RKO Babylon Twin
701 Montauk Highway,
West Babylon,
NY
11726
701 Montauk Highway,
West Babylon,
NY
11726
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Twin house with windows at the rear of the theaters. Large single concession stand to serve both houses. Although originally built as a traditional RKO twin, the depth of the theatres was subsequently doubled.
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i remember when it opened…i wasn’t like a now a day twin..
it would show the same movie on both sides..
1 3 5 7 9 and 2 4 6 8 10
wally75
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theater never did great always way behind COMMACK AND RVC …
I HATED this theater! It was long, and if you had to sit in the back, you needed a telescope to see the screen! I’m not kidding! the screen always looked dark, like they were projecting the film with a 30 watt bulb. I wasn’t sorry to see it go. It was one of the worst.
“theater never did great always way behind COMMACK AND RVC …”
But nobody messed with “The Godfather” probably their greatest booking. They were on the Paramount run in the 70’s and I saw “Saturday Night Fever”, “Looking For Mr.Goodbar”, as well as B fare like “Laserblast” and a comedy directed by Joan Rivers called “Rabbit Test”. When I think of the RKO Twins, I always think blue and orange.
Yeah, that deep blue brick/tile ! We should have grabbed a few at demolition!
This site is frought with misinformation. The RKO Babylon Twin was built at the same time as the other RKO twins. It was not on Sunrise Highway but on Merrick Rd (Montauk Highway). The last time I was in the area it was used as retail space. When first constructed as a twin it was, virtually, identical to the Twin in Rockville Centre. Short and stubby. In later years they added to the back making it long and narrow. No way was this in Copiague. I might buy Lindenhurst, but more probably West Babylon, just west of the South Bay.
All the new RKO twins were to debut at the same time but the opening on this one was delayed to they could complete the “lavish finishing touches”. Yes, that’s what the ad said. Since I lived fairly near there I drove over to take a look. They hadn’t even put on the roof. Lavishing finishing touches my …
My question, how does one change an incorrect posting. This theatre was located in West Babylon at 701 Montauk Highway, not 901 Sunrise Highway in Copaigue. It was not demolished but exists as retail space per earlier postings. I went by the other day and realized that the f.y.e.(music, movies) sign on the facade doesn’t fully cover the old “holes” in the facade where the original theatre i.d. was. You can seen where the size of the theatres was doubled, that is, made longer, because of the way the rooftop A.C units are placed – midway on the building. When first built the A.C. units were at the back of the building.
Yeah the posting has been corrected!
I saw that all time classic “who slew auntie roo?” with Shelley Winters there!