Code,911059 Subject,George Fitzpatrick Date,6/18/11 Interviewer,Mike Rotman Abstract,"George Fitzpatrick recalls his unique experiences working in Cleveland area theatres, and within Coventry. " Tags, Special Notes, Minutes: ,21 minutes 0,Born on W 117th Street. Came to the eastside in 1961. Got a job at a movie theatre and later on became the boss. 1,"Would through huge parties after the movies, 400-700 people attending. Police raided around 3 or 4 in the morning. " 2,"Signed a blank police statement to get out of trouble. Describes Stanton Adams, a hanging judge. Didn't get in trouble, but had to get a job outside of east Cleveland. " 3,"Owned ""A Little Shop"" bookstore. " 4,Moved to a Dayton to work in a theatre chain. 5,Becomes the boss of this chain. Ran the theatre from 1970-1988. 6,"Describes when the cashier hits the panic button and he has ""grass"" all over his desk at the Heights Theatre. " 7, 8,"Harvey Pikar begins a comic book called ""American Spender"" and Fitzpatrick bought 1500-2000 copies he would hand out at midnight showings. " 9,"Managed Mitchell Candies, now on Lee Road. " 10,"Describes George Worthington-Hoyt, whose family was one of the main suppliers for the Civil War. " 11,Bought Worthington's water bed and had it in his office. 12, 13,"Describes raid of the Heights Theatre, not under his management, when ""The Lovers"" was aired. " 14, 15, 16,"Recalls airing the 3D skin flick of ""The Stewardesses."" A priest had a heart attack in the theatre and died. " 17,"Man who owned Carol Drug would photograph nude photos of the actress from Youngstown that was in ""The Stewardesses.""" 18,Describes other unique people in the area. 19, 20, 21,End. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,