Lafayette Theatre
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
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Fantastic news about 3D’s debut for Alice In Wonderland tomorrow!
I have been looking forward to this since 3D was announced last fall!
I called up the local Rockland AM station WRCR and talked to the hosts of the morning show about the addition of 3D!
Real 3D in a REAL MOVIE PALACE!
In fact The Lafayette is the ONLY Movie Palace, operating since 1924 in THE ENTIRE Tri-State area, that now has 3D Technology!
It will be a AMAZING experience to see a motion picture in 3D on a silver screen, in such a historic venue!
You can always depend on Pete and the Lafayette to include a Hitchcock classic in their schedule. I think there’s been a Hitchcock in every edition of Big Screen Classics since they started.
The Lafayette’s new digital projection system premieres on Friday 3/5 with Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”, presented in Real-D 3-D. Hope some of you come out for the historic event this weekend!
That’s agreed, MBD.
Looks like a great season, something for everyone.
Here’s the final confirmed Big Screen Classics spring schedule for the Lafayette, all shows begin at 11:30am:
March 13 – DR. NO
March 20 – INHERIT THE WIND
March 27 – MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
April 3 – THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
April 10 – IT’S A GIFT
April 17 – GILDA
April 24 – THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
May 1 – THE LADY EVE
May 8 – THE RED SHOES (new restored print)
May 15 – SABRINA
May 22 – THE APARTMENT
May 29 – CHAPLIN FESTIVAL (4 SHORTS)
June 5 – PAL JOEY
June 12 – ANATOMY OF A MURDER
June 19 – THREE STOOGES/LOONEY TUNES
We’re very happy with this line-up, a nice wide range of films. Hope to see you there!
Coincidence…c'mon, Bill. :)
Just noticed something: you’re showing two of the all-time best remakes ever – both from 1956, from Paramount, in VistaVision, and both partly shot on the continent of Africa. A nice coincidence.
All the best of luck, PeterApruzzese!
Hi Bill. Unless something unusual crops up, it should start at the regular time of 11:30 am on Saturday, April 3. It’ll be a great show.
“The Ten Commandments” – wow! That will break all running time records for Big Screen Classics, right? Will that have a special early start time?
We’re still getting the final dates on the rest of the spring titles, but here are some of the confirmed films we are running this spring: DR. NO, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956 version), IT’S A GIFT, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956 version), THE LADY EVE, THE RED SHOES, SABRINA, THE APARTMENT. I’m expecting to get the final seven confirmations in the next week or so and will post the final lineup when it’s all ready. See you there!
Doesn’t seem that early to me, bolorkay. It’s almost February already.
Perhaps a bit early, but I’m certainly looking forward to the Spring season opener, “Dr. No” !
With the large crowd that showed up for “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” last season, perhaps a Bond film per year might be within the “realm of possibility”?
Hi, Bill Huelbig. You might well be right, depending whether or not West Side Story is playing closer to me at the time, although I’d love to also view “West Side Story” in a theatre such as the Lafayette Theatre.
MPol: I bet you’d make the trip for “West Side Story”! Unfortunately the Lafayette just showed it in April 2009 (and I missed it myself), but it may come back again someday.
Thanks, PeterApruzzese. During the week is kind of hard for me to make the six-hour drive down there, but, hey…maybe, possibly, during the warmer weather, if there’s a good Saturday morning classic, I might. Who knows??
MPol – Thank you; I hope you make it to a show some time. In addition to our Saturday morning Big Screen Classics shows, the Lafayette is open every day for first-run films.
Jodar – Just to update, the opera boxes are available for seating on Saturday nights (I don’t recall the price). We opened them up by popular demand – people had been asking for a couple of years to be able to sit up there.
Thanks for the exciting info, PeterApruzzese. I learn something every time I post here on this site.
Jodar -
The opera boxes are not normally open for seating at films. We do open them for special events such as the It’s a Wonderful Life showing. In my opinion, they are not great for movie watching because of their angle to the screen. Since we use a silver screen, the viewing angle is optimized for the seats on the floor and loge; the opera boxes are a bit out of the reflectivity range, so you get a dimmer picture in them.
Very nice pictures. I am wondering what it is like to watch a movie from one of the ‘opera boxes.’ Do they charge more for those seats? Are there additional amenities for those who sit on those seats? Individualized speakers maybe?
Thanks for posting links to my photos.
Pete, I still have to email these to you. Sorry, it’s been busy.
Here’s the link to the set so you can view them in order:
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Wow!! The Lafayette Theatre certainly is a fantastic-looking theatre, both inside and out. The auditorium, as well as the lobby and the outside, with the round marquee, especially full of people waiting to get into the movie, all made it look like a real old-fashioned, retro-type theatre, just perfect for showing some of those wonderful old classics. Would love to drive out there and take in a classic film there, particularly if it be that goilden oldie-but-goody keeper of a classic film, West Side Story!
Thanks for the photos! They’re great!
Thanks to everyone who came out to yesterday’s show of “It’s a Wonderful Life”, the closing film in the fall 2009 season. We packed in over 900 folks for the movie and pre-show holiday festivities and it was a great event. We’ll be back on March 13 for another full season of Big Screen Classics.
Sounds as it you guys had fun!!