I also wish the email subject line would name the theater, or at least its number, so I don’t have to open each email to see which theater it’s about. It gets very time-consuming, especially if there are multiple posts about the same theater.
This report was posted on another site (not by me!) and has been slightly edited (by me) for content becoming CT.
“I used to go to the old Earle Theater in north Baltimore. I’d always go commando, short shorts and a T. When things got interesting I’d get undressed, except for boat shoes as the floor was really cruddy in that theater. Wandering around…you could always get into a group scene. Lots of hot blue-collar guys whose pickup trucks filled the small parking lot. Sadly, the Earle is no longer an adult theater.”
Being in NYC and its immediate suburbs gives me a choice of many theaters. And since I go about once a week, how and where I spend my money is important to me.
I try to go to places with frequent moviegoer rewards. Thus, AMC is my favorite because they have good theaters with big screens, bright pictures and clear sound, but mainly because they have a lot of rewards going on — free popcorn and drinks, candy specials, reduced admission prices, etc. They have put a lot of thought into their club and I appreciate it.
Next is Regal, which has some crummy locations (the Lynbrook!) but also has some nice ones, like the 42nd Street location. They have a good rewards program, too, but not as thorough as AMC.
After that I like Clearview Cinemas, which of course runs the Ziegfeld, but also does a lovely job at the Chelsea. (When I was still with Cablevision I often used its rewards program, with free movie Tuesdays and good reductions on other days.) Now I use Clearview’s rewards programs, but it seems to take a while to earn anything. I give them a B for trying, but it seems haphazard.
If a movie isn’t playing at one of those chains, I hesitate to spend $10. or more ($12.50 at the IFC Center and Angelika! Holy cow!) without earning any rewards or customer appreciation. I am lucky that I am able to get a steady diet of art films at my local Malverne Cinema or at the Cobble Hill Cinemas in Brooklyn, which both have reduced admissions and discount days; I feel that I’m not missing anything urgent by skipping New York’s “art” circuit, and this includes the precious BAM Rose!
Excerpt from NY Times review of “I Walked with a Zombie” (1943)
“Horror” pictures are enjoying a peculiar popularity the country over at the moment, according to box-office statistics, so it seems reasonable to assume that RKO has a safe bet in “I Walked With a Zombie,” which opened yesterday to a packed house at the Rialto and, at one point, drew a horrified scream from a woman patron. It’s just like the days of old when “The Bat” and “The Gorilla” were scaring audiences out of their wits, and “Frankenstein’s Monster” was making the night hideous for children and the more impressionable oldsters.
The Century Green Acres Cinema (now a fiveplex run by National Amusements, same management as Sunrise Multiplex) is less than a mile east on Sunrise. Is that the one you mean?
Coincidentally, that newspaper clipping posted by Bill on November 20 also has an ad for a burlesque show at a “Mayfair Theater” at 236 W. 46th Street; what theater is that?
And the photo posted by Warren on November 21 seems to show “Brandt’s” name on the marquee above “Mayfair;” shouldn’t that name be listed as an “Also known as” at the top of this page, as other postings have suggested?
So I guess the Cameo was occasionally showing “adult” movies from its early days.
Here’s a NY Times review from 1934 of a movie I recently saw on TCM:
Road to Ruin
February 21, 1934
Pitfalls of Life.
By A.D.S.
“Road to Ruin,” written and co-directed by Mrs. Wallace Reid, is a morose investigation of a high school girl’s downfall, and is intended, apparently, as a dramatized lecture to the mothers of adolescent girls rather than as a general entertainment.
With a gravity proper to the subject, the Cameo’s new film describes the circumstances under which the youthful heroine is persuaded to smoke her first cigarette and drink her first cocktail, and later traces the successive steps in her betrayal by a sleek and astonishingly unprincipled young man.
The deficiencies of “Road to Ruin” lie not so much in its amateurish composition as in its dull and unnecessary preoccupation with subject-matter which belongs in a sociological case history.
THE ROAD TO RUIN, based on a story by Mrs. Wallace Reid; with Helen Foster, Nell O'Day, Glen Boles, Paul Page, Virginia True Boardman and Richard Tucker; directed by Mrs. Reid and Melville Shyer; a Willis Kent production; released by First Division Exchange. At the Cameo
Behind those two shiny windows on the left is screen no. 6.
(The other screens are two on the orchestra level, two in the balcony and one on the former stage.)
I recently stopped in to take a peek at the Imax screen in Sheepshead Bay, where Eagle Eye was playing, and the bottom five feet (at least!) of the screen was blank. Less than impressive, I must say.
The caption of the color photo says “Gymnasts practicing on stage at Brooklyn’s Paramount Theater, now used as a gymnasium by Long Island University.” Since they are practicing IN FRONT of the proscenium, it’s the first time I’ve seen a stage on that side of the footlights. As WGH might say, even Life can make a mistake!
It took me a long time to spot the Palace (on the far left) because I never saw a parade march UP Broadway and my bearings were off; I guess when it was a still a two-way street, why not!
Good ad. Wish it was larger.
I also wish the email subject line would name the theater, or at least its number, so I don’t have to open each email to see which theater it’s about. It gets very time-consuming, especially if there are multiple posts about the same theater.
Please. Enough already. Discuss this off-site. (Check profiles for email contacts.) Thanks.
Really!
I believe it’s up and running as a church, with most of its glory intact. Not demolished.
This report was posted on another site (not by me!) and has been slightly edited (by me) for content becoming CT.
