You got it, longislandmovies. Everything has to be bigger and newer in order to be better, but, no, it doesn’t really. Granted, not everything old is good, and not everything new is bad, but the way that a lot of the newer theatres are right now are a little too antiseptic-looking for my tastes. It makes me sick too, to see a venerable old theatre closing down, but thank heavens for the few movie palaces left here in our area and the USA at large. Some of these places shouldn’t have been torn down or closed at all, but better-maintained and renovated.
The Beacon Hill Theatre….yup—I remember it very well. I saw a number of movies there, including the movie “Fantasia”, which I saw three times during the fall of 1963, as a seventh grader, due to attending friends' birthday parties, and one with some family friends when my mom had just given birth to my younger brother. Afew years later, I saw the movie “101 Dalmations”, which was also cool, and I think I may have even seen “Mary Poppins” there, too.
I’m curious about the East Coast bookings of the film West Side Story also, Giles. I’m aware of “West Side Story” also having a Broadway revival of the stage production. If I go to a Broadway production of WSS, I’ll wait until the prices hopefully go down, first.
WGTRay: By older movies, I meant a lot of the great classic films of the 1960’s, such as West Side Story, Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, Midnight Cowbow, and a number of others. Although the Wizard of Oz came out in 1939, that, too, is considered a great old classic.
Okay, thanks, Giles. Good luck. Hope West Side Story gets a good 70mm big screen movie theatre print to Washington DC soon. I wonder if there’s a road show of WSS going on.
WGTRay: Many, if not most of those great, golden oldie-but-goody movie classics are MEANT to be viewed on the great big, wide screen, in a REAL movie theatre, with the lights down low. Imho, they’re not trite….at all.
Hey, Giles, while I can respect your excitement about the HDNet Movie’s airing of WSS in Hi-Def, and the prospect of your owning it on blu-ray, we want to see the film West Side Story get into theatres more often, on the great, big wide screens, the way such a great, golden oldie-but-goody classic film is really MEANT to be viewed.
vito: Thanks for all the info you’ve given us about WSS in 70mm.
With all the information in mind, I’m resigned to seeing “West Side Story” in 35mm if all of the above really is confirmed. WSS is my alltime favorite film, and I, for one, really don’t want to see such a beautiful film classic ruined.
Hmmmm…How exciting to read and hear about the upcoming re-birth of a theatre! That’s a welcome breath of fresh air, with all the closings of theatres and disappearances of most of the graceful old movie palaces here in the United States and throughout the world. Is there a website containing photos of the interior of the Palace Theatre, btw? Just curious.
Bill Hueling: “Milk” was quite good. Sean Penn’s a good actor and he did a wonderful job playing the part of Harvey Milk, and Josh Brolin did a good job playing Harvey Milk’s more conservative nemesis, Dan White. Worth seeing, though I haven’t see the others yet.
Thanks for the reminder, saps. I’ll have to look for it in today’s NY Times. “Defiance” sounds like a good movie. I read the book on which it’s based, which was fabulous., and I’ll put the movie “Defiance” on a “To see” list regarding movies. Hopefully, it’ll play in Boston soon.
Quadrama: May I make a suggestion? If you’re going to post very long posts like the one you’ve posted, you might wish to break them up into individual paragraphs to make the posts easier to read. Hope I’ve been of some help here.
Here’s hoping that the advent of Blu-Ray doesn’t eventually kill off the movie business altogether. I don’t believe it will, since there’ll always be people like ourselves who love going to movies in real movie theatres rather than sitting home watching them on TV all the time.
You got it, longislandmovies. Everything has to be bigger and newer in order to be better, but, no, it doesn’t really. Granted, not everything old is good, and not everything new is bad, but the way that a lot of the newer theatres are right now are a little too antiseptic-looking for my tastes. It makes me sick too, to see a venerable old theatre closing down, but thank heavens for the few movie palaces left here in our area and the USA at large. Some of these places shouldn’t have been torn down or closed at all, but better-maintained and renovated.
