Loew's Kameo Theatre
530 Eastern Parkway,
Crown Heights,
Brooklyn,
NY
11225
530 Eastern Parkway,
Crown Heights,
Brooklyn,
NY
11225
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Opened as the Cameo Theatre on 8th February 1924 with Jane Novak in “Lullabye”. An additional attraction in the summer months was the 1,500 seat open-air roof garden theatre which first opened on 13th June 1924.
In 1925 the Cameo Theatre was taken over by Loew’s and re-named Kameo Theatre. In its final film theater days it became part of the Brandt chain. This large Eastern Parkway former theater now houses a church congregation.
I haven’t a clue what it looks like inside, but the exterior facade is grimy but intact, except for the large marquee which is now gone.
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After nearly 86 years, the details of the terra cotta facade have held up exceedingly well. The building continues to be a focal point along Eastern Parkway.
Here’s a 1929 programme for Loew’s Kameo, which opened daily at 1:00 pm, with first show starting at 1:10 pm: http://www.picking.com/vit-93-2.jpg
I am very glad to have stumbled over this page. Thr Kameo must rank with the old Woodside – and very few other sites – as a great example of what a loving community can do to preserve a wonderful site. Ken Roe et. al., thanks so much for the wonderful pictures.
Originally the Loew’s Kameo had nude plaster cherubs along the walls but when the elders of the Philadelphia Church took over they thought that this was inappropriate. Therefore they went out
and got ornate plaster people to ‘dress’ the cherubs.
The companies who designed theaters were also in the business of building churches so you can
see how a one time theater could easily become a church!
You can VERY clearly see the old rooftop theater on the roof of the building when you look at a bird’s eye view of the building:
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Good old FRED WILLIAMSON movie is playing “HAMMER”.Couldn’t make out the second hit.
Crusing my homepage Mike? Thats a good way to find the good stuff.
It’s remarkable that the renown Leo Reisman Orchestra played the Kameo in 1929. Clearly the Eastern Parkway section of Crown Heights was in its heyday as a fashionable middle class community.
He was not appearing on stage. That was a listing for a 1929 Vitaphone short with Reisman.
Relinking.