BobT;
The location work done for “The Guru” (2002) UK/France/USA was filmed inside the Thomas Lamb designed Loew’s 175th Street Theatre, Manhattan.
Exterior shots and some scenes in the earlier part of the movie were filmed on location outside and around the RKO Keith’s Richmond Hill, Queens. The marquee was renovated on this theatre by the film production company.
Both theatres are listed on Cinema Treasures.
I love this movie, it’s fun and light hearted and it’s got great shots of the theatres too!
Ron:
I agree that Fairyland Theatre is a much more interesting and historic name for this theatre. The site managers here though prefer to title theatres by their last/latest name or occasionally by the name it held the longest length of time and is most known by.
I think it’s amusing that a theatre named Fairyland and the ‘campyness’ of Disneyland should come together at all in Anaheim, Orange County, given the red-neck reputation that the area has world-wide. lol
The only theatre I have records of in Pixley is the appropriately named Pix Theatre on Front and D Streets (seats 474). Listed in F.D.Y.’s for 1950 and 1952 that I have. Nothing at all for Pixley in my 1941/43 editions. It could have been re-named Corcoran in its later years?
Looking on CinemaTour.com, they show the same (with a small photo) listed as closed and with a sign on front Billar Azteca which could be a bar or retail or storage use?
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 edition as the St. Mary Auditorium Theatre (no seating capacity given). Same in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. but with a seating capacity of 288. Not listed in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y.
The Pembroke Cinema, Pembroke Town is listed in Kine' Yearbooks from at least 1937 until at least 1980 as Haggar’s Cinema operated by Walter Haggar. By 1980 L.W.Haggar & Son were operators and it is listed with a bingo club above the 277 seat cinema.
The Regal Cinema was built on land next to the Miners Hall and opened on 27th March 1934 with Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts starring in “Her First Mate”. The architect was S. Stevenson, original seating capacity was for 1,090 and the building included a ballroom and billiard hall. It was equipped with a Christie organ which was opened by Herbert Maxwell.
The Robins Cinema closed on 5th January 2003 screening “The Lord of the Rings-The Two Towers”, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, “Die Another Day” and Sweet Home Alabama".
Sadly, the Palace Cinema closed on 26th August 2003 screening the movie “American Pie-The Wedding”.
It opened on 17th July 1913 and had an original seating capacity of 750. It had operated continuously (apart from a short break when Cinemascope was installed) for just over 90 years.
Plans were being proposed to re-open it as a bar/nightclub.
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook 1941 edition as having a seating capacity of 290.
BobT;
The location work done for “The Guru” (2002) UK/France/USA was filmed inside the Thomas Lamb designed Loew’s 175th Street Theatre, Manhattan.
Exterior shots and some scenes in the earlier part of the movie were filmed on location outside and around the RKO Keith’s Richmond Hill, Queens. The marquee was renovated on this theatre by the film production company.
Both theatres are listed on Cinema Treasures.
I love this movie, it’s fun and light hearted and it’s got great shots of the theatres too!
Film Daily Yearbook’s in the 1940’s give a seating capacity of the Geneva Theatre as 1,862.
Ron:
I agree that Fairyland Theatre is a much more interesting and historic name for this theatre. The site managers here though prefer to title theatres by their last/latest name or occasionally by the name it held the longest length of time and is most known by.
I think it’s amusing that a theatre named Fairyland and the ‘campyness’ of Disneyland should come together at all in Anaheim, Orange County, given the red-neck reputation that the area has world-wide. lol
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 as the Moon Theater.
Hooray! In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y it is the New Moon Theater, 529 Main Street, Vincennes, IN
The only theatre I have records of in Pixley is the appropriately named Pix Theatre on Front and D Streets (seats 474). Listed in F.D.Y.’s for 1950 and 1952 that I have. Nothing at all for Pixley in my 1941/43 editions. It could have been re-named Corcoran in its later years?
Looking on CinemaTour.com, they show the same (with a small photo) listed as closed and with a sign on front Billar Azteca which could be a bar or retail or storage use?
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 edition as the St. Mary Auditorium Theatre (no seating capacity given). Same in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. but with a seating capacity of 288. Not listed in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y.
Film Daily Yearbook’s in the 1940’s give a seating capacity of 735.
The Corcoran Theater is listed in Film Daily Yearbook 1941 edition with 675 seats.
Here is a fairly recent? picture of the shuttered building: http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=1934
The Pembroke Cinema, Pembroke Town is listed in Kine' Yearbooks from at least 1937 until at least 1980 as Haggar’s Cinema operated by Walter Haggar. By 1980 L.W.Haggar & Son were operators and it is listed with a bingo club above the 277 seat cinema.
The Regal Cinema was built on land next to the Miners Hall and opened on 27th March 1934 with Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts starring in “Her First Mate”. The architect was S. Stevenson, original seating capacity was for 1,090 and the building included a ballroom and billiard hall. It was equipped with a Christie organ which was opened by Herbert Maxwell.
The Robins Cinema closed on 5th January 2003 screening “The Lord of the Rings-The Two Towers”, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, “Die Another Day” and Sweet Home Alabama".
The original seating capacity of the Regal Cinema was for 566.
An exterior photo and some history on the Ritzy Cinema, Brixton, London here:
http://www.tnunn.f2s.com/ritzy.htm
The original seating capacity was for 799. More on the history and a small exterior photo here: http://www.picturedrome.net/cinema_history.htm
Sadly, the Palace Cinema closed on 26th August 2003 screening the movie “American Pie-The Wedding”.
It opened on 17th July 1913 and had an original seating capacity of 750. It had operated continuously (apart from a short break when Cinemascope was installed) for just over 90 years.
Plans were being proposed to re-open it as a bar/nightclub.
The JD Weatherspoons pub conversion of the former Mainee Cinema is called ‘The Godfrey Morgan’.
The original architect W. Hancock was William Hancock who also designed the Gate Cinema, Notting Hill Gate in West London.
The DeLuxe Theatre is listed in F.D.Y. editions 1940-1955 operating as a Negro theatre.
The American Theatre is also listed as ‘closed’ in the 1941 and 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook.
I have records that say it was listed in the 1930-1933 editions of F.D.Y operating as a Negro theatre.
A couple of exterior photos and some history on the Tolmer Cinema, Euston, London here:
http://www.tnunn.f2s.com/tolmer.htm
An exterior photo and some history on the Gaumont State Kilburn, Kilburn, London here:
http://www.tnunn.f2s.com/state.htm
Exterior photo and some history on the Scala Cinema, Kings Cross, London here:
http://www.tnunn.f2s.com/scala.htm
More external photos and some history on the former Pykes Cinematograph Theatre, Shepherds Bush, London here:
http://www.tnunn.f2s.com/pavilion.htm
Exterior photo and some history on the Forum Cinema, Kentish Town, London here:
http://www.tnunn.f2s.com/forum.htm
Exterior photo and some history on the Electric Cinema here:
http://www.tnunn.f2s.com/electric.htm