I was there yesterday but the street number advertised on this site doesn’t match what it is today. The one next to it was what I presumed it to be but it was boarded up for some future work. If you go behind this row of buildings I couldn’t tell if it was a theater or not. I’m guessing the auditorium was torn down if it was of that variety.
I was there yesterday checking it out. I’ve been by it before but it doesn’t look like a theater from the back. Anyway, on the above pic, the awning to the left is for the LoRocco Apartments upstairs and the club now housed in the theater is Hula Hank’s. It was closed and only open Wed-Sat. It’s a nice building from the outside and there'a small eatery next to the venue called “PB and J’s”.
BREWSTER, NY â€" The Southeast Museum will present as part of it’s Lecture Series ‘The History Of Brewster’s Cameo Theatre’ on Saturday November 5th at 3pm.
Professor Michael Jacobs of Berkeley College will present the lecture giving the history of this historical Art Deco theatre that opened in June of 1939 with the showing of “The Young Mr Lincolnâ€. More that 600 people attended the gala opening.
There will be a discussion of the many films shown at the theatre over the years and plans for the future of this unique movie house.
The Southeast Museum is located at 67 Main Street in the Village of Brewster, NY. Museum hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10am – 4pm. For further information please contact the museum at (845) 279-7500.
This theater is owned by the Kesey family of Eugene. Ken Kesey is the now deceased patriarch of that family and was the leader of the Merry Pranksters and the bus Furthur that was immortalized in Tom Wolffe’s, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
Letter to the editor re: the grant and the Cameo in the 9/28 issue of the NY Journal News. View link
Fix up theater or tear it down
This past summer, my wife and I drove through a number of small towns in upper New York state and Pennsylvania. Many of the towns had obviously seen better days, but they were at least trying to keep up appearances.
Then we returned to Brewster, and the first thing that struck us was the dilapidated marquee and faCade of the Cameo theater. This blot on the village says a great deal about us. It says that Brewster doesn’t care about itself anymore, that it is content to allow garbage â€" for the Cameo is nothing more than that at this point â€" to litter Main Street. It says that we’re not interested in attracting new business to Brewster, for what business would want to locate itself anywhere near or around the Cameo? It says our officials â€" both village and town â€" are indifferent to or incapable of dealing with this embarrassment.
Is there an elected official willing to stand up and say to the owner of the Cameo: Fix it up or tear it down â€" and if you won’t do it, we’ll do it for you and send you the bill.
Yes, I’ve heard that Brewster is supposed to get a grant from New York state to fix up the Cameo. I don’t know if or when that grant is supposed to come through, but I do know that in the meantime we have to see this seedy hulk every time we enter the village.
If you go by Loew’s, you’ll see that construction is well underway of the new screens. The structure is up. 6 screens? It looks like it could be 2 big ones.
The theater looks the same as it always has, at least recently. The neighborhood is dilapidated but it’s safe to walk through at night and in the daytime, unless you subscribe to fear tactics by police and the depressing news channels.
In the Muppets Take Manhattan, out in 1984, they have the Biltmore set for where they perform at the end of the movie. In the movie, they make it look like it’s in the theater district in Manhattan with crowds and Biltmore is clearly seen on the side of the marquee.
Was just watching “The Muppets Take Manhattan” on DVD and Skooter writes Kermit about him working at a theater in Cleveland. The marquee says it’s the Plaza. So I looked on here. That movie was in 1984 and the Plaza featured could’ve been AnyCity USA but I thought I’d post this anyway.
The New Milford Library has only a few City Directories from the times I wanted and it skipped quite a few decades in between, particularly, 1911-1950. Anyway, I found the Star Theatre in the 1910 Directory on 39 Bank Street, which showed “moving pictures”. The manager was J.F. Raifstanger. I went upstairs to see any remnants
but I didn’t think I’d find anything. I was right. Carved into offices and a drop ceiling.
The Bethel Cinema deal has fallen through! Read on from today’s Danbury News-Times.
Bethel Cinemas sale falls through
By Marietta Homayonpour
THE NEWS-TIMES
BETHEL â€" If the proposed sale of the Bethel Cinemas were an action movie, you might say it’s in the cliffhanger stage.
