Local Folk
Chris Hughes
From a private collection
Flamboyant cinema manager, 1970s
By Gem Max
My father, Chris Hughes, was the flamboyant manager of the Curzon Cinema in the 1970's when it was called The Classic.
He ran Late Shows on a Friday, all nighters on Saturdays and also did Indian and Greek shows late nights on a Sunday. He broke the European box office record with 'The Silent Witness'. He did a 200 mile motorbike ride with bikers, and a beauty queen for charity, which promoted an all night bikers season.
Does anybody else remember the stunts he pulled to try to keep the cinema alive?
This page was added on 05/12/2006.