put his foot in the centre of my chest, and slowly used me to push the crowd back far enough to let the other guy push out of the theatre and then he shut the door....
Bill Cosby did a comedy routine on one of his first comedy albums that came out in the 60s (during the I Spy years) in which he and his friends have missed their bus and are walking home late at night after seeing horror movies at Philadephia's version of the Vogue......I think Phil Pentecost and I had a very similar experience once......
Thanks for stirring up old memories of the Point (and Verdun).
Cheers,
Bryan
Bryan, (BFantie)............you have a great recall of the old Vogue,.....I Remember getting off the bus(the#58) on Wellington & Charlevoix,....and although I was on the bus with maybe 2 other friends,...once we got off,.you would notice that the whole bus was full of kids from Verdun,.....and we would rush to get ahead of them to be closer to the front of the line,...it's funny that while on the bus,I don't Remember noticing all the other kids,........I also Remember those multiple features, I think many were Horror stuff,.....but I Remember the inside of the old place being really ratty,....and I distinctly Remember that hotdog machine at the entrance with the sign on it saying "We Don't Steam or Boil Flavour Out"..........no they cooked the crap out of it on a rotisserie type thing with prongs sticking out and it was never full,..giving either the impression that alot of them had been sold,...or the balance of them had never sold.......hahahahah ( I believed the latter),.......I do not recall ever buying one,.as they just looked horrible.........hahahahahah those unsold ones just kept on turning on that thing being somewhat cooked continually,.......Your a Brave man Bryan..........ahahahahaha ,......I' think I mentined before that I also Remember most of the stuffing had been pulled out of those once over stuffed seats,......as I recall a member of the rodent family made an appearance across the stage on one occasion..........hahahahaha the memories are great.........We had fun..........I think on some occasions my friends & I would walk to the Vogue,..and save the 'carfare' to spend on something more important.......(unless all you had was bus tickets,then you rode the bus) Speaking of Bus Tickets,.Remember the 'book of tickets' always stayed at home and you only took what you needed........... Have Fun & Remember Verdun
Does anyone remember, when you couldn't get into the show without an ID. I remember when I looked the eldest, so I got the tickets for the other kids.(With my mother's registering card)..We mostley went to the Park ave. on Church and the Fifth on Fifth Ave....Sure brings good memories..Jackie from Galt.
Hi Les F, In Response to your Message , it is absolutely true, I remember the same thing as you, the torn stuffing coming out of the chairs, and let me tell you some of those chairs had some springs coming out as well, ha, ha, Thank-God it was dark in there, or else seeing the cockaroaches would of brought pandemonium especially myself being a screamer and squimish about such things ! You were right about the movies playing Saturday. It was also opened on Sunday , that was really the only day I could go , and the next day was School ! I cannot remember what Street it was on can you ? I can just remember that there was a Garage on the left-hand Corner of the street and we would cross over and walk down a little , and hell we use to want to hurry up because they were always line-ups outside, especially when they had their Horror Movies , ah the good old days, also that Theatre always had a mildewy odour walking in , at least that is what I remember, and hey, when your young who remarks those things right ha, ha ! Sweet_N_Gorgeous Anna
Hi Sweet & Gorgeous and Les F, I found this discussion dated October 16,1005 under the category Looking For and it was in the time frame of the year 2003. Your category topic is Recent Movies. Is there something very wrong with MSN? Reggie Paine
Make that 2005. Sorry. Reggie Paine
Hi RegtheRetiree,.... your right sort of anyway,...there are 14 msgs under this particular thread,....and the very first message,starting off this topic,..was by Grammah Dynamite on 9/9/2003 at 8:27am,....... So that's probably where you saw the 2003,.............but I have had the time actually change on a posted message,.... I would type infor example a post and send it in at my time here (which is Noon right now Pacific Time) ....only to have it show up as say 7:52pm...but then the next time I recheck the messages it gets back to the proper time...... I guess it is just some MSN stuff,..... but it seems to get corrected,....I have posted msgs under certain topics only to have the name of the topic change ,but remain in chronological order in the msgs..........it's the Gremlins of the Computer world I guess........ HF&RV
Hi Regthe Retiree ! In Answer to your question, there could very well be something wrong with the Msn. strange ,but true ! Sweet_N_Gorgeous Anna
Very funny English comedy called 'Shaun of the Dead'. If you are as
weird as I am, you'll laugh your behinds off.