“We were just about ready to close” on the sale “when the deal fell apart at the 11th hour,” said Paul Schuyler, the founder and owner of the movie house.
Schuyler had planned to sell the theater to Redding businessman Scott Rhoades, with the closing date set for Sept. 29. But earlier this week, things unraveled.
“It’s very disappointing when something goes that far,” Schuyler said.
Rhoades, too, was disappointed.
“We ran into some complications on the deal,” he said.
Schuyler said he could not talk about why the deal fell apart. But he emphasized that “it wasn’t a problem between Scott and I.”
In early May, Schuyler announced that the cinema, where independent films have been shown for 13 years, was up for sale. Schuyler, 45, is moving with his wife and two young children to Florida next year to build a 260-seat IMAX theater for a new residential development in Sarasota.
When local film buffs heard the theater was up for sale, many were concerned. They were afraid new ownership might mean there would be no place locally to see European movies or controversial films like “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
Schuyler hoped to sell to someone who would keep the same type of movies he had shown at the cinema, which has four theaters that seat a total of 425 people.
As Schuyler said when he announced his intention to sell, “I’ve made a good living at it and I’d like to think someone will keep it that way.”
That’s what Rhoades intended to do.
A movie buff himself, he planned to keep the cinema a place for avant-garde films and to be personally involved in the day-to-day operations of the theater, just as Schuyler is. The deal was to include Rhoades' reopening an adjoining restaurant. Two previous restaurants at the site closed, the latest in June.
In January 1993, Schuyler opened the theater during a snowstorm with “Howard’s End” and “Damage.” Between 1,500 to 2,000 films have been shown there since then.
The Greenwood Avenue building near Grassy Plain Street has had a varied history. At one time, family movies were shown there. Later, X-rated moves were aired. For awhile it was the home of Bright Clouds Christian ministry.
When Schuyler announced Bethel Cinema was up for sale in May, he got about 40 calls from prospective buyers. “There’s been a lot of interest in the theater.”
The sale price then was $650,000, and Schuyler said it hasn’t changed. That price includes everything from seats and projectors to computers and the concession stand.
Since the deal with Rhoades fell through, Schuyler has been in touch with other possible buyers. He said the prospect for a sale is promising. “You pick yourself up and dust yourself off.”
Schuyler also is looking forward to a first at the theater. A week-long festival featuring the work of emerging filmmakers is set for the end of October.
Justin, that post was irrelevant. The world here doesn’t need to hear about your trials and tribulations about what’s playing where and when. Not to sound harsh, but you get the point.
I found another ad by accident while researching the theaters in New Milford. It’s from Our Times New Milford and there’s and old ad on page 4 for the Warner Brothers Palace Danbury for “She Couldn’t Say No” starring Winnie Lightner and Chester Morris.
According to the New Milford City Directory, the theater in the 1950 edition was called the Twentieth Century Moving Picture Theater. The 1960 edition had it as the New Milford Theater. The 1974-5 edition had it as closed and the 1976 edition as the Bank Street Theater.
There were only 2 buildings that survived the Great Fire of 1902. The New England House did not survive so the above information is wrong in the summary. I found it in Images of America, New Milford on Page 117.
I usually find the info from the local history rooms in various town libraries in the albums of property. Pics are usually included as well as functions etc, taken by the historical commission.
I was at the New Milford Library doing research on the silent theater (the Star) across the street from the Bank Street Theater and found more info on the Bank Street Theater. It’s the only form of Art Deco architecture in New Milford. The original architecture of its previous incarnation (New England House [a major hotel]) was Renaissance Revival. The summary on this page said it was left standing after the fire of 1902 but the property directory said it was built in 1902 after the Great Fire. The theater opened in the 1930s.
I was there yesterday but the street number advertised on this site doesn’t match what it is today. The one next to it was what I presumed it to be but it was boarded up for some future work. If you go behind this row of buildings I couldn’t tell if it was a theater or not. I’m guessing the auditorium was torn down if it was of that variety.
