Paramount Theatre

1501 Broadway,
New York, NY 10036

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spencerst
spencerst on September 1, 2005 at 7:50 am

the silver chalice-1954
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Vito
Vito on September 1, 2005 at 7:01 am

Brian, that only helps if you have visited the theatre page in the past. I often find new theatres of interest to me or locations I had forgoten about thru Recent Comments. All I am saying is, it was a great tool by which one could naviate the site and hope it returns.
However, if it has the potential of disrupting the site we will of course make do.

Broan
Broan on September 1, 2005 at 5:16 am

Well, we still have e-mail notification!

Bill Huelbig
Bill Huelbig on September 1, 2005 at 4:55 am

William Castle’s “Homicidal” (1961) had the 45-second Fright Break, when those too frightened to see the end of the movie could sneak off to the Cowards' Corner in the lobby. I was 6 years old, and a definite coward, but since we saw it at a drive-in all I could do was hide my head in my mother’s lap. Then of course I instantly regretted not watching the scary scene, and had to be told “the head rolled down the stairs”.

Vito
Vito on September 1, 2005 at 4:52 am

Ross and Patrick, how nice to see how popular the site has become. I believe I speak for all of us when I say how much pleasure the site brings to us every day. It is not only entertaining and informative, but many of us have made friends, we have become a Cinema Treasures family if you will. I would agree with Warren about the loss of Recent Comments, it’s a tool I like to use to find posts in my favorite locations as well as discovering new ones, I look forward to having it back.

42ndStreetMemories
42ndStreetMemories on September 1, 2005 at 3:15 am

Warren, there’s an explanation on the home page that they cannot keep up with the volume of comments. A good problem I guess. jerry

As many of you have noticed, we have temporarily removed the ‘Recent Comments’ feature from our homepage.

Unfortunately, this action was necessary because the number of comments on Cinema Treasures is growing so greatly that our database is being overwhelmed. (We’re adding approximately 5000 comments a month.) As a result, the rest of the website was sluggish or even inaccessible.

This feature will return, of course. But not until we can safely insure that the rest of Cinema Treasures will not be negatively impacted.

As always, thanks for your patience and support.

Ross Melnick and Patrick Crowley
Co-Founders, Cinema Treasures

Vito
Vito on September 1, 2005 at 2:51 am

I did not even mention all the crazy stunts the theatres pulled, Thanks 42nd for reminding me, it was a big part of the fun when you worked the theatres in those days. Halloween was a hoot, we would have all night and midnight horror movies with stage shows featuring Frankenstien and Dracula, folks would come dressed as their favorite monster. Forgive us for posting in what should be Paramount threads, but this could be fun, anyone else have any stories?

42ndStreetMemories
42ndStreetMemories on September 1, 2005 at 1:54 am

Vito,
In 1958, my RKO 23rd St’s long entrance had a sealed box containing a roaring RODAN with the threat that he would be unleashed the following week. Couldn’t wait.

The following Wednesday, the box was driven around the neighborhood on a flat bed truck and we kids followed it to the RKO. Talk about the Pied Piper!

Another Castle gimmick was signing a waiver in case you died of a heart attack during the screening of MACABRE. jerry

Vito
Vito on September 1, 2005 at 1:43 am

The 1950s were a great time for movie theatres, we never knew what new inovation was coming next. Starting in 1952 with Cinerama,
3-D, and wide screen, thru the early 50s with CinemaScope, VistaVision, stereo sound and of course Todd-Ao and 70mm. Then there were all the fun gimmicks like Mile Todd’s Smell-O-Vision, Or William Castle wiring up theatre seats to jolt audiences, and Emergo, sending a plastic skeleton flying across the theatre. A couple of horror films had fake nurses and ambulances outside the theatres because “your heart may not be able to take the horror”.
Darn, we had fun! Anyone remember any more?

spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 7:02 pm

the hight and the mighty 1953
no stage show
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 6:51 pm

this a ad in 1953 with no stage show
the eddie cantor story
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 6:37 pm

i think this was one of the last
movie and stage show to play the
paramount in 1953 becouse
all of the ads in 1954 wherw movies only
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 6:11 pm

movie souyh sea woman-1953
show-vic damone
joey bishop
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 5:57 pm

i saw this one when it played at the
paramount it was my frist time square movie
my mouther took me she loved frank fontain
but all i remember was the beast from 20.000 fathoms
iwas 11 years old
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 5:30 pm

this time martin and lewis
came befor the movie
movie plunder of the sun-1952
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 5:14 pm

movie-jumping jacks-1952
show-don cornell
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 5:04 pm

movie big jim mclain 1952
show mills bros
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 4:52 pm

movie double dynamite-1951
show-tony bennett
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 4:48 pm

movie double dynamite-1951
show tony bennett
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 4:35 pm

oaramount-peggy lee
capitol-ralph flangan
strand-tommy dorsey
poxy-robert merrill
radio city music hall-big stage show
and all had a good movie
all for 55cent WOW
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craigpark
craigpark on August 31, 2005 at 4:15 pm

1943 was my first trip to NYC. I was staying with my sister in an apartment on 43rd St. (Hard to believe now). She dragged me around the corner to the Paramount but I had no idea who was on the bill. When Benny Goodman & his orchestra started raising out of the pit, the place was alive. They were dancing in the aisles. Just spectacular.

spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 11:32 am

how about nat king cole jimmy dorsey or
movie lets dance buttey hutton fred astaire 1950
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spencerst
spencerst on August 31, 2005 at 11:18 am

here are some ads for the stage and screen show
at the paramount
mr music bing crosby 1950
stage show
loius prima keely smith jan murry
do you go see the movie or the show?
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Vito
Vito on August 31, 2005 at 6:26 am

The article suggests the folks were there only for Benny, the 83 minute running time of the movie was just to long to endure. Benny was not always around during the movie, sometimes between shows he would dash over to Carnegie Hall for a quickie appearance before a more sedate and polite audience. This according to the article.

VincentParisi
VincentParisi on August 31, 2005 at 6:07 am

Is Zaza that bad or were people so Goodman crazy that they could have shown a blue movie with Hedy Lamarr, Paulette Godard and Tyrone Power and they still would have been yelling for Benny?