Bill
May the Grace of Aloha pervade your soul, that you may, with a happy
heart and a rejoicing spirit, do the Lord's work with your life.
I rented 'Napoleon Dynamite'. Unique and funny, but a difficult movie
to sit through. How do these script writers come up with these odd
ball ideas for a story? I suppose I liked it.
Second Avenue.
3131,0101,FFFF"To keep your marriage brimming, /
With love in the loving cup, / Whenever you're wrong, admit it; /
Whenever you're right, shut up."
I rented 'Napoleon Dynamite'. Unique and funny, but a difficult movie
to sit through. How do these script writers come up with these odd ball
ideas for a story? I suppose I liked it.
Second Avenue.
"To keep your marriage brimming, / With love in the loving cup, /
Whenever you're wrong, admit it; / Whenever you're right, shut up."
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Something to consider... I was over a friend's home and we watched
the Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein movie. Towards the end, the
monster said something that I thought was profound and I wanted to
share it with you.
He said, "For as long as I can remember people have hated me. They
looked at my face and my body and they ran away in horror. In my
loneliness I decided that if I could not inspire love, which is my
deepest hope, I would instead cause fear."
It went on of course, but all of a sudden I thought about this and
wondered what would it be like if men thought of themselves a bit
like the monster and if we had a chance to "inspire love in a woman"
that this could be our greatest hope. And perhaps in our loneliness,
we create fear by protecting our feelings to the degree that we scare
woman away. And this protection causes confusion and gets us the
opposite of we really want.
What if we men thought of ourselves a bit like the monster and that
our job in life was to inspire the love of a woman?
What would happen if we all focused on inspiring love in a good woman?
I can tell you from my personal experience, it changes everything...
that special kind of feeling that you get on a first date, or when
you fall in love, it is there every day. That is the feeling you get
when you give yourself fully. Remember, "Give Love, Get Love".
Sat through 'Snakes on Planes'. Wow! what A ride! Great shots of
Hawaii. If you enjoy being thrilled then check it out.
I think I'll take the train next time, but first they'll need to build
a bridge first to the mainland.
Second Avenue.
EEE! There is no way that I will be able to bring myself to watch that movie! I hate snakes! Absolutley no way. I'd have nightmares forever. Would love to see the shots of Hawaii, but then I can see some good shots when I watch Dog the Bounty Hunter. Anyone watch that show? My brother & I used ot go & watch all the vampire & mummy movies in Lasalle. I think it was 35 cents each. Two movies that really scared me were "The Birds", and then later, "The Exorcist" (under age, at 15). Claroleca
This may have fixed it............hahahahaha play twilight zone theme song here.................dodododoododo hahahahaha actually hear it here,............... http://timstvshowcase.com/tzone.html hahahahah....................................................................................HF&RV
Well I thought it looked like this migration had been fixed,...but apparently not,.....So I am not sure if it will migrate back,.but at least it is still visible and hasn't gone astro travelling.........
It's the birthday of the "King of the Cowboys," Roy Rogers, born
Leonard Franklin Slye in Cincinnati, Ohio (1911). When he was 18 he
moved with his mother and father to California, where he earned money
by harvesting fruit and working as a cowhand. He started playing
guitar and singing in small theaters and on the radio in the 1930s.
He met Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer, and they started the Sons of the
Pioneers. The band made appearances in several motion pictures.
Rogers's first screen name was "Dick Weston." He changed it to Roy
Rogers just before he got his first big break, replacing Gene Autry
in the movie Under Western Stars (1938). The movie was a hit, and it
launched Rogers's steady film career as a singing cowboy.
always..interesting info..Just the name Roy Rogers
,sparkes memories..
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Another none-Verdun related post by Second Avenue: I loved the theme score of 'The Sopranos' but never could understand the significance of the line,'Born with a blue moon in your eye'. I'm not the only one I see, hence the below URL. Why are most of us men so drawn to gangster movies? I think I've seen every film Scorsese directed. 'Gangs of N.Y., The Departed etc.Bill
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/19/messages/454.html
Another none-Verdun related post by Second Avenue: I loved the theme score of 'The Sopranos' but never could understand the significance of the line,'Born with a blue moon in your eye'. I'm not the only one I see, hence the below URL. Why are most of us men so drawn to gangster movies? I think I've seen every film Scorsese directed. 'Gangs of N.Y., The Departed etc.Bill
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/19/messages/454.html
Remember the Irish film 'The Commitments'?S.A.
