CO was not above opening screens as they were finished while still in construction on others.
The project ran late and distributors felt the location was too far out west (duh) and didn’t want to risk exclusives of their movies in the zone, so getting first-runs was a problem.
CO was forced to day-date this with the Times Square Warner on “Uncle Buck” and the Warner proved the World Wide was redundant. Universal owned 50% of CO by then so they continued to cooperate for a while.
Since QUEEN CHRISTINA premiered on December 26 and that photo shows a Roll Royce in front, this is most likely a shot of the World Premier crowd and hardly representative of the the average movie-goer in 1933.
This opened as the Fine Arts in 1963 with Jewish Vaudeville and a movie. It slowly moved to burlesque and soft-core porn films and was the 21st Street theatre by 1969.
The AMC exit escalators appear to have been designed to move the exiting crowd away from the main building in case of fire. The large “holding” areas in between are supposed to handle the overflow when the escalators back up. Human nature is to huddle around the escalator instead, causing a dangerous result.
The buildings department often demand designs that do not conform with human nature. I often experienced this on new builds in NY. Consider the safe distance of the entrance escalators on each floor compared to the exits.
MarkieS, I disagree that escalators are made to stand still. Don’t you get annoyed by people who block the people movers at airports with luggage and stand still?
All those huge airport-like waiting areas and the exit patterns are scrutinized by the buildings department before they issue a permit to open. The inadequate AMC exits may have been dictated by the city.
This article is a sales pitch. So people with a propensity to see JOURNEY chose 3D over 2D?
The film opened at 2811 locations. According to this article there are 1400 3D systems installed. If all the system screens were showing JOURNEY, and they probably were, then there was a 7% increment which is easily explained by 3D installations being bought for higher grossing locations anyway.
The real story here is – “In spite of the 3D gimmick audiences choose "Hancock” and “Hellboy II” over “Journey to the Center of the Earth”.
In 1971, when The Miami Herald would not accept more than a two inch by one column ad for the X-rated “A Clockwork Orange”, ABC Forida State Theatres and Warner Brothers resorted to full page ads for the soundtrack album and the publication of THE ORANGE TIMES magazine.
A cover of THE ORANGE TIMES is linked below. View link
The Rialto II in the basement appears to have operated from 1968 to the mid-seventies. Since the main Rialto never closed one has to wonder where the space came from. Perhaps it was the old restaurant/TV studio space mentioned in Jerry Korvac’s post on Aug 15, 2006?
CO was not above opening screens as they were finished while still in construction on others.
The project ran late and distributors felt the location was too far out west (duh) and didn’t want to risk exclusives of their movies in the zone, so getting first-runs was a problem.
CO was forced to day-date this with the Times Square Warner on “Uncle Buck” and the Warner proved the World Wide was redundant. Universal owned 50% of CO by then so they continued to cooperate for a while.
Since QUEEN CHRISTINA premiered on December 26 and that photo shows a Roll Royce in front, this is most likely a shot of the World Premier crowd and hardly representative of the the average movie-goer in 1933.
I believe this was last known as Radio Centro.
This theatre is already listed as the Rio, its last name.
This opened as the Fine Arts in 1963 with Jewish Vaudeville and a movie. It slowly moved to burlesque and soft-core porn films and was the 21st Street theatre by 1969.
Not in Florida. I saw it at the Golden Glades Drive-In first run.
This was also the location for the Bard theatre which ran movies as well as live burlesque in the late fifties.
This location one housed the Little River theatre. I am unsure if it is the same building.
I believe this was the largest drive-in in the country for a while.
The full address for this drive-in was 7080 Coral Way.
This being 42nd street, I’m not so sure I want to find those stairs.
I agree. “Titanic” had little girls going back to see DiCaprio for a year. TDK will be out on DVD by Thanksgiving.
The AMC exit escalators appear to have been designed to move the exiting crowd away from the main building in case of fire. The large “holding” areas in between are supposed to handle the overflow when the escalators back up. Human nature is to huddle around the escalator instead, causing a dangerous result.
The buildings department often demand designs that do not conform with human nature. I often experienced this on new builds in NY. Consider the safe distance of the entrance escalators on each floor compared to the exits.
MarkieS, I disagree that escalators are made to stand still. Don’t you get annoyed by people who block the people movers at airports with luggage and stand still?
All those huge airport-like waiting areas and the exit patterns are scrutinized by the buildings department before they issue a permit to open. The inadequate AMC exits may have been dictated by the city.
If anything, the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ escalator at Lincoln Square is more daunting and that only has a mere thirteen screens.
This article is a sales pitch. So people with a propensity to see JOURNEY chose 3D over 2D?
The film opened at 2811 locations. According to this article there are 1400 3D systems installed. If all the system screens were showing JOURNEY, and they probably were, then there was a 7% increment which is easily explained by 3D installations being bought for higher grossing locations anyway.
The real story here is – “In spite of the 3D gimmick audiences choose "Hancock” and “Hellboy II” over “Journey to the Center of the Earth”.
West 34th Street should be an aka here.
Although the address above places this theatre on 123rd street, a Paramount week ad in 1924 places another second avenue Palace at 45th street.
On May 5, 1993, The Brooklyn Spectator published two pages of Bay Ridge movie palace memories written by Andrew Johnson and John Cocchi.
Here they are:
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On May 5, 1993, The Brooklyn Spectator published two pages of Bay Ridge movie palace memories written by Andrew Johnson and John Cocchi.
Here they are:
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On May 5, 1993, The Brooklyn Spectator published two pages of Bay Ridge movie palace memories written by Andrew Johnson and John Cocchi.
Here they are:
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On May 5, 1993, The Brooklyn Spectator published two pages of Bay Ridge movie palace memories written by Andrew Johnson and John Cocchi.
Here they are:
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On May 5, 1993, The Brooklyn Spectator published two pages of Bay Ridge movie palace memories written by Andrew Johnson and John Cocchi.
Here they are:
View link
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In 1971, when The Miami Herald would not accept more than a two inch by one column ad for the X-rated “A Clockwork Orange”, ABC Forida State Theatres and Warner Brothers resorted to full page ads for the soundtrack album and the publication of THE ORANGE TIMES magazine.
A cover of THE ORANGE TIMES is linked below.
View link
The Rialto II in the basement appears to have operated from 1968 to the mid-seventies. Since the main Rialto never closed one has to wonder where the space came from. Perhaps it was the old restaurant/TV studio space mentioned in Jerry Korvac’s post on Aug 15, 2006?