Amityville Twin
221 Broadway,
Amityville,
NY
11701
221 Broadway,
Amityville,
NY
11701
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Previously operated by: Associated Prudential Theaters Inc., RKO Century, United Artists Theater Circuit Inc.
Architects: Maurice D. Sornik
Functions: Retail
Previous Names: Amityville Theatre
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This was the third Amityville Theatre to be built on this site, replacing the 1936-built theatre. Originally opened on May 4, 1960 with Ernie Kovacs in “Wake Me When It’s Over”. It was a neighborhood Associated Prudential house that flipped between first and second run. It was then twinned and went all first run. At the end in 1986 it was double features for $2 as the theatre crumbled into oblivion.
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They were from AIT…Cathy and I cant remember the other sisters name. When the theater closed they both went to work in the dm office for Almi century. (might have been RKO CENTURY WARNER BY THEN) There reputation as managers of this theater was stella. I have never been in this theater.
Thanks for the update- I assume, of course, that they were siblings and not “sisters” as in nuns!!
yes —siblings.lol
As it turns out there were THREE Amityville theatres on the same site. The first started out as the Star and was renamed when taken over by Prudential. Prudential then built a new, larger theatre on the same site taking over neighboring retail space. Then when Broadway was widened the second theatre was “in the way”. A new, ever larger Amityville was built by Prudential. Then twinned. Then closed.
This house is probably the theater at Amityville that was designed by architect Maurice D. Sornik in 1960, as listed in his entry in the 1962 edition of the AIA’s American Architects Directory.
Timing is right since the theatre was constructed 1960-61.
The “BIG A"had two different size seats ground level toward the screen.Look a the Pequa Theater photo page for examples of seating.
Paul, when there was no balcony in a Prudential Theatre, such as the Pequa or the Mid-Island, they usually had a special area in the middle with a railing around it and different sized seats as the smoking section. I was never in the Big A so I don’t know if there was a balcony.
When Century only had a one level theatre a certain number of the rear rows were designated as the smoking section.
The Amityville theatre was opened by Prudential theatres on May 4th, 1960.
Amityville theatre opening 03 May 1960, Tue Newsday (Nassau Edition) (Hempstead, New York) Newspapers.com
As per RKO Century, the address is 221 Broadway and it closed under RKO Century