There will be a big organ concert at the Music Hall on Saturday night, August 9, sponsored by Theatre Organ Society International, and that tickets should be available starting next week
Fox did strike new prints of Planet of the Apes a few years ago. When I ran a brand new Fox vault print of it at the Lafayette Theatre in 2004, it was perfect. Most likely the Ziegfeld will get a similar print, though hopefully it hasn’t been harmed by disinterested projectionists prior to them getting it.
Hi, “Legal”. Please re-write your posts so that we may understand you better. Thanks.
Again, it appears that the current series (none of us are talking about anything else) at Count Basie is completely licensed and correct. If they have booked their theatrical showings through the studios – since these are shows where they are charging admission, that would be the correct procedure – they do not need your “Umbrella License” service.
Perhaps “Legal” doesn’t realize that most of the major studios (Warner, Paramount, Fox, & Sony; I don’t know about Universal) have recently been granting theatrical booking contracts that allows the exhibition of a DVD to the public in repertory situations.
Well, unless the theatre is damaging the film print, the Dolby Digital works just fine. The same type of damage that can affect the Dolby Digital track will affect the DTS track as well. Sound quality is essentially equivalent between them. Regarding “surround”, if the DTS track isn’t working, the sound comes from the analog stereo Dolby tracks, the same as if the Dolby Digital track isn’t working.
For those who missed King Kong at the Film Forum , the historic 1000-seat Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, New York will be showing it on Saturday, March 15 at 11:30am as part of its spring Big Screen Classics series.
I’ve heard through the grapevine that there is a concert of organ music planned at Radio City for Saturday night, August 9. No word yet on ticket prices, but it is a regular “open to the public” concert and is supposed to involve a number of different organists. I’ll update as I get passed along more information.
It was with the Russian gentleman in the Spring of 2006, I assume this is the current occupant. It wasn’t just the drywall, they had raised the floor as well which created a height problem due to the projection angle, but that could be dealt with.
Regarding programming, we had a full summer and autumn schedule worked out with classics and first-run, the idea was to try and see if there was enough interest to continue on a regular basis or just on an infrequent basis. We were willing to tackle all the film costs and promotion, the Paradise just needed to open the doors. The kibosh was apparently put on it by the technical director at the time, who had his own designs on the place if the current management failed.
Well, they did the conversion during their big renovation, which was prior to us making the offer of the gear back in the spring of 2006. They would need to turn the center box back into a small booth to show films, which would involve some reconstruction. Not likely at this point, from what we were told.
The Paradise was offered a complete working 35mm setup at no charge (as well as the programming of a full classic film series schedule) a few years ago and was not interested. Sadly, the original booth has been converted into “luxury boxes”, so there would need to be construction to accommodate projection gear.
We’re announcing the Spring 2008 season of Big Scren Classics Saturday morning matinees at the historic Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, New York: movies, the way they were meant to be seen!. The Spring Season begins March 8 at 11:30 am – doors open at 11:00am for pre-show music with Jeff Barker on the Mighty Wurlitzer! All tickets – $7.00
March 8 – Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
March 15 – KING KONG, Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray – 75th Anniversary!
March 22 – GRAND HOTEL, John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford
March 29 – DOUBLE INDEMNITY, Fred MacMurray,Barbara Stanwyck
April 5 – THE NATURAL, Robert Redford, Glenn Close
April 12 – JASON & THE ARGONAUTS, Special Effects by Ray Harryhausen
April 19 – Frank Capra’s MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, James Stewart, Jean Arthur
April 26 – STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (a.k.a. A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH), David Niven, Kim Hunter
May 3 – ARTISTS AND MODELS, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis
May 10 – THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles
May 17 – ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
May 24 – CITY LIGHTS, Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill
May 31 – IN A LONELY PLACE, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame
June 7 – HIS GIRL FRIDAY, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
June 14 – THE JOLSON STORY, Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes
June 21 – CARTOON & COMEDY CARNIVAL, Looney Tunes, 3 Stooges, and more. ALL NEW!
You can also read the entire schedule online HERE ( View link ) or download a
flyer.
Thank you again for all of your support and hope to see you at the shows.
