Argyle Theatre
34 W. Main Street,
Babylon,
NY
11702
34 W. Main Street,
Babylon,
NY
11702
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Wally, anything on the flyers you mentioned per my comment a week or so back?
WE WERE FIRST IN NEW YORK CITY AND L.A. UA. TO OPEN JAWS 1975..IT OPENED WIDE 2 WEEKS LATER..@ ALL RED CARPET THEATRES.WALDO CAME FALL 1975..
wally75,Sorry if I made a good thing bad. Was The Great Waldo Pepper the first movie you were the manager for at the Rivoli theater? Were there any special showings or premiers that you like remembering for other movies ? Can you tell me who was the manager at the Babylon theater when you were an usher, and did he give you any insight how a theater should be run?
I MAY HAVE SENT IT TO ONE OF YOUR BLOGS AND OR E MAIL MAY HAVE POSTED IT WRONG..GREAT WALDO PEPPER RIVOLI AND PHOTOS I SENT YOU ARE NOT ON CT. MISTER WGLI IS THE E MAIL THAT CT HAS ON FILE..
wally75, A O K.
PAUL
wally75,Check out my photos of the Rivoli on photo page ,1979 Moonraker showing.
Paul: In mid 60’s saw SOUND OF MUSIC AT RIVOLI N.Y. in D-150..said some day I will manage this..in 1975 I did.
PAUL: Painted seats, restrooms,exit doors in and out..Never manager of Babylon..would like to be part of the revamp..
wally75,Thanks for your reply.When did you stop working at the Babylon theater,and were you the manager at one time too? I read you were the manager at the Rivoli theater in NYC.You must have had to have been a jack of all trades for that job. I read while you were at the Babylon theater you even painted the exit doors.
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wally75,There used to be Halloween costume contests in theater for the kids. Were you involved in that? I won a pair of tickets to see a matinee.
Wally, would you happen to have any of those flyers around. I saw a reproduction of one in a Southold newspaper. I seem to recall, in the one edition, in the lower right hand corner near the Edwards, a listing for a Moriches (not Center Moriches) theater. I have not been able to prove this and there is no listing on CT. Would also be interesting to see one where the Granada in Patchogue appeared.
Paul: The flyers were printed in the basement of Babylon in a little room few feet from furnace…They were printed for all theatre’s..Then was moved To the Gables Theatre in Merrick..
Paul: The flyers were printed in the basement of Babylon in a little room few feet from furnace…They were printed for all theatre’s..Then was moved To the Gables Theatre in Merrick..
nyer,I loved the coming attractions flyers on the photo page.I saw Planet of the Apes on that run advertised.I bought all the gum cards for the first one.I remember the flyers were by the concession stand on a table,and I liked to look at them.
paul baar: I turned 19 in 1966..You mentioned a few guys that worked there in an early post..I know a few of the names..
wally75 thanks for the feed back.I might have seen you when you started at the Babylon. In 1966 I turned 10 years old. The ushers I knew were ether seniors In high school or older men with mostly grey hair.
I went to the Rivoli to see Moonraker 1979,Radio City Music Hall to see The Thrill of it All 1963,and A boy named Charlie Brown 1969, The Astor to see Tommy 1975,The Victoria To see The Bible in the Beginning 1966.(Note: see my photos of the Rivoli.
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Paul: Prudential had red jackets black PANTS WITH STRIPE’S DOWN THE SIDE… AND BOW TIE….UA SAME BUT WITH MAROON JACKETS..
I would like to say this, to whoever wants to read it; I’ve been to a handful of historic theaters in Manhattan, and a lot of theaters on Long Island. There might be some theaters with bigger screens and better sound systems with classic decor, but the Babylon single screen theater will always be number one to me. I’ve enjoyed every movie I’ve ever seen here from “Bye, Bye Birdie” to the last one I saw as single screen, “The Missouri Breaks”. The last movie I saw as a multi-screen theater was “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”.
You guys are great,I can’t get any of this information on Wikipedia. (wally75) do you have any photos of what the usher uniforms looked like for Prudential and United Artists.This may not be important to some, but it’s part of the nuts and bolts of the history of these theater chains.
Prudential did the same at it’s Patchogue and Nesconsett All Weather Drive Ins. They subsequently built the hard top Cinema adjacent to the Bay Shore Sunrise Drive In but I don’t believe it showed the same movie as the drive in (or, laterly, either of the drive-ins when they twinned it.)