Hylan Plaza Cinemas

107 Mill Road,
New Dorp, NY 10306

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Located in the New Dorp district of Staten Island. The Fox Theatre opened on April 7, 1966, with Disney’s “The Ugly Dachshund”. Joan Crawford was a special opening guest.

It was a huge modern theatre, great for seeing such epics as “The Blue Max”, “Grand Prix” and “You Only Live Twice”.

Twinned in 1975, it was closed 1988-1993. It reopened with 5-screens in 1993 with “Son in Law”, “The Firm”, “Sleepless in Seattle” and Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”.

Midnight shows included “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, vintage Marx Brothers films, “Monty Python & the Holy Grail” and soft core X-rated films.

Contributed by PeterMHargrove, Pete Delaney

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on June 29, 2011 at 1:16 pm

love that 007 ad.Pity the business has changed so much and not for the best in this Old theatre Dawgs opinion.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on June 29, 2011 at 1:17 pm

jimmyhank,if no one can tell you; you might have to start looking old theatre ads in the local paper.

dfc
dfc on August 3, 2011 at 9:29 am

That whole Pathmark/KMart shopping center is a mess. Stores are vacant for years with no explanation. Friends who patronize this theater all say that the place is in poor shape. And yet the theater stays open.

A few years ago the rumor was that the Hylan would take the large space that Toys-R-Us had vacated. But Toys-R-Us reopened their store after years of vacancy. So no one really knows whats going on with that entire shopping center property.

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on March 13, 2012 at 3:13 pm

The address is Staten Island, NY, and not New Dorp, NY/

Tinseltoes
Tinseltoes on July 23, 2012 at 1:45 pm

Pictured in this 1966 trade report: Boxoffice

garth
garth on September 11, 2012 at 5:10 am

I was here last weekend and it has been cleaned up. It also now has bargain ticket prices – only $5.50 on a Saturday matinee. They were not stingy with the A/C like they once were. One complaint – some seats are worn out and should be replaced.

mattglynn
mattglynn on October 23, 2012 at 10:24 am

jimmyhank, I think King Kong was at the Lane on New Dorp. I remember going to see that when i was like 5 or 6 too. Halloween II opening night Fri. Oct 30, 1981. Rambo. Those are the movies that stick out for me at the Lane. Last movie i saw there was Rocky IV.

mattglynn
mattglynn on October 23, 2012 at 10:29 am

At the Fox…biggest movie i remember was A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 maybe? Beat Street

mattglynn
mattglynn on October 23, 2012 at 10:31 am

Anyone remeber the name of the theatre behind the mall, where Crazy Eddies was? and where DMV used to be?
Thanks

AdamBomb1701
AdamBomb1701 on January 23, 2013 at 1:09 pm

That was the Richmond Theater. Check out the page for it on this site.

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