Comments on: Golden Gate Quartet: 1958 Performance at Saigon Alhambra Theater

By: Gene Taylor

Gene Taylor — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:13:56 +0000

I remember (1956) the World Series being shown, inning-by-inning, at the Alhambra. Was on 16 mm film. I was very bored as a 9 year-old but my father and brother got to see Don Larsen’s perfect game.
Very small American community at that time and the Air Force pilots were always asked to bring back a movie to watch–one that we hadn’t seen 3 or 4 times.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:46:17 +0000

Sarah, Speaking to your “lust” hehehe!!

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Yours, Frank

By: frank

frank — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:36:13 +0000

For some reason I missed this Blog. I guess you and I, Bob, think alike, especially when it comes to music. Frank

By: Giang Nguyen

Giang Nguyen — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:37:51 +0000

Alhambra Theater, later changed to Victory Le Ngoc, was located on Nguyen Cu Trinh St near corner of Tran Hung Dao Rd.
At 1:28 from the video, it says 1955. Would someone confirm this?

By: Admin

Admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:11:32 +0000

Sarah … what movie was playing? … LOL

Hmm? … Why does the song “Sitting In The Balcony Hugging and Kissing …. ” come to mind … LOL

Bob

By: Sarah Rogers

Sarah Rogers — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:02:20 +0000

Do I remember the Alhambra Theater…it is where I fell in love…in lust…with KJ Miller, shortly after I had tearfully left my Indiana boyfriend. Out of sight, out of mind as they say; especially at that age.

By: Kevin L. Wells

Kevin L. Wells — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:49:43 +0000

Bob,

I agree that it was not at the USO Club (which opened after I left anyway).

It may have been a cultural exchange program but I do not remember any South Vietnamese nationals in the hall. It was during the time of the thinly disguised “American tourist explosion”. You may remember the era of the impossibly fit young male tourists (who just happened to discover the Paris of the East as the up and coming vacation destination) just before Vice President Johnson made his visit.

Kevin

By: Admin

Admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:33:50 +0000

Kevin … it is possilbe. But, the USO Club didn’t open in Saigon until 1963. The first Bob Hope USO show in Vietnam was his 1964 first visit to Vietnam, with Jill St. John, Anita Bryant and Miss World.

Chubby Checker may have performed in Saigon as part of the Cultural Exchange Programs during the 50s and maybe into the early 60s. But, I’ve found no information on him performing in Saigon. He did not perform in Saigon by the time I departed in early 61 (to my knowledge anyway).

Anyone else recall if he performed in Saigon?

Bob

By: Kevin L. Wells

Kevin L. Wells — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:49:46 +0000

ACS Kids,

Speaking of blasts from the music past….

Do I remember correctly that Chubby Checker did a USO show in Saigon sometime in the period 1960-May 1962?

Kevin L. Wells