Shore Theater
37 Wall Street,
Huntington,
NY
11743
37 Wall Street,
Huntington,
NY
11743
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The Shore Theater was opened by Century Theatres on April 8, 1950. It had a Colonial style exterior, but the auditorium was in a Moderne style. Seating was provided in orchestra & balcony levels. The stepped ceiling contained concealed lighting.
It was twinned, and by 1981 a third auditorium had been added. At the time of closure and subsequent demolition in the late-1990’s, there were four auditoriums.
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Here are new links to images of the original Century’s Shore Theatre:
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Boxoffice Magazine’s issue of April 1, 1950, carried an item saying that Century Theatres planned to open the new Shore Theatre in Huntington on April 8.
In its December 16, 1974 issue, Boxoffice said that Century was selling the Huntington Theatre in Huntington, but would still have two screens in the town because their Shore Theatre had been twinned.
A New York Times article about the theater business on Long Island, published January 27, 2002, said that the 8-screen multiplex that had replaced the Shore Theatre in 1998 was designed by architect James Thomas Martino of Port Washington.
Re a comment way back, the 110 Drive in was actually in Melville at the western intersection of Rt 110 and the north service road of the Long Island Expressway. It was a big one 2, 500 cars. After a lot of research on this site I couldn’t find it and have made an attempt to post it. Wish me luck it’s my first posting.
The introduction needs to be changed. Since it was written, descriptions, as well as photos, have been posted, including three images that I re-linked above on 5/11/08.
The 110 Drive-In is already listed here as Century’s 110-Drive-In.
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No wonder I couldn’t find it by name. All those dashes between components.
Two cool ads from Newsday:
11/15/60:
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8/63:
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Saw “The Towering Inferno” here. That was the last time I sat through a movie that had an INTERMISSION !
The heading is way out of date. By 1981 the RKO Century Warner ads showed three auditoriums. A forth was subsequently added before closure and subsequent demolition. The beautiful exterior looked really sad in it’s final days with the wooden colonial accents peeling and rotting.
And, supplementing my July 9th comment, a large chunck of the facade was covered by an illuminated sign board for the four auditoriums which could easily be read a block away (which was probably the intent since Wall Street is one block west of the main drag.)