JohnG409-Angie was film on 81st between 18th and 19th Avenues. I think you may know the block.
Also, I remember a Steven Segal movie being filmed at the intersection of 86th Street and 18th Avenue. Has anyone seen it and if the Oriental can be seen?
It would be great if there was someone who had the money to invest in restoring these palaces however we have to remember why they closed in the first place. The community in which most of these places exist did/would not appreciate these places as much as they should be appreciated. It is sad that the community didn’t do anything in the first place when these theaters first closed.
It is great that there are a handful of us that understand and appreciate these wonderful movie palaces, however in the grand scheme of things, we are too few and far between.
Yes, I grew up about six blocks away from it as well. They shot the house scenes from Angie on my block.
I remebered thinking as a child what a glorious place it must have been in its prime. It had already been uncared for by the time I started seeing movies there regularly. I remember seeing movies there and my feet where sticking to the floor and random chairs where missing.
It is too bad the Oriental wasn’t appreciated as it should have been.
From the plans from the Dept. of Finance, it looks like there where plans to demolish the balcony. Does anyone know whether the balcony is still there?
My goodness. I’m sitting here reading all these posts and I almost what to cry. Unfortunately, I’m probably younger than most of you but I still remember being a small child in the early 80s walking into the lobby. It seemed so grand. I practically grew up in that theater but moved out of the neighborhood in 1994. When I returned around 98-99, I was horrified to see what had happened. Marshall’s? Such disrespect. I remember hearing from relatives about the marque with Innocense Lost (something like that) but later found out that it was for a movie filming.
I believe the last movie I saw there was either Friday the 13th: Jason goes to hell or Jurassic Park. They were both playing in the orchestra. I wish I had known that there were still dressing rooms and a backstage. I had always (since I was a small child) wanted to be a performer. Many of my dreams where bred it that theater.
If I was to ever win the lottery (or become famous but right now I have more of a chance of winning the lottery) I want to buy the Oriental and restore and bring it back to a one screen movie palace. Of course, I will perform as well as anyone else who wants to.
From what I remember, the neon signs were working, however, not all of them at the same time. There was always one or two letters out.
Thank you SO much for those wonderful pictures. They really sent me back.
JohnG409-Angie was film on 81st between 18th and 19th Avenues. I think you may know the block.
Also, I remember a Steven Segal movie being filmed at the intersection of 86th Street and 18th Avenue. Has anyone seen it and if the Oriental can be seen?
It would be great if there was someone who had the money to invest in restoring these palaces however we have to remember why they closed in the first place. The community in which most of these places exist did/would not appreciate these places as much as they should be appreciated. It is sad that the community didn’t do anything in the first place when these theaters first closed.
It is great that there are a handful of us that understand and appreciate these wonderful movie palaces, however in the grand scheme of things, we are too few and far between.
Yes, I grew up about six blocks away from it as well. They shot the house scenes from Angie on my block.
I remebered thinking as a child what a glorious place it must have been in its prime. It had already been uncared for by the time I started seeing movies there regularly. I remember seeing movies there and my feet where sticking to the floor and random chairs where missing.
It is too bad the Oriental wasn’t appreciated as it should have been.
From the plans from the Dept. of Finance, it looks like there where plans to demolish the balcony. Does anyone know whether the balcony is still there?
My goodness. I’m sitting here reading all these posts and I almost what to cry. Unfortunately, I’m probably younger than most of you but I still remember being a small child in the early 80s walking into the lobby. It seemed so grand. I practically grew up in that theater but moved out of the neighborhood in 1994. When I returned around 98-99, I was horrified to see what had happened. Marshall’s? Such disrespect. I remember hearing from relatives about the marque with Innocense Lost (something like that) but later found out that it was for a movie filming.
I believe the last movie I saw there was either Friday the 13th: Jason goes to hell or Jurassic Park. They were both playing in the orchestra. I wish I had known that there were still dressing rooms and a backstage. I had always (since I was a small child) wanted to be a performer. Many of my dreams where bred it that theater.
If I was to ever win the lottery (or become famous but right now I have more of a chance of winning the lottery) I want to buy the Oriental and restore and bring it back to a one screen movie palace. Of course, I will perform as well as anyone else who wants to.
We all still have the right to dream.