The Crest theatre brought back memories for one pair of Sacramentans Tuesday Night.

Dick and Joanne Cossairt, both 76, were among hundreds on hand to celebrate the Crest's 60th anniversary with the screening of "That Midnight Kiss."

"The new Crest marquee looks the same as when we were kids," Joanne Cossairt said. "They did an amazing job."

The evening began around 6 p.m. with many in line at the concessions table for the 60th-anniversary special: ten packs of Smarties candy which were popular in the 1940s, soda and popcorn for $3. Then at 7 p.m., Crest manager Sid Heberger took to the stage to make a presentation.

She thanked those who were there at the original screening and a young couple celebrating their second wedding anniversary. As they all stood up, they were congratulated with a round of applause.

After the film, people of all ages, wearing fedoras, three-piece suits and vintages dresses, mingled in the lobby while eating cake provided by the Village Cake Shoppe. Others stood outside to look at the bright new marquee.

"It's beautiful that the Crest is being preserved, and we should not forget about (old) times," said Bob Herron, a 42-year-old downtown resident. He comes to the Crest regularly, he said, and recalled attending punk concerts there in the 1980s.

"I'm glad the city put money into the marquee instead of knocking it down and building another Parygary's or sushi or froyo," said Patrick Skiffington, a New Era Park resident. The 33-year-old is a washboard and kazoo player for the jazz duo Freebadge Serenaders.

"The Crest is cool, having to pay (only) 60 cents (for a movie) is even cooler and I think it's really cool that they showed the original film," Skiffington added.

"It was a fun movie, but cheesy," said Liz Sivell, 23, from Oak Park. Sivell said she had been hanging around at the Crest for a while, and she regularly helps out with the Trash Film Orgy, so it was just a typical night out.

"Watching the movie for a second time, you hear different things," Dick Coassairt said.

"We laughed a lot more this time," his wife added. They both saw the film the first week it opened at the Crest, but they didn't go together, she said.

In fact, Joanne turned town Dick when he asked her out on a date nearly 60 years ago, in high school. They eventually went their separate ways and both were married to other people.

Dick became a widower first when his wife died, and then Joanne was widowed when her husband passed away in 1993. Both Grant High School alumni, class of '51, the pair were reunited at their 55th high school reunion in 2006.

They were married on May 30th of this year and live together in Citrus Heights.

Several weeks ago, the recently-wed couple read a story about the Crest marquee being relit. When they saw the theater would screen "That Midnight Kiss" for its 60th anniversary celebration, they realized they both saw the movie 60 years ago.

"(The film) brings back a lot of memories," Joanne said. "I used to listen to (Mario Lanza) and do my homework."

"We used to cruise K Street," Dick added. "We would go to Stan's Drive-In down the street."

"The Crest used to be the tallest building on K Street, but now it's the shortest," Joanne said. "We would never come downtown without hats, dresses and gloves. It felt like we were kids again."