Lafayette Theatre
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
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Great print of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service this past Saturday! The special guest who gave a history and interesting facts about the movie was very nice!
Pete an excellent job with the change overs as ALWAYS!!
Great piece of showmanship at “San Francisco” screening by turning up the subwoofer during the earthquake scene…nicely done Pete!!
I never saw the original “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, but I did see the remake of it, and, when we were waiting to get into the screening we’d come for, we noticed that a number of people coming out of the previous screening of “Invaders of the Body Snatchers” remake seemed scared out of their minds. I wasn’t crazy about the “Body Snatchers” remake myself. I’m sure the original was better. That’s almost always the case.
As remakes go, that was an extremely good one – one of the best ever, actually. But nothing beats the original.
Although I never saw the movie “House on Haunted Hill”, I have seen “Rebel Without a Cause”, “Sunset Boulevard” and a re-make of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (not the original).
I love the photobucket photograph you posted, btw. Thanks.
It is exciting. It’s also strange because the locations never look exactly like they did in the movie. Take the “House on Haunted Hill”, for example. It looks not at all threatening in the daytime -it’s actually quite beautiful:
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How exciting it must be to visit various locations where famous movies were made!
Before the show Nelson spoke about visiting many of the “Vertigo” locations when he was in San Francisco. He said some people may think it was a crazy thing to do, but I know exactly how he feels. When a movie is that good …
Besides, I’ve done it myself. Last year, on a trip to LA, I visited locations for the ‘50s classics “Sunset Boulevard”, “Rebel Without a Cause”, “House on Haunted Hill” and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. I hope to visit the “Vertigo” locations one day.
Boy, it’s amazing the liberties that were taken with that “restoration!”
Pete: I had a strong feeling that was your decision! After all, that was the way Hitchcock intended it to end. I can still remember the first time I saw “Vertigo” on network TV (NBC?) in the ‘60’s. I must’ve been about 12 or 13. That unbelievable final shot, followed immediately by the Paramount logo, and that’s the end. I think I said to myself in amazement, “What did I just see?!”
Glad you enjoyed the show, Bill. Sorry I didn’t get to see you, I was dealing with a mechanical problem upstairs prior to the show. Regarding the opening logo, the print came in without it, it started on the fade-up to the Paramount mountain. The restoration credits at the end, I made a decision to not show them. No disrespect intended to Robert Harris' restoration effort, but Vertigo ends with Herrmann’s crashing, resolved music chord over the Paramount logo. There is not supposed to be any end title music (especially a simple reprise of the main title) nor end credits. We’re still hoping to show Thief someday – the current rights holder is trying to get new prints made.
Yea, I remember that. Then the license terms on Thief of Baghdad changed and they couldn’t get it back again for a reschedule. What are the chances of that?
Jeff: I said to myself, if it wasn’t raining, I’m going. For some reason, something goes wrong with the trains every time I try to go to Suffern on a rainy day. On one such day a few years ago I made it on time for “The Thief of Bagdad”, only to come right back home because the basement of the theater was flooded and the show was cancelled!
Thank for the report Bill. I’m glad you made it. Thanks to a cold, I’ve missed two great films now.
It was a privilege to attend the Lafayette’s showing of “Vertigo” yesterday morning, a show that had been planned for many years, according to Nelson. I don’t know if it was planned by Pete, or it was the condition the print arrived in, but the 1996 restoration’s opening Universal logo and end-of-film restoration credits were not seen. The film began and ended with the Paramount logo, meaning that we saw “Vertigo” the way its original audience did back in 1958. I like to think it was Pete’s idea – he’s such a great showman!
There was a GREAT turnout for Night Of The Hunter this past Saturday! 300+ came out to enjoy this classic film!
This weekend will be cold and rainy PERFECT for a movie!
Vertigo will light up the silver screen this Saturday morning!
So come and enjoy a few hours of movie magic!
PR Alert: ‘Big Screen Classics’ schedule mentioned today on The Journal News' web site:
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Can anyone confirm if this article made it to the print edition?
BTW thanks Nelson, Pete and the town for the free ‘The Majestic’ screening last week; it was a lot of fun.
Proof positive that Nelson, Pete, & the whole crew will keep the Lafayette a viable entity for years to come. There was more life in the place during Saturday’s Angels With Dirty Faces show than at any time during last spring’s “classic festival”. Welcome back! You were sorely missed! Your previous concerns were, happily, unfounded!
It felt great to be back at the Lafayette this past Saturday when we ran Angels with Dirty Faces. We had over 300 people come out for the show, so I guess we were missed :)
Hope everyone comes out again this coming Saturday for “Night of the Hunter”. See you there!
Boy, oh boy!! Sounds like an exciting potential happening there! Can’t make it to the Lafayette Theatre, for obvious reasons, but here’s wishing you luck in making your dream come true, movie534.
Hi Peter Apruzzese. Its nice to see you and Nelson back here at this great place. I wish you both well. As for my dream place, the Ritz in Elizabeth N.J., its now for sale for $3.8 million, and I just hope its taken over by a group of people where I can some day show classic 35MM films there as well.
Correct, Peter. It was originally going to be only for Town of Ramapo residents, but they have let us open it up for any and all to come by (to seating capacity, of course). See you there!
Tonight is the FREE screening of the film The Majestic! IT WILL be a fun night! The film begins at 7:30pm!
Sounds like lots of fun! Good luck with the project!!
Jack Robinson, a THSA member, has made this link available:
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Good news about this beautiful venue!
Many thanks to the well known expert on theatre history whom brought it to my attention.