The Beacon Hill Theatre….yup—I remember it very well. I saw a number of movies there, including the movie “Fantasia”, which I saw three times during the fall of 1963, as a seventh grader, due to attending friends' birthday parties, and one with some family friends when my mom had just given birth to my younger brother. Afew years later, I saw the movie “101 Dalmations”, which was also cool, and I think I may have even seen “Mary Poppins” there, too.
Thanks for the link, Lost Memory.
TC—the link doesn’t work.
I second that, movie534! Happy New Year!
Thanks, Bill. Happy New Year to you, too!
Yeah……love that great-looking marquee. Thanks for the photo, Lost Memory.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of a group is “Department of Eagles”? I’ve never heard of them before.
The Brattle Theatre—yes..another great old theatre. We need it to stay open..forever and ever.
Happy New Year and Best Wishes to everybody on Cinema Treasures.
Wpw!! This is the most fabulous-looking theatre to date..both inside AND out.
I’m curious about the East Coast bookings of the film West Side Story also, Giles. I’m aware of “West Side Story” also having a Broadway revival of the stage production. If I go to a Broadway production of WSS, I’ll wait until the prices hopefully go down, first.
WGTRay: By older movies, I meant a lot of the great classic films of the 1960’s, such as West Side Story, Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, Midnight Cowbow, and a number of others. Although the Wizard of Oz came out in 1939, that, too, is considered a great old classic.
Okay, thanks, Giles. Good luck. Hope West Side Story gets a good 70mm big screen movie theatre print to Washington DC soon. I wonder if there’s a road show of WSS going on.
Since I don’t live in the area, I don’t think I can make it down to Danbury, CT for First Night, but thanks.
WGTRay: Many, if not most of those great, golden oldie-but-goody movie classics are MEANT to be viewed on the great big, wide screen, in a REAL movie theatre, with the lights down low. Imho, they’re not trite….at all.
Hey, Giles, while I can respect your excitement about the HDNet Movie’s airing of WSS in Hi-Def, and the prospect of your owning it on blu-ray, we want to see the film West Side Story get into theatres more often, on the great, big wide screens, the way such a great, golden oldie-but-goody classic film is really MEANT to be viewed.
vito: Thanks for all the info you’ve given us about WSS in 70mm.
Thanks, JSA and Michael Coate.
With all the information in mind, I’m resigned to seeing “West Side Story” in 35mm if all of the above really is confirmed. WSS is my alltime favorite film, and I, for one, really don’t want to see such a beautiful film classic ruined.
Hmmmm…How exciting to read and hear about the upcoming re-birth of a theatre! That’s a welcome breath of fresh air, with all the closings of theatres and disappearances of most of the graceful old movie palaces here in the United States and throughout the world. Is there a website containing photos of the interior of the Palace Theatre, btw? Just curious.
Ouch!! You mean the new 70mm print of the film “West Side Story”? Oooh, if that’s the case, they’d better get that print perfected first.
Bill Hueling: “Milk” was quite good. Sean Penn’s a good actor and he did a wonderful job playing the part of Harvey Milk, and Josh Brolin did a good job playing Harvey Milk’s more conservative nemesis, Dan White. Worth seeing, though I haven’t see the others yet.
Neat photo. Thanks, Warren.
Sorry, ERD. I was just pointing out that I’m a woman, so that there wouldn’t be any more mistakes made. I see what you’re saying, however.
Thanks for the reminder, saps. I’ll have to look for it in today’s NY Times. “Defiance” sounds like a good movie. I read the book on which it’s based, which was fabulous., and I’ll put the movie “Defiance” on a “To see” list regarding movies. Hopefully, it’ll play in Boston soon.
Quadrama: May I make a suggestion? If you’re going to post very long posts like the one you’ve posted, you might wish to break them up into individual paragraphs to make the posts easier to read. Hope I’ve been of some help here.
Here’s hoping that the advent of Blu-Ray doesn’t eventually kill off the movie business altogether. I don’t believe it will, since there’ll always be people like ourselves who love going to movies in real movie theatres rather than sitting home watching them on TV all the time.
Hi, movies10063. Here’s keeping fingers crossed and hoping you’re right about this:
“maybe this will help keep some of the small independant theatres alive ”
You’re also right about this:
“after all America is built on small Businesses!!!”