Superior Theatre
443-447 Third Avenue,
New York,
NY
10002
443-447 Third Avenue,
New York,
NY
10002
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Shows up in a 1919 Paramount Week ad.
Demolition is announced in August 1957 though it is unclear whether it was still operating at the time.
A chain called Associated Prudential Theatres, Inc. ran this in 1953 along with the 34th Street (Murray Hill) and the 28th street Regent.
In 1958 a parking lot was located at 443-447 Third Avenue. In 1980 a certificate of occupancy was issued for a new nineteen story building at 443-447 Third Avenue. Status should be demolished.
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook;1926 and 1927 editins as having a seating capacity of 1,000. The 1930 edition of F.D.Y. gives a seating capacity of 835 and it’s 880 in the 1941 and 1943 editions
In the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook it is listed with 846 seats.
A Moller organ opus 3746 was installed in the Superior Theater in 1923 at a cost of $6000.