“I used to go to the old Earle Theater in north Baltimore. I’d always go commando, short shorts and a T. When things got interesting I’d get undressed, except for boat shoes as the floor was really cruddy in that theater. Wandering around…you could always get into a group scene. Lots of hot blue-collar guys whose pickup trucks filled the small parking lot. Sadly, the Earle is no longer an adult theater.”
Being in NYC and its immediate suburbs gives me a choice of many theaters. And since I go about once a week, how and where I spend my money is important to me.
I try to go to places with frequent moviegoer rewards. Thus, AMC is my favorite because they have good theaters with big screens, bright pictures and clear sound, but mainly because they have a lot of rewards going on — free popcorn and drinks, candy specials, reduced admission prices, etc. They have put a lot of thought into their club and I appreciate it.
Next is Regal, which has some crummy locations (the Lynbrook!) but also has some nice ones, like the 42nd Street location. They have a good rewards program, too, but not as thorough as AMC.
After that I like Clearview Cinemas, which of course runs the Ziegfeld, but also does a lovely job at the Chelsea. (When I was still with Cablevision I often used its rewards program, with free movie Tuesdays and good reductions on other days.) Now I use Clearview’s rewards programs, but it seems to take a while to earn anything. I give them a B for trying, but it seems haphazard.
If a movie isn’t playing at one of those chains, I hesitate to spend $10. or more ($12.50 at the IFC Center and Angelika! Holy cow!) without earning any rewards or customer appreciation. I am lucky that I am able to get a steady diet of art films at my local Malverne Cinema or at the Cobble Hill Cinemas in Brooklyn, which both have reduced admissions and discount days; I feel that I’m not missing anything urgent by skipping New York’s “art” circuit, and this includes the precious BAM Rose!
Lost Memory, could you post it bigger?
Excerpt from NY Times review of “I Walked with a Zombie” (1943)
“Horror” pictures are enjoying a peculiar popularity the country over at the moment, according to box-office statistics, so it seems reasonable to assume that RKO has a safe bet in “I Walked With a Zombie,” which opened yesterday to a packed house at the Rialto and, at one point, drew a horrified scream from a woman patron. It’s just like the days of old when “The Bat” and “The Gorilla” were scaring audiences out of their wits, and “Frankenstein’s Monster” was making the night hideous for children and the more impressionable oldsters.
The RKO Rockville Centre Twin is about five miles down the road — closed now.
The Century (now AMC) Fantasy is also about five miles down, just a few doors off Sunrise, but you can see the big verticle sign.
The Century Green Acres Cinema (now a fiveplex run by National Amusements, same management as Sunrise Multiplex) is less than a mile east on Sunrise. Is that the one you mean?
Before they landmark it I wish they would raise the roof and install a proper balcony. 1100 seats just isn’t enough, in my opinion.
Shhh…the Phantom lives down there.
From the opening remarks: “The building was used spasmodically for a couple of years for live events…”
Were the walls shaking? Maybe it’s a good thing they tore it own…
Unless, of course, they were only shaking sporadically.
Coincidentally, that newspaper clipping posted by Bill on November 20 also has an ad for a burlesque show at a “Mayfair Theater” at 236 W. 46th Street; what theater is that?
And the photo posted by Warren on November 21 seems to show “Brandt’s” name on the marquee above “Mayfair;” shouldn’t that name be listed as an “Also known as” at the top of this page, as other postings have suggested?
Full page ad for Defiance in today’s NY Times, with those rare words “Exclusive Engagement” and the beautiful Ziegfeld logo.
So I guess the Cameo was occasionally showing “adult” movies from its early days.
Here’s a NY Times review from 1934 of a movie I recently saw on TCM:
Road to Ruin
February 21, 1934
Pitfalls of Life.
By A.D.S.
“Road to Ruin,” written and co-directed by Mrs. Wallace Reid, is a morose investigation of a high school girl’s downfall, and is intended, apparently, as a dramatized lecture to the mothers of adolescent girls rather than as a general entertainment.
With a gravity proper to the subject, the Cameo’s new film describes the circumstances under which the youthful heroine is persuaded to smoke her first cigarette and drink her first cocktail, and later traces the successive steps in her betrayal by a sleek and astonishingly unprincipled young man.
The deficiencies of “Road to Ruin” lie not so much in its amateurish composition as in its dull and unnecessary preoccupation with subject-matter which belongs in a sociological case history.
THE ROAD TO RUIN, based on a story by Mrs. Wallace Reid; with Helen Foster, Nell O'Day, Glen Boles, Paul Page, Virginia True Boardman and Richard Tucker; directed by Mrs. Reid and Melville Shyer; a Willis Kent production; released by First Division Exchange. At the Cameo
Is this a union house? If so, I can’t think of a good excuse not to use the curtain.
I always try to stop in when I’m passing by, just for old times' sake.
Behind those two shiny windows on the left is screen no. 6.
(The other screens are two on the orchestra level, two in the balcony and one on the former stage.)
Bring back matrons! With flashlights!
I don’t understand — who here has the power to delete postings?
I recently stopped in to take a peek at the Imax screen in Sheepshead Bay, where Eagle Eye was playing, and the bottom five feet (at least!) of the screen was blank. Less than impressive, I must say.
The caption of the color photo says “Gymnasts practicing on stage at Brooklyn’s Paramount Theater, now used as a gymnasium by Long Island University.” Since they are practicing IN FRONT of the proscenium, it’s the first time I’ve seen a stage on that side of the footlights. As WGH might say, even Life can make a mistake!
It took me a long time to spot the Palace (on the far left) because I never saw a parade march UP Broadway and my bearings were off; I guess when it was a still a two-way street, why not!