Cinema Studio
1931 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10023
1931 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10023
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Located on Broadway near Lincoln Center, this former single-screen theatre was twinned and continued showing first-run art house attractions. It was demolished when the Barnes and Noble Bookstore building was put up. It was once known as Studio 65.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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Definitely sounds like “Saps” from the description you posted Al. Thanks.
“Saps at Sea” was a feature. I got the impression from “rvb”’s post that the film was a short, and part of an all-comedy program similar to those at the “Laffmovie” on 42nd Street. However, those programs usually consisted of features and shorts, so it could have been either.
Warren when you read the synopsis in Als posting it certainly sound right. How many movies have a goat drifting out to sea.
I don’t know. But neither the synopsis for “Saps at Sea” nor one for “Towed in a Hole” mentions a goat. If you can remember the year of that Thanksgiving, you might be able to find a newspaper ad with details of the Studio program.
The posting from Al specifically mentioned a goat that chewed a rope so it floated out to sea.
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Does anyone know when this theater was opened and when it closed? Thanks.
The Arcade opened in 1919 and closed as the Cinema Studio 1 & 2 in 1990.
This was a great neighborhood theatre. In the 70s and 80s when I lived on the UWS, I would attend films here. Among them were Fedora, and Please Remember My Name. That Barnes and Noble is now gone, replaced by a Century 21
The (former) Barnes & Noble was located at 1972 Broadway, between 66th and 67th Streets.
1931 Broadway would place this theater within Lincoln Center.
The exact address should be found in a city directory (or phone book).
Report of the closing: March 25, 1990
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/25/nyregion/cinema-studio-to-close-doors-after-30-years.htmlstore.
Operated by New Yorker Films since 1977. The land was owned by ABC, sold to Millennium Properties, which, of course, built the Sony-Loews-AMC multiplex one block north.
Obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/08/movies/film-view-curtains-for-a-grand-screen.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm