St. George Theatre
25 Hyatt Street,
St. George,
NY
10301
25 Hyatt Street,
St. George,
NY
10301
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Located in the St. George district of Staten Island, close to the Staten Island ferry terminal. The St. George Theatre opened in 1929, and was the premier theater on Staten Island in the 1930’s and 1940’s, where first run movies were shown.
The theater has now been restored to its former glory for use as a live performance theater, with occasional film presentations.
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Back then on weeknights the film would be shown twice, with a matinee on Wednesday afternoon. Then the continous showings on weekends but the only midnight shows would be special features like Rocky Horror. I don’t recall the St. George having any of these midnight shows. rivoli may I ask where you are getting the info on the bookings?
garth I am going through back issue of the Village Voice online.
These are great history lessons. The old movie and theatre ads,plus reviews. Not to mention just being able toread about the city from back then
garth you can use google news archive search
OK Thanks.
Found some 1974 bookings
Jan 1974-“Mean Streets”
April 1974-“The Last Detail”
June 1974-“The Lords of Flatbush”
July 1974-“The Exorcist” -in its 3rd big week!
When exactly did this theatre first close? Did the Paramount stay open a bit longer?
According to ads in the Village Voice, December 1976, and January 1977 saw a booking of the film"In Search of Noahs Ark". The Paramount seemed to be getting the prime bookings by then.
Were both theatres not run by Fabian?.Was St George more of a problem than Stapleton by then?
I seem to recall them closing in ‘77 or '78. What did them in was the opening of new multiplexes in the area. First the Amboy Multiplex in Perth Amboy , NJ and then UA Staten Island 14 in Travis. Ironically both of those are now long gone. They did not have stadium seating , and the Amboy started sinking cause it was built on marshland.
On the Amboy page it says it didnt open until ‘79 and the UA was some time in 1980 , so both the St.George and Paramount had actually already shut down. With what it must have cost for heating and air conditioning in those huge theatres I’m not surprised. According to the S.I. Advance at the time the Paramount was supposed to continue as an adult movie house. When word got out the move was protested and the theatre closed for good (as a movie house).
Thank you garth. It seems that many bookings were also going to the Fox on Hylan, The Jerry Lewis Cinema, and for a while a theatre run by the Century chain.
Isnt it ironic that some of those multi-plexes that replaced the great palaces are now gone themselves?
NBC television show SMASH filming at theatre again today.Seems this theatre will be used for the filming of musical numbers and some theatre interiors