True Miami right there! Wometco just about owned every entertainment entity in this town back in the day, from the theaters to the seaquarium to WTVJ, I'm sure they owned other stuff too
Wometco? Isn't that the company owned by Arthur Hertz , who also owns Miami Seaquarium? Where Lolita the Orca swims in a tiny little tank with no other Orca for company. ? Lolita who people want to see released to a sea pen where she could be looked after but swim in a straight line? But Mr Hertz will not release her. I suppose she makes lots of money for Wometco enterprises. But money isn't everything , . Give Lolita some dignity Mr Hertz let her go
Yes it was the same company that gave NYC the WHT sets. Does somebody have the spanish Wometco Policy Trailer used in their theatres in Puerto Rico? The first movie I remember watching was Gremlins and it was in the now demolished Mayaguez Mall Wometco theatres.
MEMORIES!!!! First movie I saw in a Wometco was Lethal Weapon at the Wometco Miracle Theater (now Actor's Playhouse) in Coral Gables FL. I think this was played back in 1987(can't be sure). I remember for sure seeing this in later years before the chain went defunct.
Please take crying babies to the lobby?! Nowadays there are celphones to compete with. :P
CelesteK 10 months ago
True Miami right there! Wometco just about owned every entertainment entity in this town back in the day, from the theaters to the seaquarium to WTVJ, I'm sure they owned other stuff too
professorintellect 1 year ago
The baby might be screaming, rather than crying.
yoshidude987 1 year ago
Do they mean Crystal Light as in that drink that requires water and pre-packaged powder if you were making it at home?
lastgarlicfinger 1 year ago
@lastgarlicfinger It was also made available in fountain form at some places I remember.
RetroToledo 1 week ago
Wometco? Isn't that the company owned by Arthur Hertz , who also owns Miami Seaquarium? Where Lolita the Orca swims in a tiny little tank with no other Orca for company. ? Lolita who people want to see released to a sea pen where she could be looked after but swim in a straight line? But Mr Hertz will not release her. I suppose she makes lots of money for Wometco enterprises. But money isn't everything , . Give Lolita some dignity Mr Hertz let her go
vampirella30 1 year ago
Yes it was the same company that gave NYC the WHT sets. Does somebody have the spanish Wometco Policy Trailer used in their theatres in Puerto Rico? The first movie I remember watching was Gremlins and it was in the now demolished Mayaguez Mall Wometco theatres.
insaniak80 2 years ago 6
@insaniak80 Los gemelos del mall. I saw so many movies there as a kid. I wish I could remember the trailers. :(
kimmykun 1 year ago
Were they linked to Wometco Home Theatre, which was known as WHT in NYC???
MrMojoRisinII 2 years ago
ahaahah neat as always, but what an unfortunate name for a discount theature.....I'm willing to bet a lot of people scratched the W to a V
tedboomerang 2 years ago
what year was it when wometco went out of business?
megaben99 2 years ago
Unmistakable 80's! When is the next showing of "Wargames"?
riotgearhead 2 years ago
MEMORIES!!!! First movie I saw in a Wometco was Lethal Weapon at the Wometco Miracle Theater (now Actor's Playhouse) in Coral Gables FL. I think this was played back in 1987(can't be sure). I remember for sure seeing this in later years before the chain went defunct.
Thanks for posting :)
drumboyy1980 2 years ago 2
Fantastic! Manm that really takes me back.
kukufu 3 years ago 2
I think I met those two once in real life.
enigma413 3 years ago 3
At the 1 minute mark: Look, the 2 most annoying movie goers Sid and Velma Verbal are in there.
sonicandCodeLyokofan 4 years ago 4