The first movie to play here – Marooned – is on TCM this afternoon at 5:45pm (eastern). Watch it on your laptop or iwatch and weep for what we’ve lost…
People on social media had a lot to say when the Herald asked, “What do you think about [the new owners] tearing down the current theater to build a new state-of-the art structure? What memories do you have of the Lynbrook UA theater?
•“The fondest memory I have is taking my kids there for the free movie “Baby’s Day Out” on Breakfast with Santa Day in Lynbrook.” — Carol Anne Walter
•“It needed to be done … plus it will bring a much-needed boost to the Lynbrook business district.” — Craig Caparelli
•“We are excited to see this new theater being built. We moved here a year ago, and this is one of many upgrades to the area that we’re looking forward to.” —Ivy A. Reilly
•“In 1976, when I was in Lynbrook High School, I won tickets to the premiere of “Rocky.” The theatre is a landmark — it’s a shame that it was not kept up.” — Dolores Gilmurray
•“I remember seeing live performers there! The theater was so packed we sat on the floor in the balcony. Those days are long gone, and the theater was left in disrepair … will be sad to see another landmark obliterated.” — Patricia Petrich Overs
*“I remember that movie theatre fondly. My mom and I went to see On Golden Pond there back in the 80’s. That is the last movie I remember seeing with her before she passed away. I’m sure we saw other movies but that is the one and that is the theatre that sticks in my mind. Great memory. I wish they could or would somehow keep the facade of the existing theatre. People are so quick to demolish old structures which unfortunately destroys the history and some beautiful structures.” — Debra Ford
Local business owners say they are eager to have the new theater up and running as soon as possible, to capitalize on the added foot traffic in the area. Barbara Ferrufino, co-manager of the Cuzco Peru, which is attached to the theater, said that business has already taken a hit in the three weeks since it closed. “We weren’t really prepared for this,” she said, adding that couples often came to the restaurant before or after a screening. In an effort to compensate for the theater’s closing, she said, the restaurant would have to start spending money on advertising to attract more people, though she said she was optimistic that the new theater will ultimately help the business.
Erika Rojas, assistant manager of Cold Stone Creamery, on Broadway, said she estimated that sales have dropped by 15 percent since the theater closed, which wasn’t as bad as she had anticipated. “We just hope it comes faster,” she said with a laugh.
Chris Holmes, assistant manager of Burger Bandit, also on Broadway, said his business gets a lot of Rockville Centre moviegoers, and he didn’t think the closing would hurt business too much. He anticipated that the construction could even bring workers in for lunch. “They really just have to get better movies, to be honest,” Holmes said. “This one didn’t get ‘Avengers 2’ until like a month after it came out.”
Joe Carusone, owner of Vincent’s Pizzeria and Restaurant and Carvel, both on Atlantic Avenue, said he wasn’t concerned about the construction process. January is a slow month for most businesses anyway, he said, and ultimately, the new theater will be a good thing for the village. “In the future, I think it’s going to drive more people to the area,” Carusone said. “I think it’s going to be a great thing for the town as a whole.”
Article from the local paper the Lynbrook Herald, by Nick Ciccone
Movie house to be demolished
After more than a decade of discussion about its fate, the United Artists movie theater on Merrick Road in Lynbrook closed its doors for good on Jan. 10 — the start of an expected 16-month renovation that its new ownership, the Regal Entertainment Group, promises will bring a state-of-the art movie experience to the village.
“You want to grow with the times, but in a smart way,” said Mayor Bill Hendrick, adding that he hoped the updated theater would improve the village’s commercial area. “I’m getting calls all the time — people want Lynbrook,” he said.
Regal first took an interest in the property in 2011, and its developer, Blumenfeld Development Group, considered several building designs over the years. The new theater will feature luxury reclining seats in all screening rooms, along with surround sound and bright 2D and 3D images.
The project, funded by Regal, will cost an estimated $25 million. The existing structure will be demolished, and the new theater will wrap around the Cuzco Peru Restaurant in a U shape. The municipal parking on the west side of the theater will no longer exist, which will mean a loss of 51 parking spaces. But Building Department Superintendent Brian Stanton said there would be 171 fewer seats in the new theater — a total of 1,434 — and parking regulations on Atlantic Avenue can be amended to accommodate peak movie hours.
Gutting the building
Stanton said that before the building can be demolished, ALL Construction Inc. will disconnect interior electrical and gas hookups and rip out the seats. A demolition permit cannot be issued, he said, until the interior work is completed. The building is expected to be demolished in late summer.
Once that work begins, Hendrick said, any traffic issues that arise will be addressed. “The fact that we have our own Police Department helps us greatly,” he said. “We can re-route and do what we have to do with the [Department of Public Works] and police that other places can’t do.”
Members of Hose Co. No. 1, the firehouse on Blake Avenue, behind the theater, will be given parking spaces on the theater property during the construction.
Yes, Craig O'Connor did a good job for Clearview, both here and at the Chelsea. He is what they needed, a person of vision and creativity, a latter-day showman, and when he left it left a void that was never properly filled.