It's the birthday of one of the most popular Irish novelists of his generation, Roddy Doyle, (books by this author) born in Dublin (1958). Doyle was raised in a working-class suburb of Dublin called Kilbarrack. He knew he wanted to be a writer, but he decided to become a teacher because it was a good steady job. He got hired at the high school in his hometown and went on to teach English and geography for 14 years. His students called him "Punk," because he came to class everyday wearing an earring and combat boots.He wrote his first novel, The Commitments (1988), about the rise an Irish soul band from a fictional Dublin suburb called Barrytown. He went on to write two more novels that took place in the same fictional suburb, The Snapper (1990) and The Van (1991). Those three books became known as the Barrytown Trilogy.Those first three novels were popular, but many literary critics didn't take them too seriously, because they consisted almost entirely of dialogue. So for his next book, Doyle decided to draw on his own childhood and write a story entirely from within the mind of a 10-year-old boy. The result was his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993), which became the first novel by an Irish writer to win the Booker Prize.
Here is a movie set at Turtle Bay up the street from my place. Universal Studios' planned feature film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall". I took the pictures at 6 AM before the director came to work and chased me off.Bill
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Well I remember 85cents for three movies on Sundays....guess I am a little bit younger...........Godzilla, Frankenstein, Dracula, Three Stooges, Abbot & Costello, Ten Commandments......too many to list. Loved every minute of it. Used to have to keep the rats away from your food though :-)
Here's a film which will keep you riveted to your respective seats. Sir Anthony Hopkins plays a cuckolded genius. Wonderfully acted.Second Avenue.
http://www.film.com/movies/fracture/11709292
Hi-The Commitments was a great movie...also saw Snapper-I had heard a few years ago that there was going to be a sequel to the Commitments and they they were actually going to go on tour? Was this another urban legend? Everyone in that film was great...remember "animal" the crazy drummer?
http://www.thecommitments.net/movies/trailer_500k.mov
It's the birthday of actress Marilyn Monroe (books by this author), born Norma Jean Mortenson in Los Angeles, California (1926). Growing up, she was passed around between her mother and a series of foster parents. Eventually, she wound up with her mother's friend Grace McKee, who worked in the movie industry. Grace worshiped movie stars and told Monroe that she would be a movie star herself one day. She taught Monroe to act like the women she saw in movies; took her to beauty parlors, dressed her up in fancy clothes, and had her practice smiles and pouts in the mirror. They went to lots of movies together. After Grace McKee got married, Monroe had to live for a while in an orphanage, and at night she would stare out the window at the water tower of RKO Studios.During World War II, Monroe got a job at an aircraft factory called Radioplane, where she sprayed glue on fabrics and inspected and folded parachutes. She was working at the factory when a group of photographers showed up to take pictures of women working for the war effort. The photographers noticed her right away, and they persuaded her to become a model. She bleached her hair and began to appear on the covers of magazines.Monroe wanted to be an actress, but she had trouble finding the right part. For a while, directors just cast her in any movie that called for a dumb blonde. Her first big success was the comic musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). Everyone had been trying to sell her as a "love goddess," but it turned out that she had a gift for comedy. She died just nine years after that first big success.Marilyn Monroe said, "I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful."
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Young Frankenstein. One of the funniest films ever.S.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mic4_3NMAj4
HI Speaking of Mel Brooks how about Blazing Saddles? Mongo too funny.... Lad
Just watched the 1977 film 'Oh God'. Great cast and a good spiritual
theme reminiscent of the times. I also enjoy the DVD commentary.
Bill
Searching for Debra Winger (2002). Just watched this documentary tonight. Its not for everyone I don't think, but I found it interesting. Rosanne Arquette
interviews many famous '40 something' actresses attempting to find out how they tried to balance both career and family life. For some it was impossible while others could do both, but it wasn't a piece of cake. Also explored was actresses dealing with the difficult adjustment to aging, and as a consequence, fewer roles. Debra Winger apparently chucked it all for family hence the title. Btw Debra Winger is still a fox.Bill
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318049/
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318049/trailers-screenplay-E18876-6-3
In the 50s I was fascinated by George Reeves as the TV Superman. On 2nd Avenue us kids were alerted to his so called suicide and the fact he used a German Luger (A Nazi weapon ooh!) Its all in the film 'Hollywoodland'. Interesting story.Bill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMsVZAEWTS8
Great movie.
