{"id":24212,"date":"2010-12-28T15:52:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T23:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=24212"},"modified":"2010-12-26T23:12:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T07:12:27","slug":"hillsdale-cinema-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/24212","title":{"rendered":"Hillsdale Cinema, revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Across from Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, California was the Hillsdale Cinema. These are snapshots I took in 1997, before the building became something else.<\/p>\n

Saw Superman: The Movie<\/a><\/em> and The Wrath of Khan<\/a><\/em> there on opening days. And for awhile, it was dang easy to sneak in; buy one ticket, watch for ushers, then let friends in thru the side door. The Hillsdale was part of the General Cinema chain. <\/p>\n

Great article on GC’s history here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Below, 1964 concept drawings of General Cinema’s modernist theatres. Direct or not, there is a Herbert Matter<\/a> influence in the type picks. <\/p>\n

More GC images here<\/a> and here.<\/a><\/p>\n

And I can’t forget General’s famous snap-yer-fingers<\/em> bumpers.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Drawings found via Pleasant Valley Shopping<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\r\n\t

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