Cameo Theater
63 Main Street,
Brewster,
NY
10509
63 Main Street,
Brewster,
NY
10509
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I recall the Cameo being $1 through the 70s and into the 80s as well.
I am interested in this theater and its potential in the community. Does anyone know the status of the theater and who I can contact about it?
Thanks so much
Last news was from 2 years ago in this comments section re: $200,000 to rehab it. I passed it a few weeks ago and it’s still dormant.
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GC, don’t bother.“Morini purchased the Cameo in September 2000 from Southeast resident Denise Quinn for $195,000”. Morini, who was also the broker at the time, rejected higher offers from buyers and groups who had plans to do great things with it for the community, but never submitted them to the owner Denise Quinn, so he could purchase it himself at a lower price. Like all the other property he owns in town, he is just sitting on it until he can profit enough from it. He’s the one renting the tiny apts to large groups of day laborers that you see hanging around on the streets in town.
If you want to contact Morini, or want to tell him what you think of the abandoned theater or ask where the $100K that was supposed to go to the theater went, his website and email are here:http://robertmorini.houlihanlawrence.com/
Here is an article about the Cameo from Boxoffice magazine in November 1939:
http://tinyurl.com/ydhov4h
My first encounter with the Cameo was when it was one glorious screen. My Father took me to see both STAR WARS and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK on that single screen. Later when it became two screens I went there and saw all three BACK TO THE FUTURE films, ROCKY IV, MIDNIGHT RUN, HOWARD THE DUCK, STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME, RAIN MAN, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, DICK TRACY, DEAD POETS SOCIETY and SCENT OF A WOMAN. It’s so very sad to see it sit dormant. I fear it will be torn down, just like the Plaza in Scarsdale, where I’m from originally.
Here’s a new link to a 1939 trade article: boxofficemagazine
– The Cameo Theater, Putnam County’s first movie house, was built in 1939 and served the community until 1997. In 2000, the darkened theater was purchased by a local developer to forestall its demolition. His original intent was to renovate the 6,500-square foot building and lease it to an experienced theater operator, but he was unable to find a suitable tenant. The interior of the structure has deteriorated to the point where rehabilitation may be cost-prohibitive.