Poman, I can second your “Cine 43” claim in 1982-1983, it is in the DAILY NEWS archives. I have not yet found a Nuevo Cine listing. Were the films in Spanish?
I found a Miami Herald ad for the Grand Opening January 15, 1926 for a live review called ‘FOUNTANIA AT MIAMI SHORES’ at East Dixie Highway and 125th Street, the inaugural attraction at the ‘newest amusement theatre". This seems to have been quite a fancy and sprawling amusement location with lots of bells and whistles I have yet to find any signs of movies having been shown.
rivest, the closest thing to an opening ad for the twin is in the November 21, 1973 Miami Herald, with SALTY the seal and his trainer appearing in person.
bigjoe, Kennedy’s focus was more on the expensive Roadshows that tried to mimic “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” elements and failed. Movies like “STAR!”, “DOCTOR DOLITTLE” and “SONG OF NORWAY” from 1965 to 1972.
The whole slant of the Kennedy book is that Studios were failing to replicate the box office success of “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” by repeating that standard of sweet corn. In that, he is right.
NY Times, December 28, 1917;
MISHAP DELAYS THE RIVOLI’S OPENING.
A postponement of the opening of the new Rivoli Theatre, at Broadway and Forty-ninth Street, was made necessary yesterday afternoon by the collapse of a portion of the stage as it was being put into place.
On the following day, a review of the opening night says that “the theatre has a platform rather than a stage”.
Kennedy’s book is only wrong if you consider what has happened since. His quotes are legitimate from the film’s bad reviews back then. Fair or not, Barbra Streisand was seen as too young for the role and the film’s musical numbers were often reviewed as being severly over-produced.
ridethectrain, it did re-open after that as a short-lived six-plex.
Poman, I can second your “Cine 43” claim in 1982-1983, it is in the DAILY NEWS archives. I have not yet found a Nuevo Cine listing. Were the films in Spanish?
I found a Miami Herald ad for the Grand Opening January 15, 1926 for a live review called ‘FOUNTANIA AT MIAMI SHORES’ at East Dixie Highway and 125th Street, the inaugural attraction at the ‘newest amusement theatre". This seems to have been quite a fancy and sprawling amusement location with lots of bells and whistles I have yet to find any signs of movies having been shown.
This was opened by an independent operator who also ran the other Apollo, Aladdin, America and Ambassador.
I bought a DVD of “NORWAY” back in London that was probably a bootleg. The DVD had no ending but the film was dreadful anyway.
“THE BLUE MAX” in the photo section.
rivest, the closest thing to an opening ad for the twin is in the November 21, 1973 Miami Herald, with SALTY the seal and his trainer appearing in person.
Rivest, the Little River was the 79th Street Twin (Bard).
That older Strand was on Flagler Street and Miami Avenue.
Let’s be fair now. Netflix' takeover of the Belasco and Paris for their own Oscar bait premieres was quite a blast from the past in Showmanship.
Check out page 4, bigjoe.
“Lossless” sounds like the same old THX fraud. “If the theatre didn’t pay to keep the noise out, we did our job.”
Vindanpar, “YOUNG WINSTON” was real classic Roadshow reserved seats at the Columbia.
Actually, this happened once before and this space came back as a cinema.
bigjoe, Kennedy’s focus was more on the expensive Roadshows that tried to mimic “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” elements and failed. Movies like “STAR!”, “DOCTOR DOLITTLE” and “SONG OF NORWAY” from 1965 to 1972.
The whole slant of the Kennedy book is that Studios were failing to replicate the box office success of “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” by repeating that standard of sweet corn. In that, he is right.
NY Times, December 28, 1917; MISHAP DELAYS THE RIVOLI’S OPENING. A postponement of the opening of the new Rivoli Theatre, at Broadway and Forty-ninth Street, was made necessary yesterday afternoon by the collapse of a portion of the stage as it was being put into place.
On the following day, a review of the opening night says that “the theatre has a platform rather than a stage”.
The book is about “THE FALL OF THE FILM MUSICALS IN THE 1960’s”, so it makes a negative argument from the start.
The “BEN-HUR” 1969 re-release at the Palace ran for a mere nine weeks.
Currently closed for renovations.
This has returned to being the Roxy Cinema again.
Kennedy’s book is only wrong if you consider what has happened since. His quotes are legitimate from the film’s bad reviews back then. Fair or not, Barbra Streisand was seen as too young for the role and the film’s musical numbers were often reviewed as being severly over-produced.
It was in 1976.
ridethectrain, have you found any pics of the marquee as the Mark Triplex?
David, the real cinema rarity in those pics is the Cine Lido marquee shot on the second pic. Please post this there.