Bill
http://movies.aol.com/movie/martian-child/27339/video/trailer-no-1/1868984
Take yourself to see this film. 'No Country For Old Men'.Bill
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22909189-16947,00.html
I remember the Savoy on Wellington,and a creepy cinema in Bronx Park-your legs were itching if you wore shorts in the summer when you watched films there and you just wanted to go home after the movie and have a bath...I saw Fantastic Voyage at the cinema in Bronx Park....where people are zapped into being tiny and going inside of some guy ...his heart,lungs and other body parts (hee hee)...My Mom used to make me wash my hair after an afternoon with my buddies seeing films in Bronx Park!
Where is/was the Bronx Park?
Hi Biking, The Bronx is in Lasalle, somewhere off Central Ave. I believe. Wendy
Interesting. I wonder where the name Bronx originates from. Maybe someone famous.
Bill
Anyone watch 'Away From Her' with Gordon Pinset ('Shipping News'), and
Julie Christie (Doctor Zhivago')? A great flick i'd say. Takes place
in Canada. I especially enjoyed watching the film the second time with
Julie Christie's commentary.
Bill
Sorry Bill. I haven't watched that movie. I will keep it in mind, if I should get the chance. Thanks. Winston
Winston, would you last name be Tohamid and we use to call you Unkus and you had a bro called John and a sister called Beverley. If so, write back pls
No. My last name is Allison. I lived at 835 3rd Avenue. The other Winston Lived somewhere in th e600(?) blocks on the opposite side of the street. I did know him and his brother. Also his dad use to do a lot of coaching. Also I remember Winston playing a lot of pool down on Wellington, near Hickson. Also I had a brother named Hartland (Bumpy).
To complete message 51. Worthless trivia.
Bronx:
Bronx River, in reference to the river that passes through the Bronx borough..The river itself was named after Jonas Bronck, a Swedish sea captain and 1641 resident whose 500 acre (2 kḿ§¼) farm lay between the Harlem River and the Bronx River, the latter of which was then known as the Aquahung by Native Americans. Another explanation for the use of the definite article in the borough's name is that the original form of the name was possessive: The Broncks'.
Bill, do you think that this info also relates to the area in LaSalle known as "Bronx Park"? I think the area of LaSalle known as Bronx Park was the numbered avenues (1st-9th) from the river to the Aquaduct.
Good question Maggie. Maybe some could research that one.
Bill
Classmates.com
Bronx Park Public School alumni
Name Years Attended
Lesley Alguire 1958 - 1965
Steve Arniotis 1963 - 1966
Peter Arnott 1957 - 1963
Robin Atchison 1957 - 1963
Patricia Beck 1969 - 1976
Sherilyn Bell 1965 - 1971
Sherilyn Bell 1967 - 1973
Blair Berrouard 1958 - 1966
Russell Berrouard 1969 - 1973
Carol-Ann Bray 1973 - 1977
The Bronx was in between verdun and Lasalle...yep-the avenues from 1st to 9th...the west border was where lasalle catholic High was-the east...the last street in Crawford Park-If i recall correctly!
True it is Maggie from Alepin........to Bishop Power ( 9th ave,was right behind it-Bishop Power that is).I lived on 9th av for awhile,.and also pumped gas & drove the Tow Truck while working for the Texaco at 3rd & Champlain..........( all in the Bronx) ...a neat spot it was with a movie house/ a pool hall / a chinese restaurant ...was Golden City later Lai Lings, great egg rolls....... also Centrale Pizza at 3rd & Centrale...and can't forget the '50' Club at 2nd & Centrale above the IGA ............................. hf&rv
The "50" was a great hang out for a while but there were a lot of fights there...eventually they switched from a rock bar into a country type place and eveyone lost interest...the locals (I lived in the Bronx for a few years) ended up back at Berts Bar and the Haraiki....further to go...but less broken glass to contend with...I am NOT kiddin'...the 50 got to be pretty scarey....my girlfriends and I gave up going there towards the end of its existence....but it was a lot of fun for a few years!Anyone remember THE WHITCHES HUT in Lasalle?
There were definitely some brawls at the 50. And, some of the toughest of Verduna dn LaSalle made it their hangout. Made for some very memorable evenings though!