I’m surprised the Moss family didn’t do a better job, seeing as how they’ve been exhibitors since the turn of the LAST century. There are plenty of examples of their ballyhoo here at Cinema Treasures but the current generation sure dropped the ball at this location.
A developer bought Coney Island’s long-neglected Shore Theater and plans to restore the 90-year-old landmark to its former glory, the buyer’s legal counsel confirmed.
“The people of Coney Island can start looking forward to an amazing theater,” said lawyer Igor Oberman. “They don’t want this to be just a seasonal venue — it will be for all seasons benefiting not only tourists, but the people here year-round.”
Jasmine Bullard, daughter of People’s Playground land baron Horace Bullard, sold the icon to Pye Properties for $20 million last week, the Coney Island Blog first reported.
The rebirth bodes well for the People’s Playground, which area businesses and political leaders have been pushing to become a destination in the winter as well as summer, according to one neighborhood booster.
“This is wonderful news,” said Boardwalk impresario and Coney Island U.S.A. founder Dick Zigun, who has long advocated for the ailing theater. “If Coney Island is on a trajectory to go year-round and build hotels, you have to have nighttime entertainment and that’s the place to do it, at a landmarked Broadway-equivalent theater.”
The building has been vacant for decades and fell into serious disrepair, and Pye is still determining what it will take to make the theater show-worthy again, Oberman said.
“They’re still in the assessment phase,” he said. “The property has been derelict for many years, so right now they’re doing structural studies, and trying to understand the physical condition of the building.”
The theater was built in 1925 as the Loew’s Coney Island, according to historian Charles Denson. It housed Vaudeville acts in its heyday, he said. The Brandt Company took it over in 1964, and the theater started showing X-rated movies in 1972 in a last-ditch attempt to lure audiences.
Kansas Fried Chicken mogul Horace Bullard purchased the property in 1978 hoping to convert it into a hotel and casino, but the state decided against allowing gambling in the People’s Playground. The land baron put the building up for sale and let it sit derelict for the next several decades, drawing criticism from Coney Island advocates as the structure deteriorated and became an encampment of homeless people. Bullard died in 2013, and a 2015 announcement that the city would scoop up other derelict Coney Island properties that passed to his family reignited calls to seize the property through eminent domain.
It’s not the first historic Loew’s theater to be pulled off the historical scrap heap — the Kings Theatre in Flatbush reopened last year after the city hired a theater group to restore the iconic venue.
Reach reporter Colin Mixson at or by calling (718) 260-4505.
Neither Bow Tie nor Clearview knew what to do with the Ziegfeld, booking it like an ordinary multiplex in the middle of nowhere instead of the gem of Manhattan movie palaces.
It didn’t need recliners or reserved seating; what it needed was to hire someone with creativity and vision to book it properly, a combination of first run, premieres, classics, film festivals, etc., instead of dumping studio releases there and leaving them for weeks on end.
I always thought they should have had two week bookings then bring in move-over product that may already be in release but not at the Ziegfeld. And some free cross-promotion at other Bow Tie or Clearview houses could have helped as well.
A look at the bookings posted above show the Ziegfeld had classic screenings from the very beginning, but after Walter Reade and Cineplex Odeon left the game, mediocrity ruled the day.
Say what you will about Garth Drabinsky, at least he (and Walter Reade) were showmen who knew how to get backsides in seats.
Management by both Clearview and BowTie was lackluster, haphazard and devoid of creativity. (They didn’t even promote the Ziegfeld at their other Manhattan location, the Chelsea.) A sad lack of showmanship and verve helped drop this place off the radar for many moviegoers.
Or how philanthropist and entrepreneur Paul Allen bought and restored the Seattle Cinerama; that’s a treasured venue with a strong and vibrant program schedule, mixing first-run, classics and film festivals.
My first movie there was also That’s Entertainment, which blew me away. I hadn’t heard of most of those stars and movies featured, (I know them all very well now!) but was especially amazed seeing Esther Williams and her aquatic extravaganzas on the big screen…!
Soon after, Earthquake was a bone-rattling eye-popper and my first Ava Gardner movie. I saw that more than once, bringing in friends from Long Island for the unique Sensurround experience. (I’ve since come to appreciate Gardner’s beauty in movies like Showboat and Mogambo, but even in Earthquake she had an earthy sensuality.)
To complete the trifecta, Tommy was astounding. I’d never heard the album before, nor really knew who The Who were, but I was stunned and euphoric by the sights, sounds and presentation of that rock opera. These three movies seemed like they were custom-made for this house.
In my lifetime there has been no showplace like the Ziegfeld. In a word, wow…!
The first movie to play here – Marooned – is on TCM this afternoon at 5:45pm (eastern). Watch it on your laptop or iwatch and weep for what we’ve lost…
You the man, Ed…
OMG, I just posted the saddest pic in the photo section
Loved the double bills and the midnight shows. I saw the original Blade Runner (with narration) here several times.
More…
Local reviews
People on social media had a lot to say when the Herald asked, “What do you think about [the new owners] tearing down the current theater to build a new state-of-the art structure? What memories do you have of the Lynbrook UA theater?
