Tuxedo Theater

1520 Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11210

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lostmemory
lostmemory on March 25, 2005 at 8:10 pm

I’ve been trying to find this theater. Thanks for adding it Ken. :)

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 25, 2005 at 2:17 pm

Lets see if I understand this. This theater should be called the Glenwood theater from 1912-1913. Then it was the Tuxedo theater from 1914-1915. If thats the case, this theater needs a new description written for it. I wonder what the building was used for from 1916 until the new building was completed in 1930.

cjdv
cjdv on March 25, 2005 at 2:09 pm

The Theatre is listed as the Tuxedo in the Motion Picture Directory 14-15. It closed shortly after that.

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 25, 2005 at 1:41 pm

There was also a Tuxedo theater on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn and one on Jerome Ave in the Bronx. Whatever name this theater used, it was closed before 1930 since that is the date of the current building being built.

cjdv
cjdv on March 25, 2005 at 1:04 pm

This theatre is listed twice in Trow’s Business Directory for 1912 Under “Moving Picture Exhibitions”, it is not listed by name but under the owner Maria Graf. In the listings for “Theatres & Places of Amusement”, it appears as the Glenwood. I can find no record after 1915 when it may have been known as “The Tuxedo”. Another Glenwood Theatre opened in 1923 (or perhaps 22) at 1475 Flatbush.