Palace Theatre
2384 James Street,
Eastwood,
Syracuse,
NY
13206
2384 James Street,
Eastwood,
Syracuse,
NY
13206
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The Palace Theatre was operating prior to 1941 when it was part of the Schine Circuit. I accidentally drove past this theatre early last summer. It has an attractive terra cotta facade, and it appears to have its original vertical sign.
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Contrary to what it says at the very top of this page, this was never an RKO house, the theatre has always been independently owned. It was built in 1924 by Albert DiBella, and was run for most of its life by his daughter Frances, who was present almost every night that it was open (In 1990, I joined the list of people who thru the years made her an offer for the place, to no avail). When she passed a few years ago, it was handed down to her nephew Mike, who threw some money into cleaning it up and refurbishing. Currently it’s running as a combination single screen sub-run house and live concert venue. It joins the Westcott (used to be the Studio in it’s early days), Manlius and Hollywood as Syracuse’s still running independents. The Franklin is long gone.
I have some 50s pics of the Franklin, have been in the Westcott, and never saw the Manlius. Most of CinemaNational’s theatres are gone now: Westhill, Cinema East, Cinema North, Shop City…
Here is a recent photo of the Palace Theater.
The 1943 edition of Film Daily Yearbook lists the Palace Theatre as being operated by RKO Theaters.
Here is a 1948 ad from the Syracuse Post-Standard:
http://tinyurl.com/2eadpu
Another photo of the Palace Theater can be seen here.
The year given for these photos is 1983
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I was just here at this place on April 20th for a showing of Big Lebowski and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas..the mens room has a very low ceiling.
Hello all I am happy to report that I was here again on September 18th for Zombiegeddon.I am thoroughly convinced that I am in love with The Palace Theatre..they don’t make them like this anymore.
November 30th tell all your friends….35mm Double Feature: Blues Brothers and Animal House..