--- In vanishingtucson@..., "bagbaazai" <bagbaazai@...> wrote:

--- In vanishingtucson@..., <joebuck95@> wrote:

The Cineworld 4 was great only my memories mostly date from the

'70s. I had a birthday party that included a trip to Cineworld 4 with
my friends to see "Godzilla Vs Megalon". I still have some of the
promotional pinback buttons they were handing out. (I also have the
promotional pinback from th re-release of "A Hard Day's Night" that I
saw at the Catalina) A friend of mine had a b-day party where we went
to see the '70s version of "Food of The Gods" at Cineworld 4.

At times, one of the theatres at Cineworld 4 was dedicated to adult
films. They showed "The Sex Boat" (one of those goofy parodies of
"The Love Boat") and the X-rated musical version of "Alice in
Wonderland." At least it was a place to go and see something like
that if you were in your early 20s, a woman, and didn't want to go
into a place like the Empress!

Daddy Jack's Blue Note at Speedway and Country Club. There was also a place over by the
old El Rancho called The Elite. It was a front for a prostitution business. We used to
deliver pizza's there after the girls got off work.

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Kimberly"
<misskimberlydawn@...> wrote:

Did anyone see the very recent vandalism of the Tiki head at Magic
Carpet? Basically the nose and the eyes are dripping red "blood" and
there's a star or a pentagram on the forehead that says "HAIL". Its
pretty creepy, so I took a picture! The tears are pretty striking but
the satanic implications ruin any kind of artistic value the tagging
might have had in my opinion. I posted a pic in the Magic Carpet Golf
album.

you should be an art judge.

There was also a shoe store,Jerry's shoes there about 68 to 70.

Larry Bostic

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "bagbaazai" <bagbaazai@...>
wrote:

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "skylaz" <skylaz@> wrote:

Oxford Plaza - Let's see.... Cloth World, but now I'm not sure.

Was

it Hancock's? There was a grocery store there at one time. I used

to

go there with my aunt. I took gymnastics and dance lessons at

Beverly

Fridel's Dance Studio at the west end of the plaza. There was a
laundry mat at the far west end.... chipped my tooth on a glass

soda

pop bottle from a soda machine there. Later on there was a

Buffalo

Exchange where the laundry mat used to be. I think there was a

liquor

store at the east end. Can't remember anything else. Need to read

the

rest of the posts and maybe my memory will be sparked.

I think the fabric store there was always (and still is) a

Hancock's.

Next door to it (to the west) was a Thrifty's Drugstore.

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--- In vanishingtucson@..., <joebuck95@...> wrote:

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:46:46 -0800 (PST) Kim Alfred wrote:

"Good ol' KWMF. I remember in the mid to late 70's when they played entire albums and

the DJ's would nod off and the records would skip until someone called in to tell them."

I remember the playing of albums. That's how I became aware of the first Black Sabbath

album without Ozzy Osbourne. They also used to play the song "Precious" by the
Pretenders in which the phrase F*** Off is sung very clearly. And of course there was Bob
Cooke and the tragic end he came to. Does anyone remember which club it happened at?

I remember the KUAT DJs regularly being unaware that a record was stuck skipping at

the same place. Quite often they would forget to turn off the microphone. We'd be treated
to hearing their coversations as the selection was playing. I remember one pretentious DJ
who would pronounce every composer's name as if it were French.

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Bob Cooke was working as a DJ at Chances over by the Panda Village on Tanque Verde.
He was killed over by a little church on Pima, West of Swan. That was an absolute
shocker...

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Ann Tarwater" <raingirl44@...> wrote:

Ms. Ramage-White - had her for Freshman English - she used to dress up
as characters from the books we were studing. Great Teacher. Funny
part was my son came home was having awful trouble with his new
English teacher at school (not the same High School) - I told him open
house was a couple of days away and I would scope it out - Turns out
his teacher Mrs. White was Mrs Ramage-White - so I told him "Dude like
I totally get it she ain't that bad at all really (note the bad
English was on purpose this time) She ran for some public office at
one time I remember seeing the signs on the side of the road. Last
time I saw her at my younger son's open house she was walking with a
cane. Do any of you ever look up your old teachers?

Never got into debate formally but really enjoyed my Modern Rhetoric
Class where we spent a good amount of time in debates.

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ranger2891" <ranger2891@>
wrote:

Any old speech and debate kids from the area high schools? Fierce

competition back in the

day, before TUSD killed all of their programs. Coaches Jane Nott,

Fawn Johnson, Kathy

Ramage-White and Robert Best. Drama teachers from the schools too!

Great, Great people!!