I was there yesterday checking it out. I’ve been by it before but it doesn’t look like a theater from the back. Anyway, on the above pic, the awning to the left is for the LoRocco Apartments upstairs and the club now housed in the theater is Hula Hank’s. It was closed and only open Wed-Sat. It’s a nice building from the outside and there'a small eatery next to the venue called “PB and J’s”.
In the movie “Orgazmo”, the front of the theater and marquee are featured in a scene.
From the front page of CinemaTreasures.
BREWSTER, NY â€" The Southeast Museum will present as part of it’s Lecture Series ‘The History Of Brewster’s Cameo Theatre’ on Saturday November 5th at 3pm.
Professor Michael Jacobs of Berkeley College will present the lecture giving the history of this historical Art Deco theatre that opened in June of 1939 with the showing of “The Young Mr Lincolnâ€. More that 600 people attended the gala opening.
There will be a discussion of the many films shown at the theatre over the years and plans for the future of this unique movie house.
The Southeast Museum is located at 67 Main Street in the Village of Brewster, NY. Museum hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10am – 4pm. For further information please contact the museum at (845) 279-7500.
This theater is owned by the Kesey family of Eugene. Ken Kesey is the now deceased patriarch of that family and was the leader of the Merry Pranksters and the bus Furthur that was immortalized in Tom Wolffe’s, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
The Bethel Film Festival website has been up for a month or so. Check it out at www.bethelfilmfestival.com
Letter to the editor re: the grant and the Cameo in the 9/28 issue of the NY Journal News. View link
Fix up theater or tear it down
This past summer, my wife and I drove through a number of small towns in upper New York state and Pennsylvania. Many of the towns had obviously seen better days, but they were at least trying to keep up appearances.
Then we returned to Brewster, and the first thing that struck us was the dilapidated marquee and faCade of the Cameo theater. This blot on the village says a great deal about us. It says that Brewster doesn’t care about itself anymore, that it is content to allow garbage â€" for the Cameo is nothing more than that at this point â€" to litter Main Street. It says that we’re not interested in attracting new business to Brewster, for what business would want to locate itself anywhere near or around the Cameo? It says our officials â€" both village and town â€" are indifferent to or incapable of dealing with this embarrassment.
Is there an elected official willing to stand up and say to the owner of the Cameo: Fix it up or tear it down â€" and if you won’t do it, we’ll do it for you and send you the bill.
Yes, I’ve heard that Brewster is supposed to get a grant from New York state to fix up the Cameo. I don’t know if or when that grant is supposed to come through, but I do know that in the meantime we have to see this seedy hulk every time we enter the village.
Have we no pride?
AJ Vogl , Brewster
If you go by Loew’s, you’ll see that construction is well underway of the new screens. The structure is up. 6 screens? It looks like it could be 2 big ones.
Here’s the NY Times article from late May mentioned above. View link
Ah, that’s the one whose name I got wrong that I saw upstairs with the back open.
The theater looks the same as it always has, at least recently. The neighborhood is dilapidated but it’s safe to walk through at night and in the daytime, unless you subscribe to fear tactics by police and the depressing news channels.
In the Muppets Take Manhattan, out in 1984, they have the Biltmore set for where they perform at the end of the movie. In the movie, they make it look like it’s in the theater district in Manhattan with crowds and Biltmore is clearly seen on the side of the marquee.
Call the town of Marysville and speak to the Town Clerk and find out who the property owner is.
Was just watching “The Muppets Take Manhattan” on DVD and Skooter writes Kermit about him working at a theater in Cleveland. The marquee says it’s the Plaza. So I looked on here. That movie was in 1984 and the Plaza featured could’ve been AnyCity USA but I thought I’d post this anyway.
This wasn’t listed in the property directory.
The New Milford Library has only a few City Directories from the times I wanted and it skipped quite a few decades in between, particularly, 1911-1950. Anyway, I found the Star Theatre in the 1910 Directory on 39 Bank Street, which showed “moving pictures”. The manager was J.F. Raifstanger. I went upstairs to see any remnants
but I didn’t think I’d find anything. I was right. Carved into offices and a drop ceiling.
The Bethel Cinema deal has fallen through! Read on from today’s Danbury News-Times.