•“The fondest memory I have is taking my kids there for the free movie “Baby’s Day Out” on Breakfast with Santa Day in Lynbrook.” — Carol Anne Walter
•“It needed to be done … plus it will bring a much-needed boost to the Lynbrook business district.” — Craig Caparelli
•“We are excited to see this new theater being built. We moved here a year ago, and this is one of many upgrades to the area that we’re looking forward to.” —Ivy A. Reilly
•“In 1976, when I was in Lynbrook High School, I won tickets to the premiere of “Rocky.” The theatre is a landmark — it’s a shame that it was not kept up.” — Dolores Gilmurray
•“I remember seeing live performers there! The theater was so packed we sat on the floor in the balcony. Those days are long gone, and the theater was left in disrepair … will be sad to see another landmark obliterated.” — Patricia Petrich Overs
*“I remember that movie theatre fondly. My mom and I went to see On Golden Pond there back in the 80’s. That is the last movie I remember seeing with her before she passed away. I’m sure we saw other movies but that is the one and that is the theatre that sticks in my mind. Great memory. I wish they could or would somehow keep the facade of the existing theatre. People are so quick to demolish old structures which unfortunately destroys the history and some beautiful structures.” — Debra Ford
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Local business owners say they are eager to have the new theater up and running as soon as possible, to capitalize on the added foot traffic in the area. Barbara Ferrufino, co-manager of the Cuzco Peru, which is attached to the theater, said that business has already taken a hit in the three weeks since it closed. “We weren’t really prepared for this,” she said, adding that couples often came to the restaurant before or after a screening. In an effort to compensate for the theater’s closing, she said, the restaurant would have to start spending money on advertising to attract more people, though she said she was optimistic that the new theater will ultimately help the business.
Erika Rojas, assistant manager of Cold Stone Creamery, on Broadway, said she estimated that sales have dropped by 15 percent since the theater closed, which wasn’t as bad as she had anticipated. “We just hope it comes faster,” she said with a laugh.
Chris Holmes, assistant manager of Burger Bandit, also on Broadway, said his business gets a lot of Rockville Centre moviegoers, and he didn’t think the closing would hurt business too much. He anticipated that the construction could even bring workers in for lunch. “They really just have to get better movies, to be honest,” Holmes said. “This one didn’t get ‘Avengers 2’ until like a month after it came out.”
Joe Carusone, owner of Vincent’s Pizzeria and Restaurant and Carvel, both on Atlantic Avenue, said he wasn’t concerned about the construction process. January is a slow month for most businesses anyway, he said, and ultimately, the new theater will be a good thing for the village. “In the future, I think it’s going to drive more people to the area,” Carusone said. “I think it’s going to be a great thing for the town as a whole.”
Article from the local paper the Lynbrook Herald, by Nick Ciccone
Movie house to be demolished
After more than a decade of discussion about its fate, the United Artists movie theater on Merrick Road in Lynbrook closed its doors for good on Jan. 10 — the start of an expected 16-month renovation that its new ownership, the Regal Entertainment Group, promises will bring a state-of-the art movie experience to the village.
“You want to grow with the times, but in a smart way,” said Mayor Bill Hendrick, adding that he hoped the updated theater would improve the village’s commercial area. “I’m getting calls all the time — people want Lynbrook,” he said.
Regal first took an interest in the property in 2011, and its developer, Blumenfeld Development Group, considered several building designs over the years. The new theater will feature luxury reclining seats in all screening rooms, along with surround sound and bright 2D and 3D images.
The project, funded by Regal, will cost an estimated $25 million. The existing structure will be demolished, and the new theater will wrap around the Cuzco Peru Restaurant in a U shape. The municipal parking on the west side of the theater will no longer exist, which will mean a loss of 51 parking spaces. But Building Department Superintendent Brian Stanton said there would be 171 fewer seats in the new theater — a total of 1,434 — and parking regulations on Atlantic Avenue can be amended to accommodate peak movie hours.
Gutting the building
Stanton said that before the building can be demolished, ALL Construction Inc. will disconnect interior electrical and gas hookups and rip out the seats. A demolition permit cannot be issued, he said, until the interior work is completed. The building is expected to be demolished in late summer.
Once that work begins, Hendrick said, any traffic issues that arise will be addressed. “The fact that we have our own Police Department helps us greatly,” he said. “We can re-route and do what we have to do with the [Department of Public Works] and police that other places can’t do.”
Members of Hose Co. No. 1, the firehouse on Blake Avenue, behind the theater, will be given parking spaces on the theater property during the construction.
June 8, 1929 was indeed a Saturday.
Yes, Craig O'Connor did a good job for Clearview, both here and at the Chelsea. He is what they needed, a person of vision and creativity, a latter-day showman, and when he left it left a void that was never properly filled.
I’m surprised the Moss family didn’t do a better job, seeing as how they’ve been exhibitors since the turn of the LAST century. There are plenty of examples of their ballyhoo here at Cinema Treasures but the current generation sure dropped the ball at this location.