That's sad to hear about Kathy. I remember when she had her kids. Her former husband
was the Asst County DA. I never envisioned those people getting old. We old teachers do
appreciate it when kids come by or stay in touch. I get a few facebook or My Space look
ups each year and it means a lot.

Hi,

I marched in the parade 5 times - 4 times with the Rincon High band
and once with the Musicland Band in the mid '70s because I took
trumpet lessons there. There was a photo of the Musicland band in the
paper that year because we were the last entry and the street sweepers
were follwing close behind. I seem to recall that they played up the
humorous angle of that. But what could be more amusing than watching a
bunch of kids jumping over and around piles of horse poop and huge
puddles of horse pee while attempting to play "It's Rodeo Time In Old
Tucson" and stay in formation?

I'd like to know how the parade route has changed over the years. The
photos I posted show the parade going east on Congress as far west as
Church Ave. I remember the parade being staged south of Broadway, it
would go north on south 6th ave then I think it turned west on
Congress then turned right on Scott then right on Pennington,
something like that. If anyone knows for sure please post the route.

I liked the old route through downtown. I was bummed out when I heard
they had relocated it near the Rodeo Grounds. Not exactly the most
charming part of town.

I lived on s. 5th ave. & 15th st. for a few years. That was part of
the staging area so the streets were full of horses, wagons, etc. I'd
walk over to Armory Park to watch the parade.


--- In vanishingtucson@..., "diamondbacks07fan"
<diamondbacks07fan@...> wrote:

Thanks for the pics!

I miss having the parade downtown! Seemed to lose some "class" and
local importance when they relocated it down south! I got to be in it
back in elementary school... it was such a big deal back then. That
time I marched with my youth group and it was still downtown! Then I
got to be in it again around 1995 when I worked for Target stores
after it moved to the Rodeo grounds area.

My question is why does it seem that every year it rains or is really
cold?!?!?!

Another question is why do they schedule that the same days as the
Accenture match play? I mean, I guess it attracts a different crowd,
but we go for months without any big events, then February is packed!
Kind of like the super bowl and fedex golf tourney in Phoenix the same
weekend I guess! When it rains it pours!

Hi,

Thanks for the pics. I posted some I took of my Kalil Bottling Co.
Good Guy soda bottle in the album you started.




--- In vanishingtucson@..., "diamondbacks07fan"
<diamondbacks07fan@...> wrote:

Someone mentioned Pleasure Time Beverages on a recent thread...

I posted pics of an old bottle my roommate left at the house a few
years back - I decided to keep it for whatever reason - now I'm glad I
did!

Steve Q. wrote:

Nik's Flicks & Chicks
was at 4567 S. 6th Ave. I recently found out that one of my cousins
managed that place for a while. The Cine Plaza at 318 E. Congress used
to also show adult movies.

Bit of trivia, the land to the south of Nick's Flicks was owned by Dennis DeConcinni. Nick tried to buy it for parking but DeConcinni wouldn't sell it to him at any price. After Nick's closed, it eventually burned down and was razed. It's still just and empty lot.

The Cine Plaza was the first adult theater to show 35mm films. Deep Throat, Devil in Miss Jones, and Behind the Green Door showed there. It was the kind of theater where there were as many ladies as guys in the audience! ;-)

Also on Grant near Country Club was a theater called Wee Flicks that showed stuff similar to Nick's Flicks.

There was also a Pandora's Box on Campbell North of Grant as I recall.

George Cohn

Someone mentioned Pleasure Time Beverages on a recent thread...

I posted pics of an old bottle my roommate left at the house a few
years back - I decided to keep it for whatever reason - now I'm glad I
did!

Thanks for the pics!

I miss having the parade downtown! Seemed to lose some "class" and
local importance when they relocated it down south! I got to be in it
back in elementary school... it was such a big deal back then. That
time I marched with my youth group and it was still downtown! Then I
got to be in it again around 1995 when I worked for Target stores
after it moved to the Rodeo grounds area.

My question is why does it seem that every year it rains or is really
cold?!?!?!

Another question is why do they schedule that the same days as the
Accenture match play? I mean, I guess it attracts a different crowd,
but we go for months without any big events, then February is packed!
Kind of like the super bowl and fedex golf tourney in Phoenix the same
weekend I guess! When it rains it pours!

Thanks for all the great responses!!!

I had forgotten about some of these movies! Thanks for your input!!!

"C.C. and Company" filmed partially at Steam Pump Ranch on North
Oracle and starring Joe Namath and Ann Margret.

Wasn't "Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man" with Mickey Rourke
filmed here also ?






