Hi MariaMaria. I have been collecting this info since I was a kid and I have started going through it recently along with old Miami Herald Movie Time Clocks and Film Daily Yearbooks. I was a theatre manager and movie ad placement paste-up “artist” in the Miami area in the late seventies and early eighties. I worked in Hialeah briefly at the Village (Atlas), but not at the Circle.
Although I agree with Warren that this was hardly a cinema, the Hammerstein on 53rd street (Ed Sullivan) did premiere the classic Russian film ‘The End of St. Petersburg" in 1928.
I saw the new Woody Allen here with a quiet sophisticated sold out audience who laughed in all the right places and applauded at the end. There is hope for Times Square movie theatres after all.
Afterwards we all scrambled with the escalator shuffle on the way out.
The Wometco 27th Avenue Drive-in was one of the longest lasting in South Florida. It was already open by 1957 and closed in 1986, outlasted by the Tropicaire and Turnpike.
The Lakes Mall opened in 1973 and was AMC’s first in South Florida. The lobby was small so ticket holders were lined up inside the mall along store fronts behind stanchion poles indicating their screen number. The usher would come get them when theit auditorium was ready.
The address was 3345 N. State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida.
By the way, if you have ever seen an Annette Funicello/Frankie Avalon movie, it is hardly an endorsement. “HSM3” will deliver the Hannah Montana tweenies in huge numbers based on the TV and DVD results of the first two. They should fill the house, if only for a weekend.
I have a mystery theatre I need help with. I posted on this pages only due to the proximity.
In Paramount Week ads for 1922 and 1923 they show a Central Theatre located on 9th Avenue and 52nd street.
In a January 1927 NYT ad for the Russian film “Tales of 1000 Nights” it shows as showing at the 52nd Street theatre, west of Broadway.
I have an address of 306 west 52nd street for this theatre although I cannot trace where it came from. I found a Palm Garden Theatre running stage shows at that address although IBDB.COM does not have an address for the Palm Garden nor the 52nd Street theatre.
Any ideas?
Hi MariaMaria. I have been collecting this info since I was a kid and I have started going through it recently along with old Miami Herald Movie Time Clocks and Film Daily Yearbooks. I was a theatre manager and movie ad placement paste-up “artist” in the Miami area in the late seventies and early eighties. I worked in Hialeah briefly at the Village (Atlas), but not at the Circle.
The Towne opened in 1970, was twinned in 1974 and closed for good in 1989.
The address was 2116 N.E. 162nd street.
My Film Yearbook shows room for 850 cars.
The Circle was already open by 1949. In 1984 it was twinned and in 1989 it closed.
This theatre opened in 1958. After closing in 1993, the 170th Street was briefly re-opened in 1994 as the Sunny Isles Beach twin.
The Alliance operated from 1991 to 2000.
Yes, I mean Manhattan actually, although it may be the longest running in the whole city. This dates as far back as 1921, perhaps earlier.
I believe this is now officially the longest running, still existing, movie theatre in New York.
Is the living and breathing theatre KingBiscuits referring to not listed?
Harvey, this theatre was in Miami Gardens when it was open but city boundaries have changed since it closed so it could possibly map in Opa-lock now.
Although I agree with Warren that this was hardly a cinema, the Hammerstein on 53rd street (Ed Sullivan) did premiere the classic Russian film ‘The End of St. Petersburg" in 1928.
I saw the new Woody Allen here with a quiet sophisticated sold out audience who laughed in all the right places and applauded at the end. There is hope for Times Square movie theatres after all.
Afterwards we all scrambled with the escalator shuffle on the way out.
Thanks S. Porridge.
You know more about them than I do. I only have dates of operation. Will you submit them to CT?
Good point, KingBiscuits. I never realized that. It must have changed names mid-run.
Great info, S Porridge.
I need help with some other Broward sites.
Do you know anything about:
The DANIA DRIVE-IN
The STATE theatre in Dania
The GOLD COAST DRIVE-IN
MOVIE CITY 10 (it was an 8-plex)
and the SOUTHPORT THEATRE and drafthouse?
I want to list them but I know so little about them.
The address was 7901 W. Flagler Street and it closed in 1986.
The Wometco 27th Avenue Drive-in was one of the longest lasting in South Florida. It was already open by 1957 and closed in 1986, outlasted by the Tropicaire and Turnpike.
The Lakes Mall opened in 1973 and was AMC’s first in South Florida. The lobby was small so ticket holders were lined up inside the mall along store fronts behind stanchion poles indicating their screen number. The usher would come get them when theit auditorium was ready.
The address was 3345 N. State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida.
Apology accepted.
By the way, if you have ever seen an Annette Funicello/Frankie Avalon movie, it is hardly an endorsement. “HSM3” will deliver the Hannah Montana tweenies in huge numbers based on the TV and DVD results of the first two. They should fill the house, if only for a weekend.
Ahem! “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR” opens at the Zieg this fall.
I have a mystery theatre I need help with. I posted on this pages only due to the proximity.
In Paramount Week ads for 1922 and 1923 they show a Central Theatre located on 9th Avenue and 52nd street.
In a January 1927 NYT ad for the Russian film “Tales of 1000 Nights” it shows as showing at the 52nd Street theatre, west of Broadway.
I have an address of 306 west 52nd street for this theatre although I cannot trace where it came from. I found a Palm Garden Theatre running stage shows at that address although IBDB.COM does not have an address for the Palm Garden nor the 52nd Street theatre.
Any ideas?
Here is a 1916 ad for the Lexington operating as the Biltmore.
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Abbey should be added as an aka name here.
re: Gerald A. DeLuca’s post of Nov.1, 2005
I have recently submitted the Modern Playhouse, an outlet for Hungarian films once located at 82nd Street and Third Avenue.