Glen Got so bad one night at the 50 that the Kent and boys actually rolled me down the stairs and put me in the guys hedges next door and too top it off put snow on me..thought it was funny at the time...hurt like hell for a few days...ah youth... Lad P.S. have anymore news on anyone from home?
trivia Question:
"If I were King of the Forest, Not queen, not duke, not prince.
My regal robes of the forest, would be satin, not cotton, not chintz.
I'd command each thing, be it fish or fowl.
With a woof and a woof and a royal growl - woof.
As I'd click my heel, all the trees would kneel.
And the mountains bow and the bulls kowtow.
And the sparrow would take wing - If I - If I - were King!
Each rabbit would show respect to me. The chipmunks genuflect to me.
Though my tail would lash, I would show compash
For every underling!
If I - If I - were King!
Just King!
Monarch of all I survey -- Mo--na-a-a--a-arch Of all I survey!"
Bert Lahr....The Wizard Of Oz!!!!!
You are correct Sir. I played hookie from Bannantyne school to watch this film the first time at St. Wilibrord school. Must have been the late 40s.
Bill
'There Will Be Blood' has got to be the best picture of 2007.
The editing and cinematography should do well at the 'Academy Awards' I think. Tons of nuances of excellent cinematography and editing, which of course composed a very rich story-line. So I predict this film will take the best picture hands down and Daniel day Lewis wins best actor. I'll have my fingers crossed for Julie Christie winning the best actress for 'Away From Her'. Javier Bardem as best supporting actor in 'No Country for Old Men'.
Only my humble opinion,
Bill (Second Avenue)
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I remember an Unkus...my brothers Peter and Michael would talk about him... Didn't he have a sister marilyn? and a brother Winston? If you knew Unkus then you must have known my brothers. Peter ,Michael Lazure. 786 3rd ave.. Sandra
My brother in law use to own the Berts Bar in Lasalle.Also, owned Aldos.
Hi Johnmelinvin2.///// What years was that? or was your brother -in-law Bert Lungi ?, & anyone Remember 'Shaney' he was the manager in Bert's for quite a while ,...lived across the street from me on 9th av in Lasalle ( along time ago) early 70's ? ,...........and Roddy Diamond lived there too for a while,which was strange,cause initially Roddy lived across the street ( roughly) on Wellington Street years before,.....he lived Btwn: Gordon & Rielle on the N side of Wellington ( according to the river flow east -to west....yikes ,have to explain that is a pain.......hahahahaha back to Shaney at Bert's he was a neat character,............many people found themselces visiting Bert's at sometime or other.............I know I sat in there fairly often,and then headed to Mama's ( Miss Dollard,the real name I think) ...almost right next door,in the small strip mall type place, Great Pizza at 3 am ......( I think.)..........hahahahahah hf&rv
Hi, Les and John, I remember Bert's Bar very well. I was a patron of that establishment in the late 70s and 80s. Ahem. Okay, I often got drunk there. I don't recall the manager's name at the time, but he used to go up and hug people before a fight broke out. And just before closing time, he would belt out to all those remaining, "You can't go home, but you can't stay here!" I recall the bouncer, also. Very handy with his fists. I believe he was a Golden Gloves contender, but don't take my word for it. Thanks for the memories . . . the little bit I remember, Jack
Are you referring to Aldos uptown bar - in the 60s that was owned by my friends family Orlando was their last name.
Here's another copy waiting for the real one to touch down.
Bill
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA5BnTrFAx0
Hi there, just got back from seeing Juno. Loved it. What a great little actress that Ellen Paige is. I believe she's from New Brunswick and the writer is Canadian also, can't remember her unusual name. My husband and I went to see No Country last wknd. and although it was good, we were a little dissappointed with the ending. We're going to try and see as many movies as we can before the Oscars, now that our kids are older and can be left on their own for a while.Yeah!!! Wendy
My 2 cents on Bert. I remember him from Ville Emard, he had two Brothers, one worked as a waiter in the Bridge Tavern, and the other ? During the 1950's, he had a business partner Polo, they had several enterprises going after hours,, Barbotte & liquor delivey, Untill the Dubois boys organized the west end of city. I remember going to the Pepermint Longe on St Lawrence St. 1962, the Hula Hoop thing was going, bar was located between Dorchester & St Catherine west side. Bert was Bouncer' He opened a Berts Bar in Chateugauy, did not last to long. Bar is still there, now called Lance & Conte Ron
Wendy I just got home from watching Juno. You are so right on!
