Brooklyn Paramount
385 Flatbush Avenue Extension,
Brooklyn,
NY
11201
385 Flatbush Avenue Extension,
Brooklyn,
NY
11201
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I just got curious…I heard about the Alan Freed Shows at the Paramount. I am too young to remember them (born 1961). I was wondering if anyone on this site ever been to one.
Robertr
i got the e.mail
but i could not open it
1959 the Paramount advertised itself as the only theatre in Brooklyn to see PERCEPTO………..Vincent Price in “The Tingler” also “The Warrior and the Slave Girl”.
Even stranger
I now found an ad dated 4/1/59 with Alan Freed hosting a show at the Fox.
Sure I have it at work and will send it out to you in the morning. No need to apologize thats what this site is all about sharing info.
Rob
ROBERTR
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE AD
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING MURRAY THE K
NEVER PLAYED THE B,P,
PLEASE SEND IT TO
TO: RobertR
I would love to see the NY Times ad that billed the show as ‘Clay Cole & Murray the K’s Holiday Show’ please send it to
Bruce1
myrtleave
Hi, I have the ad from the NY Times 12/29/60 it’s billed as Clay Cole & Murray the K’s Holiday Show. I can send it to you if you would like to see it.
robertr
murray the k never played the brooklyn paramount
he played the brooklyn fox
go to alan freed.com
and see all the rock and roll shows at the B.p
i think you wouled like it
Christmas of 1960 Murray the K had his annual holiday show here starring Brenda Lee and 15 other acts. On screen was Rory Calhoun in “Thunder in Carolina”.
That may be, but all the blueprints were missing when the search was made under ‘new’ construction and were later found under an earlier date, referencing the original construction.
Saps: I spent a lot of time with the architect hired by the last owners of the Loew’s Metropolitan as they prepared to correct the sight lines for the multiplex. While doing her research, she could not find the ‘original blueprints’ filed by Thomas Lamb. By the way, Lamb signed his name bigger than any signer of the Constitution.
She literally haunted the Municipal Archives till they discovered the blueprints under ‘revisions’. The Loew’s Met was originally built around 1914, but at that time it was positively a department store!
saps;
I have added details on the Loew’s Metropolitan page.
I don’t think Loew’s Metropolitan was ever a department store.
Warren, who is that theatre expert? I can only think of one and he wouldn’t make that mistake!
As far as the Brooklyn FOX, from what I hear, the building’s only major tenant is making plans to leave and the storefronts are already empty. I also understand that in the basement, there you’ll find some of the ‘tile work’ from the men’s room of the FOX. Reason: They tore down the FOX, but kept the original foundation. Now, they just might tare down the existing building and put up a nicer & newer building.
To: Robert R. You forgot the ‘Loew’s Melba’ and ‘Loew’s Metropolitan’ (originally a department store) not to mention The Strand, The Majestic (Now BAM’s HARVEY) RKO Orpheum and a few others.
No it was just the theatres in Downtown Brooklyn like The Albee, Fox and Duffield.
Do they have a picture of the Kings in that Applebee’s?
The Applebee’s across the Street from the Paramount has a display wall of all the theatres that used to be in the area. They too use the picture from LA. That picture has been identified so much as the real Paramount that it’s almost become truth.
As mentioned in above posts, the Theatre Historical Society of America has numerous photos, and you may contact their Ex. Director, Richard Sklenar, via his E-mail address or via snail mail at the address on their web page: www.historictheatres.org See their link: ARCHIVE for details about access and pricing.
Thanks for the info on the “LA” picture!
The theatre on the photo with palm trees and Alan Freed on the marquee lettering is actually the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles.
My father worked as an usher at the Brooklyn Paramount in the 1950’s.
His birthday is coming up, and I’d like to put some pictures together for him. I’ve searched on the internet, but I’ve only found a couple of print-worthy photos. Do you know where I can find some more, either on the web, or to purchase? One final question. I did print out a photo, that was in color, or the marquee. It’s the smaller of the signage, and it has Brooklyn in block white letters, and it almost looks like palm trees in neon next to it. Underneath it says “Stage and Screen Show: Alan Freed in Person.” Since I have not seen another photo with these “Palm trees (or whatnot)”, I wondering if this was part of the Brooklyn Paramount.
All help is greatly appreciated.
I believe the proscenium is still there but the stage is completely gone as is the entire orchestra section.
It’s funny because as I read this I am filling in for someone in another office that is right next door to the former Brooklyn Paramount. This area is much improved over a few years ago and I don’t think people would be afraid anymore to come down here.
If Mr. Lundy and anyone else can foster the restoration of the fabulous BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT, I applaud them, since this is possibly Rapp & Rapp’s most spectacular work if taken just by its proscenium alone! One look at pages 150-151 in Ben Hall’s landmark book “The Best Remaining Seats, The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace” will convince anyone of the dazzling artistry never elsewhere duplicated. I wonder how much of that proscenium and its lighting still remain? I guess it is too much to expect anyone to have saved that wonderful Grand Drape, and it would cost hundreds of thousands to reproduce today, if anyone could really do it.