Imagine what would happen if Disney decided to make one of those 60’s Annette Funicello/Frankie Avalon “Beach Party” movies and you have “High School Musical”.
According to Variety weekday attendance is better than usual this summer. I suspect many distributors will falsely report the nine day week as the opening week gross. It may not fool those who track box-office but sounds impressive when some reporter repeats the hype.
I also understand some ancillary rights are sold as a multiple of the opening week gross so maximizing this is more critical than ever.
The Skylake opened in 1972 as an independent. It was snatched up by Loews in 1974, along with the Kendall Twin, when General Cinema bought other Florida theatres.
Due to the Bay Harbor and 167th St Twin having a partner, Loews was unable to sell those two. Since they were unable to leave the market altogether they started buying theatres again.
Thanks to Loews, the little Skylake premiered some big films such as “Saturday Night Fever” in the then very competitive and over-screened North Miami Beach market.
The 22nd Avenue Drive-In was advertised as the Liberty City Drive-in at the same time. Does anyone know if they had two sections for segragated audiences?
They seemed to have tried everything over the years including Spanish language films, live shows and everything Charles Bronson and Bruce Lee ever made.
Louis, I have some old Film Year Books. The 1924 edition already lists the Strand along with the Fotosho, Hippodrome, Airdome, Biltmore, Lyric, Lincoln, Fairfax and Paramount.
H.A Leach is listed as the Strand owner but there is always the possibility of another old Strand. There is no listing for it in my 1934 book.
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.
This opened as the Taft Hollywood-12 in 1992. It became the Flipper in 2002 and lost two screens in the process.
The Plaza opened as a single screen in 1963. It was twinned in 1974 and closed in 1988.
Plantation Cross Roads should be the name here with Mercede Cinema as an aka.
Imagine what would happen if Disney decided to make one of those 60’s Annette Funicello/Frankie Avalon “Beach Party” movies and you have “High School Musical”.
The Hollywood Fashion Cinema was also originally named Gamecock.
The Florida Twin opened in 1965.
According to Variety weekday attendance is better than usual this summer. I suspect many distributors will falsely report the nine day week as the opening week gross. It may not fool those who track box-office but sounds impressive when some reporter repeats the hype.
I also understand some ancillary rights are sold as a multiple of the opening week gross so maximizing this is more critical than ever.
This opened as a single screen theatre in 1964. It was twinned in 1973 and became a quad in 1985.
Does anyone know what year it closed? Was it 1998 right after Muvico opened?
Very likely.
Harvey, this theatre was not in Hollywood, Florida. It was in Pompano.
There were two separate Fashion Cinemas, both showing strictly porn.
HOLLYWOOD FASHION CINEMA
5845 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
POMPANO FASHION CINEMA
1750 N. Federal Highway, Pompano
The address was 8010 W. Broward Boulevard. The Broward Mall 4 operated from 1980 to 1991 and was opened by General Cinema.
The address here was 8400 W. Broward Boulevard. It operated from 1978 to 1994.
According to The Miami Herald movie timeclock there was another Ace somewhere in Homestead from 1966-1973.
The Skylake opened in 1972 as an independent. It was snatched up by Loews in 1974, along with the Kendall Twin, when General Cinema bought other Florida theatres.
Due to the Bay Harbor and 167th St Twin having a partner, Loews was unable to sell those two. Since they were unable to leave the market altogether they started buying theatres again.
Thanks to Loews, the little Skylake premiered some big films such as “Saturday Night Fever” in the then very competitive and over-screened North Miami Beach market.
From 1978-1980 the Essex became the Atlantic. It became the Essex once again when it was twinned in 1981. It was tripled in 1983.
The 22nd Avenue Drive-In was advertised as the Liberty City Drive-in at the same time. Does anyone know if they had two sections for segragated audiences?
Also known as the Margate Drive-In.
They seemed to have tried everything over the years including Spanish language films, live shows and everything Charles Bronson and Bruce Lee ever made.
Louis, I have some old Film Year Books. The 1924 edition already lists the Strand along with the Fotosho, Hippodrome, Airdome, Biltmore, Lyric, Lincoln, Fairfax and Paramount.
H.A Leach is listed as the Strand owner but there is always the possibility of another old Strand. There is no listing for it in my 1934 book.
No, they were mostly action films then. Just before this name change they experimented with porn.
This had seven screens at one point.
The address was 1225 N.W. 40th Avenue
The address was 300 N. Park Road.
The address was 1515 E. Hallandale Beach Boulevard.