Shore Theatre
37 Wall Street,
Huntington,
NY
11743
37 Wall Street,
Huntington,
NY
11743
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I worked at the Shore as an usher from about 1984-1986, and than as assistant manager from 1986-1988.
I don’t think there was a fire there. I’m pretty they just tore it down to build the new one, and it is definitely in the exact same place.
The Shore was originally 1 theater, and they cut it into four, 2 upstairs and 2 downstairs. But they kept the old seats, and not of them quite faced the screen head-on.
GREAT PICS WARREN ….. both theaters should be on the same site.
The original Shore Theatre was torn down and the multiplex was built on the same site. Cineplex Odeon is the most recent in a long line of owners. We had Almi Century, RKO Century and Cineplex Odeon. The address is the same. I hope this help to eliminate some of the confusion.
we must have worked together ,, rjw0959. i was at the shore 81,82. YORK 1983 COMMACK TWIN 85
I did work with Mario Bello and the name of the matron was Beth Ammar.
did you work for Mario Bello?
what was the name of the matron that worked sat and sunday matinee for years there ? We called her flashlight..She was there for years..
Mary was one of a kind, she took the job seriously and would not stand for any bs from the customers. She was also opinionated about the movies we ran. If someone would ask her she would tell them. She would not tolorate rude or vulger people, if they got on her bad side they would not get in. I think the managers and district managers respected (or feared) her and cut her some slack. Some of the other people that worked there were Hank, Lorraine, Lynn, Denise (who I still see), Pat & Bobby (father and son), Harry and Ray. Some of these are gone now but they made it an interesting place to work.
rjw0959/ i worked those theaters the same time . shore . i FORGOT . ,ABOUT MARY..SHE WAS FUNNY, CRAZY , A LITTLE MEAN AND ALWAYS RIGHT. I think she worked for century like 43 years as the cashier at the shore and the old Huntington theater.
My first job while I was going to college was as an usher at the Shore Theatre (I still have my old name tag) with Ed Fatscher. When I started it was a twin, orchestra was Theatre One, balcony & loge Theatre Two. Right across Wall Street was Century Lanes, which was sold to Walbaums. Century also used to run the refreshment kiosk in the Whitman Mall. When I graduated college I was asked to become an Assistant Manager at the Shore. As an Assistant Manager I also covered the York, Morton Village, Commack Twin, and a few others. I left the theatre in 1986. I have yet to go to a movie at the “new” Shore Theatre. To me the new building looks like a box dumped into the middle of town, maybe I am being a bit harsh, it just does not seem to fit in the area. One of my best memories of working at the Shore Theatre was the night that our cashier, Mary, received a phone call from the East Norwich Inn telling us that Bob Hope and his wife wanted to come see a movie “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” with Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton and would we extend him the courtesy of the theatre, which we were more then happy to do. Beside Bob Hope the theatre also received visits from Telly Salvalas, Billy Joel and Harry Chapin. These were some good years and I find myself missing them.
riboflavin- what years were you at the whitman
longislandmovies – No… It’s Ron, right?
longislandmovies – I’m almost certain we know each other now. If you were the manager of the York, I worked the York as an usher once or twice when you were short staffed. I worked at the Whitman for Bruce Johnson, and I think you put in a call to Jim Ward for a “pinch-usher.” I flirted with your candy girls all night.
I’m trying to rembember your name, but it’s been too long. does it begin with a “T”?
still going strong
i have some of the green brick from the YORK when it closed
When the York first opened, it was booked with foriegn films. This theatre featured the white and green glazed brick in the facade and lobby design. The Whitman had blue and white brick, the Morton Village white and black brick. The York’s name was in light green and white, the Whitman’s red and blue, the Morton Village’s was red. The Shore had the red neon name framed in aluminum at the top of the building facing Main Street, it when down with the building but it was working in 1980.
My first job was a the shore theater in1981 and my first managers job was at the york 1983 ,loved those theaters.
This theater has great sentimental value—this is where my wife and I went on our first date. We went to go see the Blair Witch Project and afterwards, went out to Classy Coffee. We try to get back there as much as possible. Needless to say it was the best date of my life….and why I proposed to my wife at a movie theater.
I think the York Theater was where my mother used to take me to see the Disney double features when I was four. We’d go every week, have lunch at McDonald’s. We’d always sit through the cartoon, but I never wanted to sit through the live-action movie.
THE YORK WAS LOCATED IN THE BIG H SHOPPING CENTER
The YORK THEATER LOCATED ON ROUTE 110 IN HUNTINGTON OPENED AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THE WHITMAN .THE YORK ALMOST IDENTICAL IN LOOKS TO THE WHITMAN.ITS MAIN CLAIM TO FAME FOR CENTURY WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST DISNEY HOUSES IN THE CHAIN ALWAYS DID SO WELL.SO THEY BOOKED R RATED MOVIES MOSTLY HERE,TYPICAL RKO/CENTURY.
century ran 5 theaters in huntington the shore,york ,huntington, whitman and the 110 drive-in