SOOO GLAD it is being restored!

I know this theater was a huge part of my mother's and father's childhood and youth and young adulthood in Quincy in the 1920's through 1940's. SOOO GLAD it is being restored! Excellent decision. It will be an entertainment draw for the entire region. -  Marilyn Irene Keller Rittmeyer

Always A Special Time

I got to see “Star Wars” and many others there! It was always a special time to be in that theater. - Bobbette Kelley

Saturday Matinee Double-Features

I remember that when I was nine or ten years old (1966 or 67),  the Washington Theater held a summer matinee double-feature horror fest and it featured such horror classics as BILLY THE KID VS DRACULA, BLOOD BATH, ZONTAR THE THING FROM VENUS, CURSE OF THE SWAMP CREATURE and other fine gems of the cinema.  It was like a quarter to get in and it didn’t matter that these movies weren’t very good (and some were even in black and white) – they had plenty of scares for a young kid and, armed with a big dill pickle from the concession stand and sitting in air-conditioning on a hot summer day was like being in heaven.  Of course, I wanted to see all the movies being shown that summer (what young boy didn’t) but I only remember seeing one double-feature – THE ROBOT VS THE AZTEC MUMMY and THE FROZEN DEAD.  I recently saw part of “Robot” on TV.  Golly, it was bad, but I still fondly remember all the matinee movies I got to enjoy at the Washington Theater as a young man. - Greg Walz, Granite City IL

Saturday morning cartoons

Saturday morning cartoons, sponsored by Pepsi, gave away certificates for ice cream sundaes @ Bernies. - Ron Kelley

Old Yeller

I saw Old Yeller there and cried and cried. Wonderful memories -- Jane Fletcher Davis

Favorite Childhood Place

One of my favorite childhood places! 35 cents on Saturday afternoon got us a double or triple feature and my parents a few hours of peace, likely. My oldest daughter's first movie was there...The Muppet Movie. - Peggy Morrison Litt

Largest crowd

I was a usher '61 - '63. I think the largest crowds ever was for the movie Gypsy with Natalie Wood. Sold out twice the same night and still turned people away. Recall people even standing in the wall aisles.  I forget what the admission price was but with that and concession receipts I twice had a walking police escort to the bank night deposit one block away. - Gerry Logsdon