Bethpage Theatre

It's either this theater or The Old Bethpage, which ever one was located on Hempstaed Tpke and next to The Embassy Diner, was at one time owned and operated by the same gentleman who owned The Deer Park Theater, The North Babylon Twin, The Levittown Twin (on Hempstead Tpke), The Franklin Square Twin / Quad (Hempstead Tpke) as well as others. My father was GM for the owner and ran all his theaters. After the owner bought it, he twinned it. It was the first theater I actually worked at with my dad, Christmas 1976. Eventually I would spend most of my time at the Deer Park Theater but at some point worked at each theater my dad ran. One picture I remember opening there was Julia with Jane Fonda ...ZZZZZZ...well I was a kid and it wasn't my knid of film. Still, it was here I learned the art of ripping tickets, sweeping a lobby and making popcorn salty enough that you just have to get a soda, a large soda to go with it. Great memories.

In the 50s and 60s, the Bethpage located off of Hempstead Tpke. showed cutting edge films such as "The Balcony with Shelly Winters and Ruby Dee.....It was a small one level theater with a small marque....Possbly seating 300 at most......Jos From Florida....sasheegm

The Bethpage was a free standing theatre under the AIT banner. It was never under UA (or Prudential which was the fore runner of UA)

The Bethpage was a free standing theatre under the AIT banner. It was never under UA (or Prudential which was the fore runner of UA)