Started as a a dual screened theater, it ultimately expanded to 11 theaters. We lived in Charleston Heights and this was the theater closest to us. The Red Rock Theaters on West Charleston. It was old-fashioned and it was beyond great. They showed a cartoon, newsreel and then the film. You got a handout with a synopsis of the film and the cast listing. They only ran classic MGM films but I was already a big film buff by the time the hotel opened and they changed the bill every week. You ordered just by pressing a button on the cocktail table in front of you. This theater had plush love-sets and a cocktail waitress that brought your drink order to you. Other theaters I loved were the long-gone MGM Grand Theater in the original MGM Grand Hotel (now Bally's). In addition to the Disney films, my friend Alan and I saw 'Kelly's Heroes' and 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' there. Complete with soundproof 'cry room' for unruly babies, the theater was home to Disney films and Saturday afternoons the theater was filled with kids. The Huntridge Theater at East Charleston and Maryland Parkway was the closest theater we had to an old fashioned movie palace. My dad bundled us all up and took us to see 'Night of the Living Dead' after my mother brought home a Reader's Digest that had an article, 'The film you don't want your kids to see'. After the Stardust Drive-In closed, we used to drive out Boulder Highway to this great Drive-In. My parents were big Elvis fans and my dad was working at the Golden Gate when they were filming the movie and stepped outside of the casino to watch the filming of the race. The Stardust Drive-In located behind the hotel. We saw 'The Sound of Music', 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'The Hot Rock' and on New Year's Eve, 'The Poseidon Adventure'.

On East Charleston, just south of downtown, this theater had a sign that could be seen for miles. This was a large and elegant theater located in the first mall in Las Vegas. The Fox theater located in the Charleston Plaza Mall. I dragged my friends there to see many a film, including 'Fantasia', 'The Hindenburg' and 'The Three Musketeers'. Located on Viking Road just off Paradise, this was a terrific theater. The Cinerama Theater -there weren't very many of them but we had one. Here are some of my homes away from home: Drive-ins allowed my family to bundle us up on a Friday or Saturday night and see a movie from the comfort of our car. In the heat of the summer, they offered air conditioned splendor and big screen excitement. When I was a kid, movie theaters were my home away from home.

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