Beautiful film and a Canadian star to boot.
Bill
Actor Roy Scheider has passed away at age 75.
Jaws star Roy Scheider dies at 75 Scheider was one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1970sUS actor Roy Scheider, best known for playing the police chief in the Jaws movies, has died at the age of 75. As well as starring in the first two shark thrillers, Schneider received two Oscar nominations during his career. He was up for best supporting actor for The French Connection in 1972 and best actor for 1979's All That Jazz. He died in hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He had been treated there for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cell, for the past two years.
I really liked him in All That Jazz.
Untraceable and Michael Clayton are two great movies I have seen recently-Fresco
Like George Clooney (good Irish Catholic) in most movies and I did see and enjoyed 'Michael Clayton'. What is 'Untraceable' about?
Bill
http://www.intothewild.com/
It's the birthday of Fred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz, in Omaha, Nebraska (1899). He made dancing look effortless on screen and stage, and the writer John O'Hara called him the "living symbol of all that is the best of show business."He started dancing when he was four, and when he was six, he formed an act with his sister, Adele, that became a popular vaudeville attraction on Broadway. When Adele retired in 1932, Astaire made a screen test. The movie executive wrote, "Can't act, can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little." Still, Astaire got a part in Dancing Lady (1933). It starred Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and the Three Stooges.He's famous for the movies he made with his dancing partner Ginger Rogers: classics like The Gay Divorcee(1934), Top Hat (1935), and Swing Time (1936). They rubbed off on each another. People said she gave him sex appeal, and he gave her class. Their only on-screen kiss came in the movie Carefree (1938), in a dream sequence.He was a perfectionist who sometimes worked 18 hours a day. He said, "The only way I know to get a good show is to practice, sweat, rehearse, and worry." He demanded the same of his partners. One scene in Swing Time took 47 takes to film, and by the end, Ginger's feet were bleeding. In the film, she says, "I've danced with you. I'm never going to dance again."In one routine, Astaire had to toss an umbrella across a room, into an umbrella stand. He said, "I did it 45 times, and it always hit the edge. So I said, 'That's it! Tomorrow morning, first thing, I'm coming back, and I'm going to get [it] … I came back next morning fresh as a daisy, and that umbrella went into the stand on the first take."He kept dancing until late in his life. At age 50, he said, "How do I keep going? What do I do? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I don't eat health foods. I never dance unless I have to. I don't work out in a gym. Vitamin pills? Never! Who needs 'em?" He said, "Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young."He said, "The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style."
hI Grandma Dynamite, I sure do remember the Vogue theatre my Mom used to take my cousins and I there on Saturday Mornings but we paid 40 cents that would have been in the 60's. Quite a spot when you really think about it. Ann M
Hi Grandma, I emember the Vogue, the best scary movies and also they used to have on week-ends 5 in a row. My boyfriend who ended up my used to take me there. Aslo they had the best stemies which were dirt cheap and good. Kyshagirl
This film will be out on DVD Tuesday.
It is considered the best French Canadian movie made. The story of a
teenage boy growing up in the 40s in Quebec. I haven't seen it yet.Bill
http://www.amazon.com/Mon-Oncle-Antoine-Criterion-Collection/dp/B00180R04Khttp://www.amazon.com/Mon-Oncle-Antoine-Criterion-Collection/dp/B00180R04K
Would it be possible for you movie buffs to find out who played Canino (bad guy Bogart shoots) in the 'The Big Sleep'? Would it be Lawrence Tierney? I've looked everywhere including IMDB. Making me crazy.
Aloha,
Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTYxgYDYRmM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038559/
Watched 'Gilda' 1946 last night with Glen Ford, Rita Hayworth and George Macready. Btw learned from the DVD's special features that Glen Ford was originally from Quebec! Great movie. Loved it. Huge chemistry between Hayworth and Ford. Hayworth was a beautiful film star no doubt. I chose this movie to rent because Julia Roberts in the film 'Notting Hill' (1999) says "Rita Hayworth used to say men would go to bed with Gilda and wake up with Rita". Apparently Hayworth wasn't all that sure of her beauty. Anyway I was curious who was Gilda and rented the movie. Check it out if you will.