Text of Brooklyn Daily article:
They’re shoring it up!
A developer bought Coney Island’s long-neglected Shore Theater and plans to restore the 90-year-old landmark to its former glory, the buyer’s legal counsel confirmed.
“The people of Coney Island can start looking forward to an amazing theater,” said lawyer Igor Oberman. “They don’t want this to be just a seasonal venue — it will be for all seasons benefiting not only tourists, but the people here year-round.”
Jasmine Bullard, daughter of People’s Playground land baron Horace Bullard, sold the icon to Pye Properties for $20 million last week, the Coney Island Blog first reported.
The rebirth bodes well for the People’s Playground, which area businesses and political leaders have been pushing to become a destination in the winter as well as summer, according to one neighborhood booster.
“This is wonderful news,” said Boardwalk impresario and Coney Island U.S.A. founder Dick Zigun, who has long advocated for the ailing theater. “If Coney Island is on a trajectory to go year-round and build hotels, you have to have nighttime entertainment and that’s the place to do it, at a landmarked Broadway-equivalent theater.”
The building has been vacant for decades and fell into serious disrepair, and Pye is still determining what it will take to make the theater show-worthy again, Oberman said.
“They’re still in the assessment phase,” he said. “The property has been derelict for many years, so right now they’re doing structural studies, and trying to understand the physical condition of the building.”
The theater was built in 1925 as the Loew’s Coney Island, according to historian Charles Denson. It housed Vaudeville acts in its heyday, he said. The Brandt Company took it over in 1964, and the theater started showing X-rated movies in 1972 in a last-ditch attempt to lure audiences.
Kansas Fried Chicken mogul Horace Bullard purchased the property in 1978 hoping to convert it into a hotel and casino, but the state decided against allowing gambling in the People’s Playground. The land baron put the building up for sale and let it sit derelict for the next several decades, drawing criticism from Coney Island advocates as the structure deteriorated and became an encampment of homeless people. Bullard died in 2013, and a 2015 announcement that the city would scoop up other derelict Coney Island properties that passed to his family reignited calls to seize the property through eminent domain.
It’s not the first historic Loew’s theater to be pulled off the historical scrap heap — the Kings Theatre in Flatbush reopened last year after the city hired a theater group to restore the iconic venue.
Reach reporter Colin Mixson at or by calling (718) 260-4505.
I meant they booked it AS IF it was in the middle of nowhere, instead of as the gem of midtown Manhattan.
Neither Bow Tie nor Clearview knew what to do with the Ziegfeld, booking it like an ordinary multiplex in the middle of nowhere instead of the gem of Manhattan movie palaces.
It didn’t need recliners or reserved seating; what it needed was to hire someone with creativity and vision to book it properly, a combination of first run, premieres, classics, film festivals, etc., instead of dumping studio releases there and leaving them for weeks on end.
I always thought they should have had two week bookings then bring in move-over product that may already be in release but not at the Ziegfeld. And some free cross-promotion at other Bow Tie or Clearview houses could have helped as well.
A look at the bookings posted above show the Ziegfeld had classic screenings from the very beginning, but after Walter Reade and Cineplex Odeon left the game, mediocrity ruled the day.
Say what you will about Garth Drabinsky, at least he (and Walter Reade) were showmen who knew how to get backsides in seats.
Now, that’s creative booking…
Management by both Clearview and BowTie was lackluster, haphazard and devoid of creativity. (They didn’t even promote the Ziegfeld at their other Manhattan location, the Chelsea.) A sad lack of showmanship and verve helped drop this place off the radar for many moviegoers.
Or how philanthropist and entrepreneur Paul Allen bought and restored the Seattle Cinerama; that’s a treasured venue with a strong and vibrant program schedule, mixing first-run, classics and film festivals.
2006 to 2016
1/13/2006 TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
1/20/2006 Hollywood Classics
3/31/2006 IEC AGE: THE MELTDOWN
4/14/2006 SCARY MOVIE 4
5/5/2006 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III
5/19/2006 OVER THE HEDGE
6/9/2006 CARS
7/7/2006 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST
8/9/2006 WORLD TRADE CENTER
9/8/2006 Hollywood Classics
10/13/2006 closed?
10/20/2006 FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
11/17/2006 CASINO ROYALE
12/15/2006 DREAMGIRLS
3/9/2007 ZODIAC
3/30/2007 MEET THE ROBINSONS
4/20/2007 closed?
5/4/2007 SPIDER-MAN 3
5/25/2007 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
6/15/2007 closed?
6/29/2007 RATATOUILLE
7/13/2007 HAIRSPRAY
8/31/2007 Hollywood Classics
9/7/2007 closed
9/26/2007 PORGY & BESS
10/5/2007 BLADE RUNNER
10/19/2007 THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
11/9/2007 BEE MOVIE
11/23/2007 ENCHANTED
12/21/2007 SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
2/1/2008 HANNAH MONTANA AND MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT
2/8/2008 THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
2/29/2008 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3/14/2008 Hollywood Classics
3/28/2008 GO APE WEEK
4/4/2008 SHINE A LIGHT
4/11/2008 Hollywood Classics
5/2/2008 IRON MAN
5/22/2008 INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
6/20/2008 KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL
7/4/2008 HANCOCK
7/18/2008 MAMMA MIA!
