RKO Commack Twin

Veterans Highway,
Commack, NY 11725

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Previously operated by: RKO

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RKO Commack Twin

This RKO twin theater in Suffolk county opened on December 22, 1967 with Audrey Hepburn in “Wait Until Dark” playing on both screens. There were 390-seats in each auditorium. There was a smoked glass wall in the lobby. The ladies rooms all had there own private sinks and mirrors in each stall. The box office numbers were huge for a Long Island theater. The theater was in front of the UA Commack Drive-In. It closed in late-1987.

Contributed by MIKE FURLINGER

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Ed Solero
Ed Solero on October 20, 2013 at 10:52 pm

Yes, I should have clarified that. National Amusements (at least when Sunrise Cinemas opened in Valley Stream) was last 8 rows, if I recall. I remember you could look back and see the blue fog of cigarette smoke swirling in the light from the projector.

LesFox
LesFox on February 14, 2014 at 11:38 am

This message is for snipit13, or family or friends of the late Jim Ward, movie theater manager. I was friends with Jim in Queens Village and at the RKO Alden in Jamaica from 1961 to 1964. Jim and I used to visit Times Square Records and buy rare 45’s from Slim. We didn’t keep in touch for a long long time, but I still remember his mom and dad, his sister Geraldine (snipit13?) and his brothers John and Edward. And Bosco. I’m sorry to hear that Jim passed away in 2004 as I always hoped we’d meet again. I’d like to know more about Jim’s life and career from the 70’s until 2004, and I’d like to see photos of what he looked like during that time. I knew his friends Harold, and Jimmy White but I never kept in touch with them either. Wishing you good health, Les (Les Fox / New Jersey.) My email address is: .

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on September 8, 2018 at 7:28 pm

Had this theater remained open, it would’ve become an RKO-Stanley Warner, then a Cineplex Odeon, then a Loews Cineplex, and finally an AMC.

fred1
fred1 on September 9, 2018 at 6:46 am

Not for a twin and a Multiplex near by

markp
markp on September 9, 2018 at 8:20 am

It was an RKO-Stanley Warner, and an RKO Century Warner before closing up.

BVD1
BVD1 on January 21, 2019 at 12:17 am

If you haven’t already done so, check out the few photos I found from the theater. Several employees of the time I was there, including my sister, Ruth Ulip, Diane Urban and others. All vintage 1972-76

Bloop
Bloop on September 25, 2019 at 9:13 pm

BVD1 , thank you for those photos ! So that was the staff when I was there to see “Willy Wonka” in 1971 !

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on November 2, 2019 at 6:15 pm

Please update closed in late 1987. Couldn’t compete with the New National Amusements Commack Cinemas. RKO Century competed with Commack for 5 years. Once Cineplex Odeon took over, the place was closed.

robboehm
robboehm on November 3, 2019 at 12:47 pm

And the Commack Cinemas succumbed to the Deer Park Multiplex.

rivest266
rivest266 on October 21, 2020 at 7:45 pm

The RKO Commack Twin opened on December 22nd, 1967. Grand opening ad already posted.

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