Bill (Second Avenue)
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Does anyone remember going to the movies at the 1st Presbyterian church on 5th Ave near Verdun??? That was in the days whe kids weren't allowed into the "real" theatres. There was always a serial and of course the feature. Some good movies and some so-so movies - but it was great in the days before television! Robin
Robin,
It's great to hear someone mention the Presbyterian church and the movies we watched there. I believe I went with my brother and sister almost every time there were movies on.
My Aunt Vic was the church lady there. She really was the "church lady" for she ran all the events that went on there and played the organ during sunday services.
I loved going there to watch movies. We often sat up in the balcony or the crying room. The movies were great and they always showed those short adds and films before the movie. I believe I saw King Kong there. Great memories.
Smac
Now Sandy when you say you saw King Kong there did he climb up into the balcony or take the stairs like everyone else..........mind you he'd be certain to get the best seat.. ....................................................................................hf&rv
Les he may as well been there for how petrified I was watching it. I was one of those fearful kids who took everything literally. I remember watching " War of the Worlds" when I was about (not sure when it came out) 12 and I couldn't even walk down our Verdun flat hallway alone to use the washroom at night. That was probably the scariest movie I ever saw. That and "Twilight Zone", affected me for years. lol.
Now there is another subject, Twilight Zone episodes we remember.
smac
Sandy funny , you mention Twilight Zone ,.....but I Remember watching the "Outer Limits" at my friends place Art Ayotte ( his sister is a member here ,or used to be) and we kids sat on the floor infront of the couch and watched the tube like we were hypnotised,..but i think the parents were almost as scared.........hahahahah Don't forget TV was just really getting going ...... .........................Picture if you will. a Family compelled to watch ........blah blah blah........Remember that's how Rod Serling started every show: "Picture, if you will......" and whatever other stuff.........I loved that show too. hf&rv
Pictur if you will another Montrealer ,who happened to get a job acting............................hahahahah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhk4HcxhZQM Yup it's Billy Boy Shatner.................... HF&RV
Hi Robin: I can also remember running home after the movie in order to see the end of the televised hockey game. George
How about this old time Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1qjNHO0Aks&feature=related don't forget that ll of these YouTube Vids also have others related to these just off to the side , so you may be able to watch a whole episode but in the different parts......... So you can "Picture if you Will".......hahahah have fun and remember Verdun
To Serve Man: pt 2 & pt 3............... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZdkTBJD9Tc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol36fQxz3IU&feature=related ...................................................................................hf&rv
hi Les hahaha I watched the whole nasty episode on you tube. Amazing writers! How did they come up with the ideas?
The episode I watched as a child which made my mother ban me from watching scary shows, was the one where all you see is a woman in a hospital with her face bandaged up crying about how ugly she was and how she prays the operation helps her to look like everyone else.
All through the half hour show you hear her thoughts and fears about how she will look after the bandages come off her face. The doctors come in and talk to her and tell her that if it doesn't work this time there is a planet she can move to where everyone has the same ugliness. You wait anxiously as they slowly unwind her bandages, only to expose a perfect face and blond flowing hair. She looks in the mirror, screams terrorizing screams and suddenly all the doctors and nurses turn an stare and they have the ugliest pig faces. hahahahaahha. I'm actually laughing at how ridiculous and brilliant it was. I never watched another "Twilight Zone" until I grew up. Just watching the beginning music of the show reminds me of being petrified of that music as a little kid.
Now a days kids watch everything. Nothing seems to bother them.
Because of my fright as a child watching horror shows, I banned my kids from watching bad stuff for years. They thought it was funny and would sneak watching horror flicks when I was asleep or out.
Smac
Les
I just went back to Youtube and searched through all of them and found out the name of the "Twilight Zone" that scared the hell out of my was called "The eye of the beholder" . They show lots of episodes. I remember 'Kick the Can" . That was my favorite, for it seemed like the most wonderful thing that could happen for an old person.
smac
Robin. I was one of the ushers there. After the Saturday night movie, we had to put all the seats away. If I am correct, I think the seats were bought from the old Park Theater...Winston (835 3rd Avenue, Verdun) Allson
I remember going to the old church for the movies where the seats were wooden folding chairs. Not a very big hall. The new church was much larger and had real theatre seats. Running home to catch the end of the hockey game was another thing George & the rest of our bunch did - obviously before girls became a higher priority (LOL).
Another great time I aways had was at the dances at the Woodland band shell. The price was right (free) and the music was great!
i don't recall dances at the Woodland band shell. What year did they go to?
