RKO Commack Twin
Veterans Highway,
Commack,
NY
11725
Veterans Highway,
Commack,
NY
11725
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I was the manager of the york theater in huntington before going to the twin……
Write me at my email address.
How did you know them, were you an employee also?
JIM Ward went on to be DM and i took over from Duane as manager and then went on to dm…
god i new them all well/
When I started a woman names Mrs. Beal? was the manager. After that a man named James Ward took over with a George Gustafson as the assistant. They were followed by Duane Marino. That was the end of my days at RKO.
Did you work there also?
your manager was?????do you remember?
I worked at the RKO twin all through Jr high and high school years. I met my future wife there, she was the candy girl and I was the usher. We’ve been married for over 27 years and really miss the old theatre. I started there the day the Godfather opened and remember the folks standing in the rain for hours waiting to get in. As well as the bribes of $100 to get 2 tickets (no, I didn’t take it). I wish it was still open, with updated seating so I could bring my kids.
`You might be able to reopen the Lowes south shore mall twin , Plaza in Patchogue if you want to spend your last cent,
Do you have any listings of theatres for sale in Long Island?
I remeber the RKO Lawrence it is a duane Reed now. That theatre was horrible. The projection room was a nightmare, the seats were horrible and the screens were a mess when they made it a tri.
But you know what we went there every week and loved it!!!!
i think so
I think the Cinerama 1 & 2 did also if I am remembering right.
RKO LOVED THE SMOKED GLASS MIRRORS IN THE LOBBBY ALL LONG ISLAND RKO HAD THEM.
a twin and then a triple..a shit job here also..
The Lawrence was converted to a twin right? It was done around the same time these other 2 were built.
Century was to slow to plex and the few they did were poorly done .(SHORE)Rko opened those theaters as TWINS but most had no room to expand.
I remember when it was a big deal to go to one of the twin theatres because they were new and something different. It’s funny Century’s had theatres all over the island and was so slow to plex them, they seemed to close alot of loactions that might have made money.
One of the few theaters i ever sar back before big multiplexs that was almost always busy..Still open the old RKO RVC TWIN is still like that . (the sister theater to commack)
It’s always funny how that happens. I remember in Brooklyn The Marine which was just ok was always crowded. The Brook which was a beautiful house was never full when I went there.
great pic shows the RKO how it was always busy, strange down the street the Mayfair could not say the same ………..
D'OH!!!! Sorry, RobertR. Here’s the link:
http://www.commackarena.com/gallery_movies.shtml
I wish this were still open, since my wife and I just moved to Commack right off Commack Rd. near Jericho Turnpike. This would’ve been even closer than the Commack Multiplex.
Cocoon was one of those movies that played for ever as did “1984”
The Mayfair was located in the MAYFAIR center next to a chinese rest.
Theres no link here CaptRonLI.
Here’re some pictures of the RKO Twin back in the 70’s. The RKO always had hits galore. I don’t think I remember the Mayfair theater—was this located in the Mayfair shopping center? LongIslandMovies, do you know when the RKO opened/closed? What the last movie to play there was?
Also check out the drive-in page. Yes! “Freebie and the Bean!”