Hi, JR, from Joe B. In the 1950s in Vicksburg, Ms., we paid 10 cents for kids admission to the Strand-- the second run theatre. It was 25 cents for adults. After 1953 and the tornado that made our "kiddie" theatre the first-run one, fares raised to 25 cents for kids and 50 cents for adults. This seems to be it for a decade.
In 1964 when I first lived in Manhattan and worked at a first run theatre (The Embassy on 57th street), admission was about $1.00 in the daytime, 25 cents more at night. They went up as the decade moved on. The next year I was back in Vicksburg. It was still 50 cents to get it, BUT...... when racial integration was pushed heavily, the tariff was raised to one dollar to see if blacks would stay "in the balcony" if they could do so for only 50 cents. They didn't. Joe > > From: JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/01/08 Sun AM 01:22:27 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] movie memory test > > Y'all, > > I need your assistance. I am trying to determine what the average price of an > adult movie theater ticket was in the past. My own memory is pretty spotty on > this I'm afraid, and I'm not finding a lot of solid data on the web. So, if > you could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. You can reply to this > message and just enter what you believe the price to be beneath each year > listed below. Rather than guess, if you don't know please don't guess... just > leave that year blank. I'm looking for prices that people are fairly certain > they remember to be what they were paying at the time: > > What do you recall as the usual price for an adult movie ticket to a > first-release film in the > > 1920s? > > 1930s? > > 1940s? > > 1950s? > > 1960s? > > 1970s? > > 1980s? > > 1990s? > > > Any information you can provide to help in this research will be mucho > appreciated! > > -- JR > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
