rivest266, it actually opened to the public on September 1 and tickets were on sale. October 29th must have been an official launch party. I walked by on October 24 and it was open for business.
This theatre was used for fund raising in 1955 for Castro’s Cuban revolution. After Castro’s 1959 revolution, the dynamic between him and Miami shifted dramatically.
This overview needs editing. The Merry-Go-Round was a children’s live theatre that started hosting more adult plays before becoming a cinema. It was never an “adult movie theatre”. Those were rare in 1973 and Coral Gables would never have allowed one to open anyway. After all, this the town that tried to shut down “WOODSTOCK”.
I finally found some ads in the Ft. Lauderdale News of this site as the STATE Theatre from late March 1957 to June 1960. It ran exploitation films and then gradually moved to “ART” films as the STATE ART. That trajectory is the opposite of how it went for most theatres in that era.
Metro Cinema already in construction in an existing space on 17th Street and 8th Avenue. https://whatnow.com/new-york/restaurants/brains-behind-alamo-drafthouse-creating-next-gen-cinema-space/
My understanding is that although they were well received, theatres across the country could not afford the retrofit during the depression and the technology got abandoned. After all, sound was still a challenge for many small town theatres in 1930.
rivest266, it actually opened to the public on September 1 and tickets were on sale. October 29th must have been an official launch party. I walked by on October 24 and it was open for business.
Re-opened in 1997 as the Cinema Cafe and operated until 2004.
Although Plitt stopped operating it in 1980, it did continue open as a subrun house well into 1981.
This theatre opened the 3 hr, 39 minute version of HEAVEN’S GATE. The 5 hour plus version was not shown to the public.
The Lyric showed movies from 1926 to 1959. It was called the Lincoln at some point, probably as a legitimate theater.
Became a synanogue for the Jewish Congregation Shaare Zedeku in 1941.
This is most probably the Downtown Miami STRAND, not the one in Allapattah.
This opened in 1926 as the 7TH AVENUE THEATRE. The 1915 STRAND mentioned in the overview was in Downtown Miami and also has a listing here on CT.
This theatre was used for fund raising in 1955 for Castro’s Cuban revolution. After Castro’s 1959 revolution, the dynamic between him and Miami shifted dramatically.
This overview needs editing. The Merry-Go-Round was a children’s live theatre that started hosting more adult plays before becoming a cinema. It was never an “adult movie theatre”. Those were rare in 1973 and Coral Gables would never have allowed one to open anyway. After all, this the town that tried to shut down “WOODSTOCK”.
Nice tour of the new cinema on FACEBOOK.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/682556647610114
I finally found some ads in the Ft. Lauderdale News of this site as the STATE Theatre from late March 1957 to June 1960. It ran exploitation films and then gradually moved to “ART” films as the STATE ART. That trajectory is the opposite of how it went for most theatres in that era.
No, David. That’s the Victoria.
Did this have a Roadshow run of “TORA! TORA! TORA!”? Along with the Pantages?
Metro Cinema opening soon. https://metrocinema.com/
The 1940’s Globe was the Lunt-Fontanne at 205 West 46th Street.
Still an active plan.
https://theacetheater.org/
https://cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us/cb4/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/11-BLP-Letter-to-SLA-re-131-8th-Avenue-Metro-Cinema-2-LLC.pdf
Plans for the new Metro Cinema in Chelsea.
I just walked by today and construction is going on. They have postings for restaurant and alcohol license permit hearings next month.
Metro Cinema already in construction in an existing space on 17th Street and 8th Avenue. https://whatnow.com/new-york/restaurants/brains-behind-alamo-drafthouse-creating-next-gen-cinema-space/
This did not close as a Cineplex Odeon. It was a CMX after that.
Does it ever show movies?
My understanding is that although they were well received, theatres across the country could not afford the retrofit during the depression and the technology got abandoned. After all, sound was still a challenge for many small town theatres in 1930.
“THE BIG TRAIL” premiered in 70mm GRANDEUR in October 1930 at the Roxy. “KISMET” opened the following week in 65mm at the Hollywood.
It’s there now.