8/15/2008 TROPIC THUNDER
9/5/2008 closed?
9/12/2008 RIGHTEOUS KILL
9/26/2008 closed?
10/3/2008 NEW YORK INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
10/10/2008 closed?
10/17/2008 THE GODFATHER/THE GODFATHER PART II
10/24/2008 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR
11/14/2008 QUANTUM OF SOLACE
12/12/2008 CHE
12/19/2008 HARRY POTTER FILM WEEK
12/25/2008 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
2/6/2009 CORALINE
2/27/2009 THE JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE
3/13/2009 closed?
3/27/2009 MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
4/17/2009 closed?
4/24/2009 THE SOLOIST
5/8/2009 STAR TREK
5/29/2009 UP
6/24/2009 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
7/15/2009 HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
8/7/2009 G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA
8/21/2009 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
9/11/2009 closed?
9/25/2009 FAME
10/9/2009 closed?
10/23/2009 AMELIA
11/6/2009 A CHRISTMAS CAROL
11/25/2009 THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
12/18/2009 NINE
1/22/2010 closed
2/12/2010 Hollywood Classics
2/19/2010 SHUTTER ISLAND
3/5/2010 ALICE IN WONDERLAND
4/2/2010 CLASH OF THE TITANS
4/22/2010 OCEANS
5/7/2010 IRON MAN 2
5/27/2010 SEX AND THE CITY 2
6/18/2010 TOY STORY 3
7/16/2010 INCEPTION
8/13/2010 EAT PRAY LOVE
9/1/2010 THE AMERICAN
9/24/2010 WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
10/15/2010 closed?
10/22/2010 METROPOLIS
10/29/2010 closed?
11/19/2010 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1
12/15/2010 THE SOUND OF MUSIC
12/22/2010 TRUE GRIT
1/21/2011 THE KING’S SPEECH
3/18/2011 LIMITLESS
4/8/2011 ARTHUR
4/22/2011 closed
5/6/2011 THOR
5/20/2011 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES
6/10/2011 SUPER 8
6/29/2011 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
7/15/2011 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2
8/10/2011 THE HELP
9/16/2011 THE LION KING
10/7/2011 THE IDES OF MARCH
10/28/2011 PUSS IN BOOTS
11/11/2011 IMMORTALS
11/23/2011 HUGO
12/25/2011 THE WAR HORSE
1/13/2012 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
1/27/2012 THE IRON LADY
2/10/2012 STAR WARS: EPISODE 1-THE PHANTOM MENACE
2/24/2012 ACT OF VALOR
3/9/2012 JOHN CARTER
3/23/2012 THE HUNGER GAMES
4/20/2012 closed?
4/27/2012 ROCK FILM FESTIVAL
5/4/2012 THE BEATLES: THE LOST CONCERT
5/11/2012 closed
6/1/2012 SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN
6/15/2012 ROCK OF AGES
6/29/2012 closed
7/3/2012 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
7/20/2012 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
8/10/2012 THE BOURNE LEGACY
8/24/2012 SLEEPWALK WITH ME
9/21/2012 THE MASTER
10/12/2012 ARGO
11/21/2012 LIFE OF PI
12/25/2012 LES MISERABLES
2/8/2013 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
3/1/2013 LINCOLN
3/8/2013 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
4/5/2013 closed?
4/12/2013 “42”
5/10/2013 THE GREAT GATSBY
6/14/2013 MAN OF STEEL
7/3/2013 THE LONE RANGER
7/19/2013 MONSTER’S UNIVERSITY/THE LONE RANGER
7/26/2013 THE WOLVERINE
8/9/2013 ELYSIUM
8/30/2013 ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US
9/13/2013 THE BIT PLAYER
9/20/2013 PRISONERS
10/11/2013 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
11/22/2013 THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
12/18/2013 ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES
12/25/2013 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
3/7/2014 12 YEARS A SLAVE
3/28/2014 NOAH
4/11/2014 RIO 2
5/2/2014 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
5/23/2014 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
6/20/2014 JERSEY BOYS
7/11/2014 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
8/1/2014GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
8/22/2014 SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
9/5/2014 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
9/12/2014 THE DROP
9/19/2014 THE MAZE RUNNER
10/3/2014 GONE GIRL
11/7/2014 INTERSTELLAR
11/21/2014 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY- PART 1
12/12/2014 EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS
12/25/2014 INTO THE WOODS
1/30/2015 BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
2/13/2015 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
3/6/2015 THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
3/20/2015 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT
4/3/2015 FURIOUS 7
5/1/2015 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
5/22/2015 TOMORROWLAND
6/12/2015 JURASSIC WORLD
7/1/2015 TERMINATOR GENISYS
7/15/2015 ANT-MAN
7/31/2015 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION
9/18/2015 closed
10/2/2015 THE MARTIAN
11/6/2015 SPECTRE
12/18/2015 STAR WARS: EPISODE VII-THE FORCE AWAKENS
1/29/16 Closed
2000 – 2005
2/4/2000 SIMPATICO
2/18/2000 DIAMONDS
2/25/2000 THE INSIDER
3/10/2000 AMERICAN BEAUTY
5/5/2000 GLADIATOR
6/16/2000 TITAN A.E.