--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Steve Q." <joebuck95@...>
wrote:

"Lillies of the Field" was a movie I caught on tv several months

ago.

"Major League" shot scenes at Hi Corbett.

"Stir Crazy" was shot in Tucson. There is a scene at Congress &

Stone

with the old Downtowner restaurant in the shot and they also filmed

at

a strip bar that used to be on 29th & Craycroft.

"Revenge of The Nerds" also used the Tucson High campus as well as

the

U of A. I remember the burned out frat house they constructed next

to

the frat house they used in the film which I think is on Speedway.
This is the jock's frat house, not the nerd's house.

One of my favorite Old Tucson movies is "Rio Bravo". Two others I
remember seeing as first releases: "Posse" and "Hawmps". Perhaps
obvious, yet still legit. ;)

And of course "Arizona", the film Old Tucson was constructed for.


--- In vanishingtucson@..., "diamondbacks07fan"
<diamondbacks07fan@> wrote:

I haven't seen this topic yet...

Can't buy me love - filmed at Tucson High, U of A, Tucson Mall,

Old

Farm, The old Tuxedo Scoops of Tucson and East Speedway between

Tucson

and Country Club...
It's my fav of all time... filmed about 1986-87

Romy & Michele's High School Reunion, while set in Tucson was not
filmed here.

Who has more... that aren't as obvious like ones filmed at Old
Tucson???

Hi,

I just wanted to let veryone know that I started a new ablum for Rodeo
Parade pics located here:



Please add to it if you wish.

I've uploaded some photos of the parade heading east on Congress at
Church circa 1930s-'40s.

As I remember they showed the "soft core" at the Cineworld. I've
posted some ads for various theaters including one for the Cineworld
in the movie theaters album here:



Besides the Empress there was also the Sensuous Cinema at 3656 E.
Speedway, the Showcase also showed adult films. Nik's Flicks & Chicks
was at 4567 S. 6th Ave. I recently found out that one of my cousins
managed that place for a while. The Cine Plaza at 318 E. Congress used
to also show adult movies. I think the Loft did too and that's the
reason they changed their name to the New Loft.

There was a place on Congress west of the Cine Plaza and east of Stone
that used to show blue movies. It was tiny but had a regular screen,
theaters seats and a ticket booth.

There also used to be the Follies Burlesque that had movies between
the stripper shows. It was and old fashioned place, just like a
regular theater. The strippers would get up on stage in front of the
screen to do their shows. They used an old portable hi fi, the girls
would do 3 songs and would have to go over and change records or move
the needle to another song. This place was on Speedway & Main. Ugly
cinderblock building painted yellow with red lettering all over
it.southeast corner.

The MacArthur Hotel was notorious as a gay hangout. There was a gay
bar there and guys would rent rooms in the hotel. There was a peepshow
across the street from the MacArthur with big plate glass painted
opaque red. You would see the guys hanging out in the parking lot. In
the mid '70s my brother rented an old storefront in the MacArthur for
use as a studio. He would get propositioned all the time. I remember
being there in his studio and exploring in a back storage area where
they had a bunch of old soda machines. I still have some of the cork
backed bottle caps I collected from them. The MacArthur was pretty
rundown in those days, really gritty which I thought was cool even at
the age of 9.

"C.C. and Company"
This was a motorcycle gang movie with a lot of shots of 22nd Street
east of Columbus. Joe Naimath was the star (and you thought he was
just a football player!), and Ann-Margaret was the love interest.

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Rachelle Ward"
<rachelleward2@...> wrote:

<I remember that restaurant in Penney's.>

Oh how fun! Got a hair cut there once and then had lunch at the
cafeteria right across the way! My gosh, I can't remmeber how many
years ago. It was a lovely afternoon though! ~Rocky

Good waitstaff (well, it was long enough ago that they were still
waitresses!) and the kitchen knew how to make a REAL Monte Cristo
sandwich!

Hi,

In a previous post I said that the frat house was on Speedway, but I realize that you're right about it being on University. I haven't lived in Tucson for 21 years so my directions get a little mixed up, but I know it was on an east-west street.They built the set for the burned out frat house scene right next to it.

Jack Murphy wrote:

"Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man," with Mickey Rourke,?was filmed in Tucson.? I remember scenes by the 6th ave. Alamo Apts and the Ugly But Honest car dealers as well as at the Pima Air Museum.? And one that surprised me when I found out it was filmed at Old Tucson was Andy Warhol's western "Lonesome Cowboys," with Joe D'Allesandro.?

I know I knew others, but can't come up with any now.? And wasn't the Frat House in the Nerds on University, a few blocks west of the campus?

?

Jack

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