Dyckman Theatre
552 W. 207th Street,
New York,
NY
10034
552 W. 207th Street,
New York,
NY
10034
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The Dyckman Theatre was located in the northernmost end of Manhattan in an area known as Inwood. It was on West 207th Street off Sherman Avenue and was opened in 1913. It was listed with a seating capacity of 1,700 in 1926.
In 1939 it became part of the Loew’s Inc circuit break as a late release site and may have joined the Loew’s chain at that point. By 1949 Loew’s had stopped advertising it. It was still operating in 1954 when it was featured in a New York Times ad for a wide Easter release of "Heidi" and "White Mane". By August 1962, it was known as the New Dyckman Theatre.
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The Dyckman Theater dates back to the teens.
NY Yimes story dated June 1, 1919.
$756,000 Dyckman Lease.
One of the largest leases recently closed in the Dyckman section has been arranged by Gustavus L. Lawrence covering the Dyckman Theatre and the row of one-story “taxpayers” at Sherman Avenue and 207th Street, erected by Mr. Lawrence a few years ago. The Lumax Realty Company of 110 West 40th Street will pay Mr. Lawrence a rental of $36,000 a year for these properties, over a term of twenty one years, with renewal, the lease becoming effective today. The Dyckman Theatre covers a plot 150x150 on Sherman Avenue, 100 feet West of 207th Street, where the latter has a twenty foot entrance.
For a number of years, Loew’s operated the Dyckman simultaneously with the Inwood Theatre, which was its “flagship” in that area of the Upper West Side. After running at Loew’s Inwood, the programs moved to Loew’s Dyckman, but for shorter runs. The rest of the week, Loew’s Dyckman ran movies that had already played the RKO circuit or revivals. Loew’s eventually dropped the Dyckman to comply with the Federal anti-trust case against the company, after which the Dyckman continued as an “indie.”…Frequent discussions of the Dyckman can be found at the website called Manhattan Board. The Board seems dominated by people from Inwood, and it’s rare to see any theatres discussed there except the Dyckman. Given the number of major movie palaces that existed in Manhattan, I find that rather bizarre.
The year given for this photo is 1926.
The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.
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This theatre dates back to 1913.
Still playing the RKO subrun in 1957.
Still listed in an August 1962 ad for the wide run of “El Cid” as the New Dyckman and no longer operated by Loews.
That’s odd as'El Cid' was released in December 1961. The last movie to play at the Dyckman was ‘That Touch of Mink’ starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson. The film was released on June 14, 1962. I know this because when I was 8 yrs old the theatre was gutted by fire and permanently closed. I distinctly remember the posters for ‘Mink’ survived the fire and sat safely inside their glass casings to the left and right of the entrance to the theatre for several years after that.
Correction ….. Cary Grant not Rock Hudson starred in ‘That Touch of Mink’..
Thanks for the great pictures of this long gone theater.
steveb, since El Cid, athough released in late 1961, was probably presented in an exclusive midtown run for a number of weeks and then reached only an independent theater like the Dyckman many weeks later, the 1962 movie calendar noted above makes sense. The delayed presentation at the Dyckman of “A Touch of Mink” also probably took place well after its initial release date. Thus, when the place burned down, the El Cid run had probably already occurred.