Paramount Theatre
17 South Street,
Middletown,
NY
10940
17 South Street,
Middletown,
NY
10940
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The week-long Hoboken International Film Festival begins tonight at the Paramount:
http://newyork.newsday.com/entertainment/hoboken-film-festival-to-open-in-middletown-friday-night-1.5380096
The 2010 Big Screen Classics By Acclaim series at the Paramount concludes this Saturday 11/20 at 7:30pm with HOLIDAY INN, starring Fred Astaire & Bing Crosby and presented in 35mm. Doors open at 7:00 for pre-show organ music courtesy of the NYTOS Mighty Wurlitzer.
Watch for a new monthly schedule of Big Screen Classics at the Paramount staring in January! Go to www.bigscreenclassics.com for more information.
The Paramount’s classic movie series continues this Sunday, October 18 with the silent classic “Phantom of the Opera” starring Lon Chaney. The film will be presented from a 35mm print with color tints as well as the Technicolor sequence. Bernie Anderson will be accompanying the film on the Paramount’s Mighty Wurlitzer. Showtime is 3pm.
Auditorium restoration: View link
Just re-registering for alerts with this link to a 1980 photo: View link
Here is a photo of the Paramount Theater.
A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 2114 style BAL1A was installed in the Paramount Theater on 6/12/30.
The last film shown here was “Semi-Tough” with Burt Reynolds in April of ‘78. I believe the theater was in really bad shape. A portion of the balcony had fallen one night? It did everything to survive in the 70’s-showed Blaxploitation, X-Rated films, karate flicks and mainstream movies. ABC Theaters operated this along with the Orange Plaza Mall Theater.The opening of this theater and the Orange Plaza Mall had a horrible effect on the downtown area.Think the Paramount lost their parking area to a bank at one time. Glad to see it’s still going strong.
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Some heavyweights were invited to the opening of the theater on
June 10, 1930:
Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky, masterminds of the Paramount-Publix corporation, have been invited to attend the Thursday evening opening of the Middletown Paramount theater. It was announced today by Harry C. Stowell, manager. It is not known definitely whether they will be able to appear but other executives of the company, including Martin Mullen, director of the Northwest territory, have signified an intention to participate.
Charles “Buddy” Rogers will greet the first Middletown audience through a specially made talkie film.
This being the 75 anniversary of the Paramount theaters in both Middletown and Peekskill, we all should support these beautiful landmarks. The Peekskill theater has just been completely renovated to its original beauty, now a performing arts center, will be having major celebration events over the next few months. contact paramountcenter.org for information.
This Paramount is virtually identical to the Paramount across the Hudson River in Peekskill, NY. They were built simultaneously with Rapp & Rapp as architects. This Paramount opened first, on June 12th, 1930, followed by the Peekskill Paramount on June 27th.