Bethel Cinemas sale falls through
By Marietta Homayonpour
THE NEWS-TIMES
BETHEL â€" If the proposed sale of the Bethel Cinemas were an action movie, you might say it’s in the cliffhanger stage.
“We were just about ready to close” on the sale “when the deal fell apart at the 11th hour,” said Paul Schuyler, the founder and owner of the movie house.
Schuyler had planned to sell the theater to Redding businessman Scott Rhoades, with the closing date set for Sept. 29. But earlier this week, things unraveled.
“It’s very disappointing when something goes that far,” Schuyler said.
Rhoades, too, was disappointed.
“We ran into some complications on the deal,” he said.
Schuyler said he could not talk about why the deal fell apart. But he emphasized that “it wasn’t a problem between Scott and I.”
In early May, Schuyler announced that the cinema, where independent films have been shown for 13 years, was up for sale. Schuyler, 45, is moving with his wife and two young children to Florida next year to build a 260-seat IMAX theater for a new residential development in Sarasota.
When local film buffs heard the theater was up for sale, many were concerned. They were afraid new ownership might mean there would be no place locally to see European movies or controversial films like “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
Schuyler hoped to sell to someone who would keep the same type of movies he had shown at the cinema, which has four theaters that seat a total of 425 people.
As Schuyler said when he announced his intention to sell, “I’ve made a good living at it and I’d like to think someone will keep it that way.”
That’s what Rhoades intended to do.
A movie buff himself, he planned to keep the cinema a place for avant-garde films and to be personally involved in the day-to-day operations of the theater, just as Schuyler is. The deal was to include Rhoades' reopening an adjoining restaurant. Two previous restaurants at the site closed, the latest in June.
In January 1993, Schuyler opened the theater during a snowstorm with “Howard’s End” and “Damage.” Between 1,500 to 2,000 films have been shown there since then.
The Greenwood Avenue building near Grassy Plain Street has had a varied history. At one time, family movies were shown there. Later, X-rated moves were aired. For awhile it was the home of Bright Clouds Christian ministry.
When Schuyler announced Bethel Cinema was up for sale in May, he got about 40 calls from prospective buyers. “There’s been a lot of interest in the theater.”
The sale price then was $650,000, and Schuyler said it hasn’t changed. That price includes everything from seats and projectors to computers and the concession stand.
Since the deal with Rhoades fell through, Schuyler has been in touch with other possible buyers. He said the prospect for a sale is promising. “You pick yourself up and dust yourself off.”
Schuyler also is looking forward to a first at the theater. A week-long festival featuring the work of emerging filmmakers is set for the end of October.
Justin, that post was irrelevant. The world here doesn’t need to hear about your trials and tribulations about what’s playing where and when. Not to sound harsh, but you get the point.
I found another ad by accident while researching the theaters in New Milford. It’s from Our Times New Milford and there’s and old ad on page 4 for the Warner Brothers Palace Danbury for “She Couldn’t Say No” starring Winnie Lightner and Chester Morris.
According to the New Milford City Directory, the theater in the 1950 edition was called the Twentieth Century Moving Picture Theater. The 1960 edition had it as the New Milford Theater. The 1974-5 edition had it as closed and the 1976 edition as the Bank Street Theater.
There were only 2 buildings that survived the Great Fire of 1902. The New England House did not survive so the above information is wrong in the summary. I found it in Images of America, New Milford on Page 117.
I usually find the info from the local history rooms in various town libraries in the albums of property. Pics are usually included as well as functions etc, taken by the historical commission.
I was at the New Milford Library doing research on the silent theater (the Star) across the street from the Bank Street Theater and found more info on the Bank Street Theater. It’s the only form of Art Deco architecture in New Milford. The original architecture of its previous incarnation (New England House [a major hotel]) was Renaissance Revival. The summary on this page said it was left standing after the fire of 1902 but the property directory said it was built in 1902 after the Great Fire. The theater opened in the 1930s.
I don’t know if there’s an exact answer to this question, but how many theaters did Lamb design? It seems like thousands.
Yes, I’ve noticed. I’m on there at least everyday. I was wondering why YOU didn’t put them in. But we all have lives, so that’s probably the answer.