Many years ago when Star Wars was showing I took my children to the local ABC cinema. At the time I was a sales manager with a popcorn company. When the cinema manager saw us waiting in the long queue he waived us into the empty cinema offering a free choice of seats and T-shirts for my kids.
Afterwards, I took them to an ice cream parlour where I also did business. When I got to the till the manager signaled to the cashier not to charge us - my children spotted this.
At their tender age, my kids thought their dad ( a mere pop corn salesman ) was the most impressive man in the world.
Pity kids grow up, isn`t it. !
Sorry, not really about old cinemas, but I love any excuse to tell the story.
Ray