6/30/2000 ME, MYSELF AND IRENE
7/14/2000 X-MEN
9/15/2000 THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Singalong)
9/29/2000 ALMOST FAMOUS
10/13/2000 THE CONTENDER
11/10/2000 MEN OF HONOR
12/22/2000 CAST AWAY
2/9/2001 HANNIBAL
3/2/2001 THE MEXICAN
3/16/2001 ENEMY AT THE GATES
4/6/2001 ALONG CAME A SPIDER
4/27/2001 DRIVEN
5/11/2001 closed?
5/18/2001 MOULIN ROUGE!
6/8/2001 ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE
6/22/2001 DR. DOLITTLE 2
6/29/2001 A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
7/27/2001 PLANET OF THE APES
8/31/2001 FUNNY GIRL
9/28/2001 DON’T SAY A WORD
10/12/2001 BANDITS
11/2/2001 MONSTERS, INC.
12/7/2001 OCEAN’S ELEVEN
1/11/2002 BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
2/15/2002 RETURN TO NEVER LAND
3/1/2002 WE WERE SOLDIERS
3/15/2002 ICE AGE
4/5/2002 HIGH CRIMES
4/26/2002 LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT
5/16/2002 STAR WARS: EPISODE II- ATTACK OF THE CLONES
7/12/2002 ROAD TO PERDITION
8/16/2002 METROPOLIS
8/30/2002 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
9/25/2002 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
10/18/2002 THE RING
11/1/2002 THE SANTA CLAUSE 2
11/27/2002 SOLARIS
12/27/2002 CHICAGO
5/2/2003 X2
5/16/2003 DOWN WITH LOVE
6/6/2003 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
6/20/2003 HULK
7/11/2003 THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
7/25/2003 LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
8/8/2003closed?
8/15/2003 OPEN RANGE
8/29/2003 THE WAY WE WERE
9/12/2003closed?
10/24/2003 BROTHER BEAR
11/14/2003 MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
12/5/2003 THE LAST SAMURAI
12/25/2003 COLD MOUNTAIN
1/23/2004 MYSTIC RIVER
2/6/2004 MIRACLE
2/27/2004 closed
3/5/2004 HIDALGO
3/19/2004 closed
4/9/2004 THE ALAMO
4/23/2004 MAN ON FIRE
5/14/2004 closed
5/28/2004 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
6/18/2004 THE TERMINAL
7/16/2004 I, ROBOT
7/30/2004 THE VILLAGE
8/6/2004 COLLATERAL
9/1/2004 VANITY FAIR
10/1/2004 SHARK TALE
10/22/2004 SURVIVING CHRISTMAS
11/5/2004 closed?
11/10/2004 THE POLAR EXPRESS
12/10/2004 OCEAN’S TWELVE
12/22/2004 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
1/28/2005 RAGING BULL
2/18/2005 CONSTANTINE
3/11/2005 ROBOTS
4/8/2005 SAHARA
4/22/2005 closed
4/29/2005 THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
5/19/2005 STAR WARS: EPISODE III- REVENGE OF THE SITH
6/29/2005 WAR OF THE WORLDS
7/22/2005 THE ISLAND
8/12/2005 THE GREAT RAID
8/26/2005 THE SKELETON KEY (closed captions version)
9/2/2005 THE BAXTER
9/9/2005 closed
9/23/2005 FLIGHTPLAN
10/14/2005 ELIZABETHTOWN
10/28/2005 closed
11/23/2005 RENT
12/16/2005 THE PRODUCERS
The Ziegfeld in the 90’s…
02/23/90 MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON
04/27/90 CHATTAHOOCHEE
05/18/90 BIRD ON A WIRE
06/29/90 DAYS OF THUNDER
08/10/90 FLATLINERS
09/14/90 POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
10/19/90 WHITE PALACE
11/23/90 HOME ALONE
12/07/90 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
02/08/91 SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
03/01/91 THE DOORS
04/26/91 SPARTACUS
05/31/91 BACKDRAFT
06/21/91 DYING YOUNG
07/12/91 CITY SLICKERS
08/09/91 PURE LUCK
08/30/91 THE COMMITMENTS
11/22/91 FOR THE BOYS
12/27/91 THE PRINCE OF TIDES
01/31/92 SHINING THROUGH
02/21/92 RADIO FLYER
03/06/92 THE LAWNMOWER MAN
04/03/92 THUNDERHEART
04/17/92 CITY OF JOY
05/22/92 FAR AND AWAY
07/03/92 A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
07/31/92 DEATH BECOMES HER
09/25/92 MR. SATURDAY NIGHT
12/25/92 HOFFA
02/05/93 A FEW GOOD MEN
02/12/93 GROUNDHOG DAY
03/19/93 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
04/30/93 BENNY & JOON
05/14/93 LOST IN YONKERS
06/11/93 JURRASIC PARK
