"It's very sad to see it go, it's just been such a great part of the community," said Linda O'Brien, holding some selected movies. "This is the best place to find movies you can't find anywhere else," said mom Mariah Curley, picking titles for her two-year old son Hunter. "Most things you find streaming, are newer, rather than things that are from 20 years ago."įrom an inventory of about 50,000 discs, the store has sold about half its stock, and the merchandise is still carefully sorted and categorized. Titles are selling as low as 20 for $20 or 10 for $20.
Now families are emerging from Silver Screen with bags of bargain videos "It's really hard to say goodbye to this, because this is like home, our second home, " said store manager Rigoberto Jaime, who started working behind the counter as a teenager 19 years ago. "A lot of people are coming in to say goodbye and we all remember going to the video store, even when it was VHS back in the day, it was fun, it was family time." He says they've been knowledgeable and responsive to customers, providing the personal touch that kept people coming back. He credits his staff, a core group of three employees who have a collective 45 years working at Silver Screen. "There are so many different options out there right now, I'm actually surprised we were able to last here as long as we have ," said LaFranchi. Now it is plastered with closing signs, including a message on the door thanking shoppers but explaining "the world has changed."
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