Harris Theatre

226 W. 42nd Street,
New York, NY 10036

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br91975
br91975 on January 13, 2005 at 7:18 pm

The former Harris Theatre is actually next door, to the right of the McDonald’s featured in the photo Bryan links to; its one-time (and entirely gutted interior) space is currently occupied by the New York branch of Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum.

42ndStreetMemories
42ndStreetMemories on December 30, 2004 at 5:41 am

Most of the old 42nd St movie theaters can currently be seen on a Travel Channel show focusing on Times Square. The clips of the Deuce are during the mid-70s and current timeframes. It was shown on December 26. So it should be still in its rotation.
Jerry 42nd Street Memories

br91975
br91975 on August 10, 2004 at 8:38 pm

The Harris Theatre’s days as a moviehouse ended in June of 1994, with the Keanu Reeves-Sandra Bullock action opus, “Speed”, as one of its final two offerings. The day after the Harris closed – and following several delays – the ultimately short-lived (June 1994-March 1996), 5-screen Movieplex 42, which was located a few doors down from the Harris, heading towards 8th Avenue, opened for business.

42ndStreetMemories
42ndStreetMemories on July 17, 2004 at 2:33 pm

The Harris of the 50s & 60s would show fairly current double features, usually one week after they debuted at the New Amsterdam, which was its next-door neighbor. Jerry the K

Ed Solero
Ed Solero on February 16, 2003 at 9:45 pm

Minor correction: The Harris remained an active movie house into the very early ‘90’s. It was the very last of the original 42nd street playhouses turned 24-hour movie grindhouses to be closed and reclaimed by the 42nd Street redevelopment project.