Justin – come to the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern on Saturday morning, March 15 at 11:30 am when we’ll be showing the 1933 King Kong. Watching it at home, even on the very nice DVD, isn’t the same experience.
When the outer 6 theatres opened in 1981, not all of the auditoriums were equipped with Dolby Stereo, but they all had it within a couple of years. The inner 6 theatres had it in at least 2 of the auditoriums when I was in their booth in 1980.
It’s under an hour to the 1924 single screen Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, open every day showing movies. Come on Friday or Saturday night and hear the Mighty Wurlitzer prior to the movie.
We don’t have 70mm at the Lafayette in Suffern, but we do run 35mm reel-to-reel.
Film Forum does not show 70mm (why would they on those postage stamps they call screens?), Radio City can, Ziegfeld can, the AMMI in Queens can, I think the Museum of Modern Art can. The Loew’s Jersey would be a great venue for 70mm outside of Manhattan
If it’s IB Technicolor, it would have to be a 35mm print as Technicolor never made 70mm IB prints. Should be nice if it’s in good shape, wish I lived closer.
It’s too bad it lost because “Scrooge” with Albert Finney is a terrific musical. Easily one of the three best filmed versions of the story, IMO (the 1951 Alistair Sim version & the 1984 George C. Scott television version are the others).
I don’t recall seeing anything in federal law requiring buildings to accept cell communications. When we had the Galaxy in Guttenberg, it was underground and cell and other radio devices didn’t work inside it. I’ll have to look up the actual law, but if I remember, it specifically says “transmitters” that interrupt radio signals. I believe it was the Communications Act of 1934.
As for lawsuits, I agree with you. Anybody can sue for anything and that’s just one waiting to happen. Whether it has merit or not is the debate.
The theatre doesn’t submit its own showtimes.
From what I was told, they will be around $50, but the official announcement is to come next week sometime.
There will be a big organ concert at the Music Hall on Saturday night, August 9, sponsored by Theatre Organ Society International, and that tickets should be available starting next week
Fox did strike new prints of Planet of the Apes a few years ago. When I ran a brand new Fox vault print of it at the Lafayette Theatre in 2004, it was perfect. Most likely the Ziegfeld will get a similar print, though hopefully it hasn’t been harmed by disinterested projectionists prior to them getting it.
Hi, “Legal”. Please re-write your posts so that we may understand you better. Thanks.
Again, it appears that the current series (none of us are talking about anything else) at Count Basie is completely licensed and correct. If they have booked their theatrical showings through the studios – since these are shows where they are charging admission, that would be the correct procedure – they do not need your “Umbrella License” service.
Perhaps “Legal” doesn’t realize that most of the major studios (Warner, Paramount, Fox, & Sony; I don’t know about Universal) have recently been granting theatrical booking contracts that allows the exhibition of a DVD to the public in repertory situations.
Well, vinyl certainly sounds better than CD on a proper setup…
:)
Well, unless the theatre is damaging the film print, the Dolby Digital works just fine. The same type of damage that can affect the Dolby Digital track will affect the DTS track as well. Sound quality is essentially equivalent between them. Regarding “surround”, if the DTS track isn’t working, the sound comes from the analog stereo Dolby tracks, the same as if the Dolby Digital track isn’t working.
Why would bigger screens be a gripe? Dolby Digital delivers just as good sound as DTS, so I’m not sure I understand that gripe, either.
For those who missed King Kong at the Film Forum , the historic 1000-seat Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, New York will be showing it on Saturday, March 15 at 11:30am as part of its spring Big Screen Classics series.
I’ve heard through the grapevine that there is a concert of organ music planned at Radio City for Saturday night, August 9. No word yet on ticket prices, but it is a regular “open to the public” concert and is supposed to involve a number of different organists. I’ll update as I get passed along more information.
It was an ok tv movie, though way too preachy and unsubtle.
The subject was better explored in “Threads” (as noted by caesar) and the movie “Testament”.
It was with the Russian gentleman in the Spring of 2006, I assume this is the current occupant. It wasn’t just the drywall, they had raised the floor as well which created a height problem due to the projection angle, but that could be dealt with.
