Al A. to the rescue yet again. I could swear when I
first looked up “all theaters” for New York,New York
it wasn’t listed. well I guess I’m only human.
I hope one of you can help me with a mystery
of sorts. I started browsing thru issues of
Moving Picture World and Motion Picture News
on archive.org a few years back and still haven’t
looked at all the many issues they have
online. this is where my question comes in.
today I was looking thru the Oct. 7, 1916 issue
of Motion Picture News which had a write up on
a newly opened movie theater the Regun at 60 W. 116 st.
no theater by that name is listed on this site.
did i just discover a unlisted picture house
or is it better known by another name?
whoever books films for the Paris knows their
stuff. the last few years whatever Oscar bait film
opened in Nov. usually stays till the beginning'
of April.
when I found this wonderful site I really got a big
kick out of looking at the ads for a big film’s
exclusive first run engagement at one of the grand
old theaters that once dotted the Times Square
area. to which the ad for Planet of the Apes which opened here Feb. 1968. nowadays theater managers
schedule what I consider an excessively large amount
of time between showings of a film. now POTA was
1hr. 42mins. yet showings were scheduled every 2
hours- 10, 12, 2, 4, etc………. I thought how could
the theater get the old audience out, clean the
theater and get the new audience in in 18mins.?
so what did they do? not clean the theater till the
of the day?
at the time of Renata Alder’s hiring by the N Y Times
as their head film critic I remember reading an article
in another area paper that was interesting. the gist of ‘
the article was simple- the author was rather perplexed
by her hiring by the Times considering her aversion to
“pop culture”. I remember her review of the Julie
Andrews pic “Star”. it wasn’t pretty.
I thank Al A. and NYer for their replies. I’m guessing
the two films mentioned in the ½/69 VV ad were soft
core or exploitation films and not actual porn but still
I suppose they were considered the “porn” of their day.
so I’m guessing that the theater went “adult” per se
around the mid60s after being closed up even for a
relatively short period of time. I say this because I
can’t believe it was showing a 3rd run neighborhood engagement of a studio film that played say the Loew’s
State or Criterion a few months before one week then
the next week was showing “adult” films.
a question pertaining to the recent closing of both
the Sunshine and nearby Lincoln Plaza cinemas. while
I have been to the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s
two theaters- the Walter Reade and Bruin Monroe
I never remember either one ever showing what I would
call an A level low budget American indie or foreign
language film. for instance Darkest Hour, Wonder
Wheel or Hostiles were among the last films to play the Lincoln Plaza. so do you think the Reade and the
Bruin Monroe will now start booking the A level low
budget American indies and prominent foreign
language that normally would have played only at the
Lincoln Plaza and Sunshine?
in terms of Al A.’s question. by “regular” film
I mean a studio film having a 3rd run neighborhood
engagement. or possibly a low budget American indie.
also a foreign language film. in fact I should have
just asked what was the last non-porn film to play
the theater.
does anyone know the last regular film to play
this theater? I doubt it was playing a 3rd run
neighborhood engagement of a big studio film one
week than playing adult films the next week.
in reference to cmbussmann’s Dec. 20 comment. I saw
Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool last weekend and
found evidence of said dinginess, musty and
uncomfortable ambiance.
do you mean The Phantom Thread had an actual
souvenir program for purchase or was it really
a free brochure like the one the Paris handed
out during the run of Victoria and Abdul?
I was shocked to learn the nearby Lincoln Plaza
Cinema is closing at the end of January because the
landlord say construction work is necessary on the
30 year old building. the article i read said the
Lincoln Plaza was also getting competition from the
more recent Bruin Monroe Film Center opposite
Julliard. i have been to both theaters and don’t
remember the 6 year old Bruin Monroe Film Center ever playing what can best be called major low budget
indies and foreign films. as an example- I don’t
remember the Bruin Monroe Film Center ever playing
a low budget indie or foreign film on the same level
as the Lincoln Plaza’s current films- Mudbound,
Wonder Wheel or Darkest Hour.
i don’t see how this theater has had competition
from the more recent Bruin Monroe Film Center across
from Julliard? the films that play the Lincoln
Plaza can best be called major low budget indies
and foreign films. i don’t remember the Bruin Monroe
Film Center ever playing a major low budget indie.
as an example- i don’t remember the Bruin Monroe
Film Center ever playing films on the same level as
the Lincoln Plaza’s current films- Darkest Hour,
Wonder Wheel or Mudbound.
I thank Al A. for his reply. but there is one
equation I guess you would call it that I still
don’t understand. I can’t tell you how many
big highly promoted films I’ve seen on opening
weekend where the auditorium was rather sparsely
filled. and when I hear the film had a BIG
opening weekend I go Where? then when I see a
big highly promoted film on opening weekend
and the auditorium is packed I expect the film
to have a huge opening weekend but it flops.
I don’t get it.
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Al A. to the rescue yet again. I could swear when I first looked up “all theaters” for New York,New York it wasn’t listed. well I guess I’m only human.
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to Al A.. thanks for the link it was a
most a most amusing story to read.
