Gem Theatre
564 West 181st Street,
New York,
NY
10033
564 West 181st Street,
New York,
NY
10033
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As early as 1919, this theatre, then known as the Classic, was exhibiting motion pictures. By 1926, it was known as the Gem Theatre and continued to operate into the 1950s.
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Listed in the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook as the Gem Theatre with a seating capacity of 550 (600 seats from 1930 until at least 1941). In the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed with a seating capacity of 560 and in the 1950 edition it has 542 seats.
The 1957 edition of F.D.Y. lists the Gem Theatre, but gives no seating capacity, so it may have just closed?
The Gem was still open in 1949.
Here is a photograph I took of the Gem Theatre, now in retail and billiard hall use:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/192825705/
This was already advertised as the Gem in 1922.
The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.
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