Bainbridge Theatre
286 E. 204th Street,
Bronx,
NY
10467
286 E. 204th Street,
Bronx,
NY
10467
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Previously operated by: Brandt Theaters
Functions: Retail
Previous Names: Mosholu Theatre
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The Mosholu Theatre opened in March 1926 on 204th Street near Bainbridge Avenue. It could originally seat 1,100 and also featured a rooftop “garden theatre” which sat about 1,000 more. The theatre’s name was later changed to the Bainbridge Theatre. It was twinned before it was eventually closed.
Long after closing as a movie theatre, the Bainbridge Theatre was reopened in 1995, as the home of the Bronx Dance Theatre, an organization which was founded in 1976. The Bronx Dance Theatre closed suddenly in 2000, and afterwards the space was turned into a furniture store. It then became a 99c store.
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This was my childhood local theatre. Among zillions of other films, I saw “A Hard Day’s Night” there in 1964. The line wound around the corner and several blocks south, almost all the way to Mosholu Parkway. The number of patrons must’ve broken every fire law imaginable. During the film, firecrackers were set off, and the girls screamed endlessly. My own little slice of Beatlemania.
My theater from early 70’s to early 80’s when it closed.My favorite movies seen there were the james bond movies,carrie,cheech and chong,the pink panther and of course the warriors.sad to see it go.I miss sneaking in the fire exit door on perry avenue.and the rows and rows of seats that sometimes feel down.I also remember hearing stray cats meowing in the theater.great place at a reat time for Norwood.
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/4vl54r
It’s strange! In my mis-spent youth (I’m 75), I haunted almost all the movie houses in the Bronx/Yonkers Woodlawn-Wakefield neighborhod, from the Kimball to the Laconia, and also all the Fordham Road theaters, from the Paradise to the Grand to the Valentine [but not the Windsor or the Ascot, oddly]. But, for the life of me, I cannot recollect ever entering the Mosholu-Bainbridge — even though I remember seeing its marquee countless times from the old Number 4 Bus, which turned northward just a few paces away, and I remember walking under it while walking from Webster Avenue up to Bainbridge Avenue along 204th Street. I wonder why I skipped it.
Passed it yesterday. The marquee has been removed.
I went to this theater often in the70’s. It was converted to a twin in the late 70’s.
Goofy experience here. Went to a double feature of “The Odd Couple” and “Smashing Time”. About a half hour into the first film the screen went dark. We were told it would be a few minutes as a bulb needed to be replaced. Well, it turned into an hour as the manager said they had no extra bulbs and had to get one from another theatre! No aplogies, just a lot of annoyed patrons!
Need to update info above the theater was a twin when it closed.
Who was the Mosholu Theatre’s architect and in what style was the theater designed? Also, when was the name changed to the Bainbridge Theatre and when did it close? Thanks!
This item is from the March 13, 1926, issue of Motion Picture News: