Back in the eighties a friend of mine was involved with putting a concert on here. She took alot of pictures and at that time it was pretty much the way Loews left it. I would love to hear an update on its present condition.
That would have been a disastor cutting up the Kings, I remember him saying he was also going to open a theatre in Jamaica which never haoppened until Redstone came in 2 years ago.
The Biograph ended its life as The Angelika West playing one of the films day and date with The Angelika in the village. Hd it done better they had plans to multi-plex it.
In the Early 80’s the 25th anniversary re-release of “Giant” played here with a new print. Like you said there is nothing like seeing a movie in a huge auditorium with a full house. I wish places like the Beacon and Radio City Music Hall would show films on nights the theatre is dark from live shows.
I was suprised that the 7-plex did not work out here. It is a very busy area and no other theatres are close to it. Was it a shoddy plexing that did it in?
This was originally RKO 23 ST, did Walter Reade also have it at one time? They might have been the ones to triplex it. I know Cineplex remodeled it and made it a twin shortly before the merger with Loews. They gave this theatre up to Clearview shortly after.
Did the Lynbrrok ever have d-150 projection? According to one of the wide screen web sites they had the equiptment, but I have never heard this. Also someone told me the Brentwood in Suffolk county was also a d-150 theatre? I only knew about The Rivoli, UA Lefrak 150 and The late great Cinema 150 in Syosset.
Some of the Manhattan theatres in more fringe areas like The Metro and Olympia when they were Cineplex theatres did have bargain matinees. I susupect you are right about the unwritten laws about cutting prices. It would take a chain like Clearview to make a statement by doing so.
I remember that engagement they ran Gone With The Wind and Dr. Zhivago that year also, it was an MGM revivial year. Does anyone remember the hoopla the time the Regency got a new IB technicolor print of “The Gangs All Here”? Carmen Miranda & Alice Faye in Technicolor so rich it dripped off the screen :)
I saw The Egyptian during its sad UA days, and shortly after American Cinemategue opened it. I agree that most of the things that made the theatre special are gone. I dont know what they were thinking, but am glad the theatre did not wind up a Rite-Aid.
Had the 150 been treated like The Dome, it could have survivied. So many people had no idea what the theatre was and would gasp when they walked in. I introduced it to friends who lived in the city and they used to take the LIRR out there after that. There was no Manhattan theatre that was finer, including The Ziegfeld.
New York never seems to benefit from anything like an American Cinemateque. I want to see “This is Cinerama” so bad, I will try to coordinate a trip to The Dome when they show it again.
Back in the eighties a friend of mine was involved with putting a concert on here. She took alot of pictures and at that time it was pretty much the way Loews left it. I would love to hear an update on its present condition.
It says in the above post that the lobby is now a restaurant, is the theatre still intact?
What caused a 13-plex to go out of business??
That would have been a disastor cutting up the Kings, I remember him saying he was also going to open a theatre in Jamaica which never haoppened until Redstone came in 2 years ago.
I think the Gates is still available and in alot better condition.
This is not near the trestle, you may be thinking of the Glenwood also on Myrtle Avenue.
I think the whole theatre is still there behind all of the retail
Late in it’s life wasent this a Centurys house? I think I rmemeber seeing a horror triple bill there once?
The Biograph ended its life as The Angelika West playing one of the films day and date with The Angelika in the village. Hd it done better they had plans to multi-plex it.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown played over a year here, most of the run on both screens.
Is this place really intact inside?
In the Early 80’s the 25th anniversary re-release of “Giant” played here with a new print. Like you said there is nothing like seeing a movie in a huge auditorium with a full house. I wish places like the Beacon and Radio City Music Hall would show films on nights the theatre is dark from live shows.
I was suprised that the 7-plex did not work out here. It is a very busy area and no other theatres are close to it. Was it a shoddy plexing that did it in?
This was originally RKO 23 ST, did Walter Reade also have it at one time? They might have been the ones to triplex it. I know Cineplex remodeled it and made it a twin shortly before the merger with Loews. They gave this theatre up to Clearview shortly after.
What circut(s) had this house?
The ART became Movieland 8 ST. operated by Moss and then by UA, it is now part of the college complex there and may still be used as a theatre.
These people cant be for real?
Did the Lynbrrok ever have d-150 projection? According to one of the wide screen web sites they had the equiptment, but I have never heard this. Also someone told me the Brentwood in Suffolk county was also a d-150 theatre? I only knew about The Rivoli, UA Lefrak 150 and The late great Cinema 150 in Syosset.
The theatre has been closed since the late 60’s? They never did anything with it?
Some of the Manhattan theatres in more fringe areas like The Metro and Olympia when they were Cineplex theatres did have bargain matinees. I susupect you are right about the unwritten laws about cutting prices. It would take a chain like Clearview to make a statement by doing so.
It would be nice to see this place used for something besides a warehouse.
I remember that engagement they ran Gone With The Wind and Dr. Zhivago that year also, it was an MGM revivial year. Does anyone remember the hoopla the time the Regency got a new IB technicolor print of “The Gangs All Here”? Carmen Miranda & Alice Faye in Technicolor so rich it dripped off the screen :)
I saw The Egyptian during its sad UA days, and shortly after American Cinemategue opened it. I agree that most of the things that made the theatre special are gone. I dont know what they were thinking, but am glad the theatre did not wind up a Rite-Aid.
Had the 150 been treated like The Dome, it could have survivied. So many people had no idea what the theatre was and would gasp when they walked in. I introduced it to friends who lived in the city and they used to take the LIRR out there after that. There was no Manhattan theatre that was finer, including The Ziegfeld.
New York never seems to benefit from anything like an American Cinemateque. I want to see “This is Cinerama” so bad, I will try to coordinate a trip to The Dome when they show it again.