09/17/93 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
11/12/93 CARLITO’S WAY
12/31/93 HEAVEN & EARTH
02/04/94 I’LL DO ANYTHING
03/25/94 THE PAPER
05/06/94 THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT III
06/17/94 WOLF 07/15/94
TRUE LIES 09/23/94
MY FAIR LADY
09/30/94 THE RIVER WILD
11/11/94 INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
01/13/95 LEGENDS OF THE FALL
03/24/95 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
04/07/95 ROB ROY
05/19/95 BRAVEHEART
06/30/95 APOLLO 13
10/06/95 STRANGE DAYS
11/10/95 TO DIE FOR
11/17/95 CASINO
01/05/96 12 MONKEYS
02/16/96 CITY HALL
03/22/96 DIABOLIQUE
04/12/96 FEAR
05/17/96 JANE EYRE
05/31/96 DRAGONHEART
06/14/96 MOLL FLANDERS
07/05/96 INDEPENDENCE DAY
09/13/96 closed for remodeling
10/04/96 VERTIGO
11/15/96 THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES
12/20/96 GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI
01/24/97 STAR WARS
02/21/97 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
03/14/97 RETURN OF THE JEDI
04/25/97 VOLCANO
05/23/97 THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK
08/15/97 COP LAND
09/26/97 THE PEACEMAKER
10/31/97 RED CORNER
11/14/97 ANASTASIA
12/26/97 THE POSTMAN
01/16/98 HARD RAIN
01/30/98 GREAT EXPECTATIONS
03/20/98 PRIMARY COLORS 0
5/15/98 BULWORTH
06/19/98 THE X FILES
07/24/98 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
09/18/98 ONE TRUE THING
10/02/98 WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
10/23/98 PLEASANTVILLE
11/13/98 MEET JOE BLACK
12/25/98 THE THIN RED LINE
03/19/99 RAVENOUS
03/26/99 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
04/23/99 PUSHING TIN
05/21/99 THE PHANTOM MENACE
09/24/99 JAKOB THE LIAR
10/15/99 THE STORY OF US
11/26/99 END OF DAYS
12/17/99 ANNA AND THE KING
1970 – 1989
12/18/69 MAROONED
02/25/70 GONE WITH THE WIND
03/04/70 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
03/11/70 THE BIBLE — IN THE BEGINNING
03/18/70 THE SOUND OF MUSIC
03/25/70 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
05/06/70 WAR AND PEACE (USSR)
06/03/70 THE GREAT ZIEGFELD/ZIEGFELD GIRL/ ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
06/17/70 THE SAND PEBBLES
07/01/70 GONE WITH THE WIND
07/08/70 THE BOATNIKS
08/05/70 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS/WEST SIDE STORY
08/19/70 SOLDIER BLUE
10/14/70 A HARD DAY’S NIGHT/ HELP!/ YELLOW SUBMARINE/ LET IT BE
10/28/70 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA/ AT THE CIRCUS/ A DAY AT THE RACES/ THE BIG STORE
11/11/70 closed
11/18/70 RYAN’S DAUGHTER
07/07/71 PETER RABBIT AND THE TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER
08/04/71 CLEOPATRA
08/18/71 KLUTE
08/25/71 THE ANDERSON TAPES
09/01/71 BANANAS
09/08/71 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY/ YELLOW SUBMARINE
09/15/71 closed
12/22/71 STAR SPANGLED GIRL
02/02/72 closed
02/16/72 CABARET
08/16/72 WOODSTOCK
08/23/72 WAR AND PEACE (USSR)
08/30/72 closed
09/20/72 BLACKBOARD JUNGLE/ ROCK ROCK ROCK/ THE THING/ THE WILD ONE/
JAILHOUSE ROCK
09/27/72 closed
10/18/72 FELLINI’S ROMA
12/13/72 SLEUTH
03/28/73 I AM A DANCER
05/16/73 THIS IS CINERAMA
08/22/73 ROMEO AND JULIET (1968) 1
0/24/73 FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER
11/07/73 closed
12/19/73 THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN
04/17/74 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE ROLLING STONES
05/01/74 closed
05/29/74 THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
10/02/74 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
11/20/74 EARTHQUAKE
03/26/75 TOMMY
07/02/75 ROLLERBALL
08/27/75 THE JOLSON STORY
09/10/75 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
10/01/75 GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY!