Here's what they looked like , this one was held on what they called cement downs just in front of the Woodland Bandshell ..................................................................HF&RV
Outer Limits, I forgot about that one. I do remember him saying that " Picture , if you will...........................
They just don't make tv like they use to.
Smac
OMG, I tried to watch it. hahahaha I COULDN'T GET PAST THE PART WHERE HE SNEAKS DOWN THE ISLE AND GETS HIS GUN OUT. I just know what is going to happen. ARRRRRGGGGHHH!
Man I still can't stand watching that stuff.
what a coward!
I don't think I've ever seen William Shatner look so young.
smac
Did you try going to you tube and watching "Eye of the Beholder".
So frightful and well done.
Smac
wow! I loved to dance and went to most of the dances at the Dawson, the Legion and the YMCA. I never had the pleasure of the Woodland Bandshell dances. The picture is great and looks like so much fun. The year looks about 62---64????
Yes it is '62 ...... kids having fun in Verdun,...... hf&rv
Hi Les,
That accounts for not attending. I would have been 11 or so
Smac
I believe the park continued on with it's summertime events for kids, but all that ended as did the Pav,....The Pav owners got tired of break-ins and finally had enough & closed down I believe that was around summer '68 maybe '69.....................Theb the bandhell disappeared somewhere along the way,..........but the old Tennis courts are still there,as I understand it. hf&rv
The local dances became more of a Y thing, or the 'Rec' , or StWillibrord's Church had dances, as did the high schools.. hf&rv
Hey Robin: Girls came into the equation when we were old or tall enough to get into the Savoy, Fifth Avenue and Vogue theatres. Hockey didn't seem as important then. George
Bill Maher's 'Religulous'. Interesting documentary.
Bill
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http://uk.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi3967090713/
Hey Les: Don't forget the dances at the Legion on Verdun Avenue. I helped run it on Friday nights. We were not allowed to charge an admission fee so what we did was hand out small envelopes to everyone outside the entrance for their $ 1:00 donation that was required to get into the hall. We had to hire an off-duty City of Verdun policeman to patrol the hall during the dance to ensure there was no trouble being caused by anyone. Constable Viau, who lived on Willibrord in between Wellington and Verdun was our off-duty man. If remember correctly we paid him $25 a night. All proceeds of the evening went to the Grand Trunk Boating Club to help defray the costs to go to different regattas. George
Football, I attended everyone of those dances with my girlfriend in the mid 50s. Good fun no doubt. Never once witnessed any trouble to speak of.
Bill (Second Avenue)
I remember those legion dances also. Didn't the donation make you an associate member of the Grand Trunk Boating Club for an evening? That was how the no admission fee was bypassed and there would not be any tax charged by the city because it was "members only" at the event. Robin HF & RV
http://uk.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi3967090713/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_aVuS7cOIQ&feature=related
hi Fresco,
Great story about Veronica Lake, who was one of my all time favorite along with Dorthy Lamour and Sophia Loren.
Sad to hear she died in such a way after a failing career. It does say she died at 54? How old was she in her movies?
Veronica must have kept well hidden in Montreal, for I'm sure if she was out at all the clubs my father would have run into her. lol
Very sad. Very beautiful woman
Smac
Very sad indeed. Hollywood is seriously evil when it comes to not protecting it's own, and once a star is no longer box office worthy they toss them like an empty coke can. There has got to be a better way.
Bill
Yes sad indeed ,.because even an empty coke can is recyclable hahahahaha I feel real sorry for the modern day stars who are terribly hard done by,making millions & millions ....and then being so inhumanely discarded.. NewsFlash to Hollywood,......if your taking applications for movies,.pay me several million,...and I'll only do one film(unless of course ,you think ,you can take advantage of me for several more films,.........I'll settle for just the cash,.and throw me away quick ,so I'm still young enough ( I think) to live inm misery having faded from the lime-light...........hahahahaha Reminds me of when Clint Eastwood was one of the first Celebs to start making over 1 Million a film,.he was asked how it felt to make a million bucks for just one film..His answer was, "You have to Remember. the works not steady" hahahahaha At least he did have a great sense of humour ..................................................
Watched his documentary DVD 'Expelled' and it is very good.Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM5P2hixlJE&feature=related
Check out the video if you will. I have the documentary it is thoughtful. Danger: may drive your high school science teacher berserk though.Bill
http://www.expelledthemovie.com/
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