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I hope one of you can help me with a mystery of sorts. I started browsing thru issues of Moving Picture World and Motion Picture News on archive.org a few years back and still haven’t looked at all the many issues they have online. this is where my question comes in. today I was looking thru the Oct. 7, 1916 issue of Motion Picture News which had a write up on a newly opened movie theater the Regun at 60 W. 116 st. no theater by that name is listed on this site. did i just discover a unlisted picture house or is it better known by another name?
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whoever books films for the Paris knows their stuff. the last few years whatever Oscar bait film opened in Nov. usually stays till the beginning' of April.
Hello- after Alamo scraped their plans is the' theater just sitting there boarded up?
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the only film i can remember seeing here was “Everyone’s All American” starring Dennis Quad. so i guess had to be prior to 2003.
also when exactly did it become a 1st run venue?
I only remember it as a 1st run venue.
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when I found this wonderful site I really got a big kick out of looking at the ads for a big film’s exclusive first run engagement at one of the grand old theaters that once dotted the Times Square area. to which the ad for Planet of the Apes which opened here Feb. 1968. nowadays theater managers schedule what I consider an excessively large amount of time between showings of a film. now POTA was 1hr. 42mins. yet showings were scheduled every 2 hours- 10, 12, 2, 4, etc………. I thought how could the theater get the old audience out, clean the theater and get the new audience in in 18mins.? so what did they do? not clean the theater till the of the day?
Hello-
at the time of Renata Alder’s hiring by the N Y Times as their head film critic I remember reading an article in another area paper that was interesting. the gist of ‘ the article was simple- the author was rather perplexed by her hiring by the Times considering her aversion to “pop culture”. I remember her review of the Julie Andrews pic “Star”. it wasn’t pretty.
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I thank Al A. and NYer for their replies. I’m guessing the two films mentioned in the ½/69 VV ad were soft core or exploitation films and not actual porn but still I suppose they were considered the “porn” of their day.
so I’m guessing that the theater went “adult” per se around the mid60s after being closed up even for a relatively short period of time. I say this because I can’t believe it was showing a 3rd run neighborhood engagement of a studio film that played say the Loew’s State or Criterion a few months before one week then
the next week was showing “adult” films.
Hello-
a question pertaining to the recent closing of both the Sunshine and nearby Lincoln Plaza cinemas. while I have been to the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s two theaters- the Walter Reade and Bruin Monroe I never remember either one ever showing what I would call an A level low budget American indie or foreign language film. for instance Darkest Hour, Wonder Wheel or Hostiles were among the last films to play the Lincoln Plaza. so do you think the Reade and the Bruin Monroe will now start booking the A level low budget American indies and prominent foreign language that normally would have played only at the Lincoln Plaza and Sunshine?
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in terms of Al A.’s question. by “regular” film I mean a studio film having a 3rd run neighborhood engagement. or possibly a low budget American indie. also a foreign language film. in fact I should have just asked what was the last non-porn film to play the theater.
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does anyone know the last regular film to play this theater? I doubt it was playing a 3rd run neighborhood engagement of a big studio film one week than playing adult films the next week.
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are the Nederlenders still going thru with their plan to raise the theater 2 stories?
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in my Jan. 16 comment i meant to say i found “no
evidence”.
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in reference to cmbussmann’s Dec. 20 comment. I saw Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool last weekend and found evidence of said dinginess, musty and uncomfortable ambiance.
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how long will The Phantom Thread be shown in 70MM and how will the program be available?
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if the free The Phantom Thread program is 24 pages that must be a record for a free giveaway brochure.
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the brochure handed out free when I saw Victoria and Abdul at the Paris was 4 pages but elegantly and beautifully designed.
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do you mean The Phantom Thread had an actual souvenir program for purchase or was it really a free brochure like the one the Paris handed out during the run of Victoria and Abdul?
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I was shocked to learn the nearby Lincoln Plaza Cinema is closing at the end of January because the landlord say construction work is necessary on the 30 year old building. the article i read said the Lincoln Plaza was also getting competition from the more recent Bruin Monroe Film Center opposite Julliard. i have been to both theaters and don’t remember the 6 year old Bruin Monroe Film Center ever playing what can best be called major low budget indies and foreign films. as an example- I don’t remember the Bruin Monroe Film Center ever playing a low budget indie or foreign film on the same level as the Lincoln Plaza’s current films- Mudbound, Wonder Wheel or Darkest Hour.
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anyone who actually believes the owners will re-open it as a cinema once the alleged necessary construction is done are fooling themselves.
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i don’t see how this theater has had competition from the more recent Bruin Monroe Film Center across from Julliard? the films that play the Lincoln Plaza can best be called major low budget indies and foreign films. i don’t remember the Bruin Monroe Film Center ever playing a major low budget indie.
as an example- i don’t remember the Bruin Monroe Film Center ever playing films on the same level as the Lincoln Plaza’s current films- Darkest Hour, Wonder Wheel or Mudbound.
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do we really need another upscale boutique for trendy hipsters??????????????
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The Last Jedi won’t be in the Loew’s auditorium?
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I thank Al A. for his reply. but there is one equation I guess you would call it that I still don’t understand. I can’t tell you how many big highly promoted films I’ve seen on opening weekend where the auditorium was rather sparsely filled. and when I hear the film had a BIG opening weekend I go Where? then when I see a big highly promoted film on opening weekend and the auditorium is packed I expect the film to have a huge opening weekend but it flops. I don’t get it.