The big screen beckoned, and AP Film Writer ldbahr felt the pull. But … the virus. Finally, when it was possible, she went back in. Today’s Virus Diary is her story.
In this June 9, 2020, photo, two employees, work the box office and concessions, in masks, for a showing of The Goonies at the historic Hollywood Theater in Pittsburgh, in its fifth day in operation since COVID-19 forced most indoor theaters across the nation to close mid-March.
Many were still shuttered, though, waiting for the go-ahead from corporate overlords or some reassurances that may never come. Maybe they were just waiting for new movies.Yet there was one venue with actual showtimes: A 95-year-old single screen theater in a small borough just a few miles outside downtown. Dormont’s Hollywood Theater, a local institution known for rowdy screenings of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” had a 5 p.m. showing of “The Goonies” and a 7:45 p.m.
Inside, every other row was taped off. I was most surprised to see two other people in there already. They had staked out seats near the back. I nodded, but it’s hard to give friendly social cues behind a mask.
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