Proctor's Theatre
82 4th Street,
Troy,
NY
12180
82 4th Street,
Troy,
NY
12180
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This seems to be the nearest movie venue to Troy, NY in 2018. Very sad! Click here
That’s funny, the Box Office ad says the “1,400 seat Proctor’s Theatre" yet the theatre seats over 2,000 people. The illustration is definitely the right theatre.
Rats. That’s what happens when I have too many tabs open at once.
Proctor’s Theatre cross section from Boxoffice.
Joe, the link you posted is to the Rittner blog.
The March 3, 1945, issue of Boxoffice had this ad for General Electric air conditioning which featured a cross-section of Proctor’s Theatre in Troy, where GE equipment had been installed in 1940.
Here is Don Rittner’s 2010 weblog post about Proctor’s Theatre in Troy. In addition to several photos of Troy’s theater, it has considerable information about Fred Proctor’s career, and photos of several other Proctor theaters.
Here are some recent photographs of the Proctor’s Troy Theatre
The website in the preceding message has some excellent photo galleries with interior photos both then and now
http://www.troyproctors.com/
They will be very happy to hear from you Gregg!
I didn’t know a group had formed to try and save this beautiful theater. How would I get in touch with them? I would like to help with this effort.
I enjoyed a wonderful evening in support of Proctor’s last Saturnday night. It was the first fundraising outreach for the group and the turnout was very encouraging. Legislators from the local, state and federal levels were there as well as many movers-and-shakers too. And many everyday Troy residents (are they Trojans??) who are thrilled to see this project finally moving forward. KUDOS to all who are working to see the wonderful auditorium protected and used again and I do hope to see many more of these events as the project moves forward.
Theatre Historical Society of America
Nice looking marquee from the photos.
RPI (the college that owns this building) just spent over 100 million dollars building a new sports venue but couldn’t possibly find the money to save this piece of history.
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Bad news for a VERY reusable theater!
There is a proposal to turn the theater into retail and office space. Troy is giving up on it’s history once again. They are going to use a government grant to destroy a building which is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings.
Went by this theater 2 weeks ago on a bike trip but I arrived at around 10pm. Still looked pretty nice. The rear was a narrow alley and there were 3 square murals of Charlie Chaplin, Elvis (I think) and Marilyn Monroe near the rear doors.
I just moved to troy and would be totally interested in getting involved.
Too bad, Projectionist 44. Maybe an enterprising group with vision will change this in the near future.
It would be wonderful to see this theatre fixed and reopened. It would probably do well if there is parking nearby.
Well, I can’t read while driving it seems.
The 2007 I saw was parts of the contractor’s license number, not the date on the permit.
It seems all the windows on the upper floors have been replaced as well as the floodlights on the underside of the marquee.(code compliance?)
It look like workers just up and left one day, one worker even left their sweatshirt inside.
I took about 80 pictures of the architectural rejuvenation of Troy today.
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This is the place we would go when the Hollywood Drive-In in Averill Park was closed for the winter. The last thing I saw here was Disney’s Love Bug. My grandmother and I enjoyed the movie so much that we sat through the dreadful Gnomemobile just so we could watch Love Bug again. In the 1990s you could rent the marquee; I believe it may have been on a weekly basis.
The photos taken by William Gill (posted by Lost Memory) are amazing in that I didn’t think the theater would look as good as it does after sitting for 30 years. If there are any other pictures taken by Mr. Gill, by all means post a link to them!
I’d love to see it brought back to life as a first-run movie house, but think that maybe it would work better if the Proctor’s Schenectady plan was followed. It would be nice to see road shows of Broadway plays within 5 minutes of home.
Something is going on at Proctor’s, on Wednesday I was driving around in Troy(lost).
Around the next corner I saw what appeared to be a once great marquee.
When I did get down I saw Proctor’s Theatre in a rather poor state, it saddened me to see another Vaudeville house/movie palace in disrepair.
But only for a moment, until I saw a little pink sign that said:
City of Troy
Work Permit
dated sometime in 2007.
I hope it’s for the better.
I’m here John. This site is great. Man I really loved those pictures. Remember when we ran away from home, and stayed in the “STAR” rooms back stage? Spooky times. I wonder if that rickety old red ladder, that I use to change the marquee with is still in the ally under WTRY? We had great times there John. I hope some more of the gang gets on. Looking for some more of the oldies at Proctors.
Has anything happened with this theater? Was the office project approved?
I hope this theatre can somehow be saved and restored.