10/15/75 LISZTOMANIA
11/12/75 CONDUCT UNBECOMING
11/26/75 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
12/10/75 closed
12/24/75 BARRY LYNDON
03/31/76 MOSES
05/19/76 THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT PART 2
07/28/76 THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE
09/22/76 closed
10/13/76 SOLARIS
11/10/76 closed
12/29/76 A STAR IS BORN
02/23/77 closed
06/01/77 THE GRATEFUL DEAD
06/22/77 NEW YORK, NEW YORK
08/31/77 closed
10/12/77 TOMMY
11/16/77 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
05/03/78 THE LAST WALTZ
07/26/78 REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER
10/11/78 THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL
11/15/78 THE LORD OF THE RINGS
02/14/79 MURDER BY DECREE
03/21/79 HAIR
05/23/79 THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
06/27/79 THE MUPPET MOVIE
07/18/79 DRACULA
08/15/79 APOCALYPSE NOW
11/14/79 THE ROSE
02/20/80 SATURN 3
03/26/80 APOCALYPSE NOW
04/23/80 THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS
05/07/80 FANTASIA
05/21/80 FAME
06/25/80 CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC
08/06/80 RAISE THE TITANIC
10/22/80 TIMES SQUARE
11/26/80 PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS ROCKSHOW
12/24/80 THE JAZZ SINGER
02/18/81 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Special Edition)
03/18/81 FANTASIA
04/22/81 LION OF THE DESERT
06/10/81 closed 07/01/81
THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER
08/12/81 BEATLEMANIA
08/26/81 HONKY TONK FREEWAY
10/14/81 closed
12/16/81 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
02/17/82 QUEST FOR FIRE
03/24/82 VICTOR/ VICTORIA
05/26/82 AC/DC LET THERE BE ROCK
06/16/82 GREASE 2 07/21/82
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
08/11/82 PINK FLOYD THE WALL
09/29/82 YES, GIORGIO
11/03/82 TESS
11/10/82 FANTASIA
12/08/82 GANDHI
07/20/83 STAYING ALIVE
10/05/83 BRAINSTORM
11/23/83 YENTL
02/22/84 FANTASIA
03/21/84 A STAR IS BORN
04/04/84 ANTARCTICA
05/02/84 closed
06/27/84 THE KARATE KID
09/19/84 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
10/03/84 closed
10/24/84 THE RAZOR’S EDGE
12/19/84 A PASSAGE TO INDIA
04/03/85 KING DAVID
05/01/85 closed
07/03/85 ST. ELMO’S FIRE
07/17/85 SILVERADO
08/28/85 GHOSTBUSTERS
10/16/85 FANTASIA
11/27/85 WHITE NIGHTS
02/05/86 DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS
03/26/86 JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS
04/23/86 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
06/04/86 closed
07/02/86 AMERICAN ANTHEM
07/23/86 PIRATES
08/06/86 FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR
09/10/86 closed
09/24/86 PATHS OF GLORY/ FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
09/27/86 BIRMAN OF ALCATRAZ/ I WALK ALONE
10/01/86 ELMER GANTRY/ ALONG THE GREAT DIVIDE
10/08/86 TOUGH GUYS
11/19/86 closed
12/03/86 NUTCRACKER
12/31/86 WISDOM
01/28/87 closed
02/04/87 OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE
03/18/87 HEAT
04/08/87 closed
04/15/87 THREE FOR THE ROAD
04/22/87 closed
05/20/87 ISHTAR
06/24/87 ROXANNE
08/12/87 WHO’S THAT GIRL
09/02/87 THE FOURTH PROTOCOL
10/14/87 HAIL! HAIL! ROCK N’ ROLL
11/04/87 closed
11/11/87 CRY FREEDOM
01/20/88 GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM
03/23/88 D.O.A.
04/20/88 APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH
05/04/88 POWAQQATSI
06/29/88 WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?
08/17/88 THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
11/30/88 COCOON: THE RETURN
01/11/89 TALK RADIO
02/15/89 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
07/05/89 THE KARATE KID PART III
08/09/89 THE ABYSS
09/20/89 SEA OF LOVE
11/01/89 THE BEAR
12/20/89 BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Cinema 1 tickets are $18 (wow) but the first and last shows of the day are only $9…
My first movie there was also That’s Entertainment, which blew me away. I hadn’t heard of most of those stars and movies featured, (I know them all very well now!) but was especially amazed seeing Esther Williams and her aquatic extravaganzas on the big screen…!
Soon after, Earthquake was a bone-rattling eye-popper and my first Ava Gardner movie. I saw that more than once, bringing in friends from Long Island for the unique Sensurround experience. (I’ve since come to appreciate Gardner’s beauty in movies like Showboat and Mogambo, but even in Earthquake she had an earthy sensuality.)
To complete the trifecta, Tommy was astounding. I’d never heard the album before, nor really knew who The Who were, but I was stunned and euphoric by the sights, sounds and presentation of that rock opera. These three movies seemed like they were custom-made for this house.
In my lifetime there has been no showplace like the Ziegfeld. In a word, wow…!
Now if only someone could put them in list form for ease of perusal…
(Can we all do multiple clicks on the closed-curtain photo on page 8 to bump it up to the overview page, where it belongs…)
It’s gone full circle — started as a Walter Reade theater, playing a sci-fi movie, and ends with Walter Reade on the marquee, playing a sci-fi movie…
The marquee is still up, but the words United Artists have been removed.