Acme Theatre
67-14 Myrtle Avenue,
Glendale,
NY
11385
67-14 Myrtle Avenue,
Glendale,
NY
11385
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Warren, it would be great, as its very hard to keep up with what is going on without that. I have often wished for that feature. Perhaps it should be suggested in a section we know the webmasters will see, like perhaps the “update your email” news item, or perhaps a personal email.
This is one of the reason I was upset when I stopped recieving the “someone just responded” emails, as I was totally cut off from the site by that point, and would have no clue if anyone posted a message in a theater I iwas interested in, unless I randomly checked every theater I am interested in, but that would be insane. Now I am stuck with the task of putting a message (slowly day by day) in theaters I am interested in, as otherwise there’s no way to know if someone commented. Luckily, I am slowly getting back on the email lists for anything I recently commented in, but anything I commented in before May 25th, and haven’t commented in since is cut off for me.
So a feature like warren suggests would be great. Or even a “Notify me when someone comments in this theater” feature, that could be clicked whether the person wanting the emails could check, regardless of if they already commented in the theater.
Tonino, the photo does it justice. It doesn’t look all that great in the photo, and looks even worse in person.
Bway, I’m surprised thee is so much deterioration in a year and that it is vacant. See <<http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nutrichris/detail?.dir=b6f9&.dnm=938d.jpg>>.
Metz, I agree the Acme should be listed as in Glendale.
This building is still vacant from what I can see passing not too long ago. It appears to be deteriorating fast.
the ACME theatre should be listed in GLENDALE..Queens
How does the Atlas Terminal relate to the movies?
BTW, I should have mentioned in my previous post that you can see a picture of the Belvedere if you go to the Glendale link and scroll down ½ way:
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“This building, topped off with the word "Belvedere,” was a movie theater from the 1920’s to the 1950’s. If they had known that The Jazz Singer was coming out in 1927, they may not have installed that organ in 1926. At least the organ can be be put to work again – the building is now a church."
Recent photo of Alpha as it was known in the 20s, or Acme later.
<<http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nutrichris/detail?.dir=b6f9&.dnm=938d.jpg>>
Space for lease in the former Acme at http://listing.loopnet.com/13992532
RobertR – I was in the Acme many times as a young child. On Saturday mornings by brother and I along with my girlfriend would go there for the children’s shows. Upon leaving the theatre the matron would hand each child a gift as we walked out into the lobby. I remember receiving a toy sewing machine once, but as far as what the building looked like inside, I was to young and it’s been too many years.
lostmemory — thanks, I appreciate your comment. I notice that at the top of this page, it says that The Acme Theatre was “also known as Alpha Theatre.” Can that be possible—or, as you speculate, were there two theatres within this close proximity of Myrtle Avenue at Alpha Place (aka 67th Place)in Glendale?
On a recent trip upstate to Cherry Valley, NY, I spotted a fragile poster on the wall of a thrift shop advertising the Alpha Theatre, Myrtle Avenue and Alpha Place, showing (among others) The White Hell of Pitz Palu. Is it possible ‘Alpha Place’ was the former name for 67th Place (the Acme’s location was Myrtle Ave and 67th Place)?
Here’s a weekly program from the Stanley Theater in Brooklyn, from 1955, dated exactly fifty years ago today, 24 April, 2005. This is exactly the kind of program that Warren described yesterday.
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“The Racers,†“The Country Girl,†and “Jupiter’s Darling†with their co-features were arriving at the Stanley at the very end of their initial release, as the first booking had already traveled through the RKO circuit and the other two through the Loew’s circuit. The remaining features were all revivals or “return engagements†of films ranging from one to ten or more years old. In the age before VCR or DVD, the Stanley and theaters like it were great places to catch up on classics.
I’m tickled that I put my hands on this program exactly fifty years after picking it up in the theater. But, then, yet stranger co-incidences have happened.
lostmemory;
Nice ad for the Acme.But may I make a suggestion (not a criticism). Why isolate the Acme ads from the actual website. There might be other images on the site of interest to those who post on Cinema Treasures. The ads for the Acme are in this issue of “Theatre Scrapbook”. Not the best issue of this ezine. However there are ads for the Glenwood and Greenpoint theatres plus some great photographs.Also I think it might be a good idea to give credit to the person who created the site by linking directly to it. The short url for Theatre Scrapbook is:
http://www.theatre-scrapbook.com/
I’m sorry Erwin, that is correct. The Mozart was indeed the Irving, not the Wagner. (The Irving-Mozart is the 99 cents store now). The Wagner Theater was demolished a few years ago, and a “Woman’s Health clinic” built on it’s site.
For some reason, I always get those two theaters mixed up, as the Mozart (Irving) also played German films, especially in the years leading up to WWII. It was even speculated that the Mozart’s films were “Nazi propoganda” films.
I have seen Myrtle Theatre lists that have included the Parthenon Theatre as well as the Grandview Theatre. These listings were mostly promotional in nature used for advertising the theatres. Seems rather odd that the RKO Madison Theatre would show a new address while the Ridgewood Theatre shows an old address considering their close proximity to each other.
Bway…Slight correction to your last posting. The Mozart Theater was previously known as the Irving Theater. The Wagner, which was the prime showcase in the Ridgewood area for the showing of German language films for many years, was located at 110 Wyckoff Avenue.
Yeah the Parthenon “feels” like Myrtle, but it’s really Wyckoff Ave.
It’s funny how for some of the theaters on Warren’s list they use the “old” Queens numbering system, and for others they use the “new” QUeens numbering system. While the Jefferson (now demolished), the Mozart (also known as the Wagner theater, and now a 99 cents store), the Peerless, the Rivoli (also known as the Myrtle Theater), and the Subway never lost their old numbers because they are in Brooklyn, others should be listed in the new system.
While the Acme, the Belvedere, and the Madison are correctly in the new Queens numbering system because they are all in Queens. However, the Belvedere (not even close to Brooklyn), the Glenwood (also not near Brooklyn), and the Ridgewood (further into QUeens than the Madison, which is only about a 100 feet in Queens near the Brooklyn border) are listed in the old numbering system.
Warren
The Parthenon should be on that list of Myrtle Ave even though it may tecnically be on Wycoff Ave it was at the convergence of the two and only a block from the Madison.
David Robertson
See here:
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Thank you .Where was the Wagner?
David Robertson
One of my grandmothers who lived in Glendale was a regular at the Wagner to see German films. This was the first time that I ever heard the Acme doing the same thing. It is amazing how German this area along with ridgewood was.
I remember the Acme showing german films no subtitles once aweek until WW11 started.It was across from MULLIGANS BAR near Bohacks and about 2 blocks from St Pancreas about6 blocks from the Bevedere and about 10 or 11 to the Glenwood.
David Robertson
The Acme theatre opened as the Alpha theatre as posted by Warren. I show the name change occured in 1935 with a closing date in the mid fifties.
Was anyone ever in here when it was a movie house? I would like to know what the place was like?
The Acme building is in neglected shape. After the Victoria House Caterers left, the building has not been all that well maintained, at least on the exterior.
The building is currently for lease. Hopefully once a new tenant is found, it will be cleaned up.
Here’s a photo of the Acme taken today. Sorry, that it’s not the best angle or photos, but the traffic around the site was horrible. There was no place to park, and trucks double-parked everywhere, and cars everywhere. After being disgusted from circling by the theater four times, I finally decided to just snap the photo out the window of my car, and be done with it.
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Click here for Photo 2