30 Days of The Plaza, Day 8: Rumor Control

Author: Anya99
Published: May 24th, 2012
Category: Tis the Season To Be...
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30 Days of The Plaza, Day 8: Rumor Control

Let’s get our facts straight, shall we? There have been some crazy rumors flying around of late that we want to clarify. We appreciate the enthusiasm to support The Plaza Theatre but…really?

Rumor: The Plaza was started in 1939.

Answer: True! The first film screened was THE WOMEN starring Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer.

Rumor: The Plaza is haunted by the ghost of Howard Hughes who has been known to float through random movies and fart on the audience.

Answer: Unsubstantiated. There is a Plaza ghost but since it is beyond our ability to contact the beyond and speak with Mr. Hughes, we can’t say for certain whether or not it is his ghost. What we can say is that there has been no more than one actually confirmed sighting and that was from an extremely unreliable witness who was unwilling to come on the record.

Rumor: The Plaza was purchased in 2006 by Jonathan and Gayle Rej in an attempt to revive and save it.

Answer: True! And, in 2010, they created The Plaza Theater Foundation. It’s a not for profit dedicated towards preserving and enhancing the theater. Contributions are tax-deductible. Click here and give The Plaza little cash if you can.

Rumor: The multi-trillionaire Ernest P Blingermeyer is known to attend many Plaza functions and randomly give fistfuls of cash to people who attend.

Answer: Probably false. Look, if this guy was wandering around giving fistfuls of cash, don’t you think we would have hit him up to help The Plaza? Granted, if there was a mugging which involved taking money from some of the people he gave it to and using it to pay the power bill for February and March 2012, it would probably be ill-advised to admit this guy was real, but again, this is just pure lies and not true. No one has reported seeing this guy giving away money.

Rumor: The popcorn at the plaza is really good.