Regarding programming, we had a full summer and autumn schedule worked out with classics and first-run, the idea was to try and see if there was enough interest to continue on a regular basis or just on an infrequent basis. We were willing to tackle all the film costs and promotion, the Paradise just needed to open the doors. The kibosh was apparently put on it by the technical director at the time, who had his own designs on the place if the current management failed.
Well, they did the conversion during their big renovation, which was prior to us making the offer of the gear back in the spring of 2006. They would need to turn the center box back into a small booth to show films, which would involve some reconstruction. Not likely at this point, from what we were told.
The Paradise was offered a complete working 35mm setup at no charge (as well as the programming of a full classic film series schedule) a few years ago and was not interested. Sadly, the original booth has been converted into “luxury boxes”, so there would need to be construction to accommodate projection gear.
We’re announcing the Spring 2008 season of Big Scren Classics Saturday morning matinees at the historic Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, New York: movies, the way they were meant to be seen!. The Spring Season begins March 8 at 11:30 am – doors open at 11:00am for pre-show music with Jeff Barker on the Mighty Wurlitzer! All tickets – $7.00
March 8 – Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
March 15 – KING KONG, Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray – 75th Anniversary!
March 22 – GRAND HOTEL, John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford
March 29 – DOUBLE INDEMNITY, Fred MacMurray,Barbara Stanwyck
April 5 – THE NATURAL, Robert Redford, Glenn Close
April 12 – JASON & THE ARGONAUTS, Special Effects by Ray Harryhausen
April 19 – Frank Capra’s MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, James Stewart, Jean Arthur
April 26 – STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (a.k.a. A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH), David Niven, Kim Hunter
May 3 – ARTISTS AND MODELS, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis
May 10 – THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles
May 17 – ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
May 24 – CITY LIGHTS, Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill
May 31 – IN A LONELY PLACE, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame
June 7 – HIS GIRL FRIDAY, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
June 14 – THE JOLSON STORY, Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes
June 21 – CARTOON & COMEDY CARNIVAL, Looney Tunes, 3 Stooges, and more. ALL NEW!
You can also read the entire schedule online HERE ( View link ) or download a
flyer.
Thank you again for all of your support and hope to see you at the shows.
Justin – come to the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern on Saturday morning, March 15 at 11:30 am when we’ll be showing the 1933 King Kong. Watching it at home, even on the very nice DVD, isn’t the same experience.
Good luck with everything! Just one thing – DVDs are not high-definition.
When the outer 6 theatres opened in 1981, not all of the auditoriums were equipped with Dolby Stereo, but they all had it within a couple of years. The inner 6 theatres had it in at least 2 of the auditoriums when I was in their booth in 1980.
Justin –
The inner theatres opened in 1977, the outer theatres opened in 1981.
It’s under an hour to the 1924 single screen Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, open every day showing movies. Come on Friday or Saturday night and hear the Mighty Wurlitzer prior to the movie.
We don’t have 70mm at the Lafayette in Suffern, but we do run 35mm reel-to-reel.
Film Forum does not show 70mm (why would they on those postage stamps they call screens?), Radio City can, Ziegfeld can, the AMMI in Queens can, I think the Museum of Modern Art can. The Loew’s Jersey would be a great venue for 70mm outside of Manhattan
If it’s IB Technicolor, it would have to be a 35mm print as Technicolor never made 70mm IB prints. Should be nice if it’s in good shape, wish I lived closer.
It’s too bad it lost because “Scrooge” with Albert Finney is a terrific musical. Easily one of the three best filmed versions of the story, IMO (the 1951 Alistair Sim version & the 1984 George C. Scott television version are the others).
I don’t recall seeing anything in federal law requiring buildings to accept cell communications. When we had the Galaxy in Guttenberg, it was underground and cell and other radio devices didn’t work inside it. I’ll have to look up the actual law, but if I remember, it specifically says “transmitters” that interrupt radio signals. I believe it was the Communications Act of 1934.
As for lawsuits, I agree with you. Anybody can sue for anything and that’s just one waiting to happen. Whether it has merit or not is the debate.