One more thing: as far as I know, no XXX movies were ever shown on the Fair’s main screen, and ANY type of physical contact or sexual activity is closely monitored and STRICTLY forbidden in the main auditorium (or XXX screening rooms for that matter) – all “monkey business” is privately kept in the back booths, behind CLOSED doors (unlike the Polk, where it was “all going” in one big auditorium). As for the balcony, it has been closed to customers for quite some time.
The Kings Highway Cinema is similar to the Fair in its mixed-use configuration.
posted by Alto on May 23, 2006 at 8:48am
The main auditorium of the Fair always showerd XXX until the city started cracking down, the balcony was mobbed with customers cruising and having sex. Changing over the main auditorium was complying with the rule about only a portion of an establishment being sex related. The balcony was open at one point still with monitors but they were unable to stop the goings on so it was closed down totally.
I am pretty sure that old marquee was the Rugby in Flatbush. I remember that marquee had an expression on it so that must be it. The Haven had a square boxy marquee, I have many pictures of it when the post photo feature starts working again.
Considering 30 years left to rot and the thieves from the Flatbush Development Corp stealing everything not nailed down I think it looks pretty damn good. The Westbury looked this bad when it was still open showing movies.
Robert, do you have a stack of old newspapers you find these in, or where do you find all these great old ads?
posted by Bway on Jun 4, 2006 at 8:04pm
From two sources, I have access to ProQuest which has the NY & LA Times archives and also my own archives from when I booked and managed theatres. Glad you like them I have so many more I just need to find time to scan them.
You can’t say it was never a real cinema because it was created from non-theatrical space, so was the Sutton and many other theatres. And as AlAlvarez above stated it did indeed show regular films.
The only good thing about Movieworld is that it’s an open theatre for people to go to until something better is built in the vicinity. Look at Brooklyn there are almost no theatres left, even a subpar complex like Movieworld would make money in the right location.
The Ridgewood has been running a shortened schedule in the winter for awhile although it used to have it’s first show at like 330 with the last one being 830, now they open later with the last show around 9-930.
The Drake used to play hardcore XXX at one time. When it was owned by Murray Schoen who at the time also operated the Deluxe in Woodside, he would play XXX one week and 2nd run double bills the next.
I cut and pasted that paragraph from a post by Alto on May 23, I was responding to his comment
One more thing: as far as I know, no XXX movies were ever shown on the Fair’s main screen, and ANY type of physical contact or sexual activity is closely monitored and STRICTLY forbidden in the main auditorium (or XXX screening rooms for that matter) – all “monkey business” is privately kept in the back booths, behind CLOSED doors (unlike the Polk, where it was “all going” in one big auditorium). As for the balcony, it has been closed to customers for quite some time.
The Kings Highway Cinema is similar to the Fair in its mixed-use configuration.
posted by Alto on May 23, 2006 at 8:48am
The main auditorium of the Fair always showerd XXX until the city started cracking down, the balcony was mobbed with customers cruising and having sex. Changing over the main auditorium was complying with the rule about only a portion of an establishment being sex related. The balcony was open at one point still with monitors but they were unable to stop the goings on so it was closed down totally.
“Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines” at the Demille
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The Embassy showing “The Hours of Love"
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I knew I had passed it many years ago and I guess it’s being close to the Rugby made me remember it as that. Great detective work :)
Another Roxy classic
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I am pretty sure that old marquee was the Rugby in Flatbush. I remember that marquee had an expression on it so that must be it. The Haven had a square boxy marquee, I have many pictures of it when the post photo feature starts working again.
Why would anyone in their right mind put one sheets on a marquee?
He owns the Cinemart and owned the 59th Street East but I’m not sure if he has that one anymore.
Considering 30 years left to rot and the thieves from the Flatbush Development Corp stealing everything not nailed down I think it looks pretty damn good. The Westbury looked this bad when it was still open showing movies.
Robert, do you have a stack of old newspapers you find these in, or where do you find all these great old ads?
posted by Bway on Jun 4, 2006 at 8:04pm
From two sources, I have access to ProQuest which has the NY & LA Times archives and also my own archives from when I booked and managed theatres. Glad you like them I have so many more I just need to find time to scan them.
You can’t say it was never a real cinema because it was created from non-theatrical space, so was the Sutton and many other theatres. And as AlAlvarez above stated it did indeed show regular films.
What was this used for in 1967? Was it X?
Did anyone ever see movies here who can tell us some more about this theatre?
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The only good thing about Movieworld is that it’s an open theatre for people to go to until something better is built in the vicinity. Look at Brooklyn there are almost no theatres left, even a subpar complex like Movieworld would make money in the right location.
The Ridgewood has been running a shortened schedule in the winter for awhile although it used to have it’s first show at like 330 with the last one being 830, now they open later with the last show around 9-930.
They only tore the interior walls down that had been constructed for the quading, none of the theatre was ruined.
Usually once school closes the Ridgewood has matinees daily.
Sad
The Arion was in Middle Village
That sounds like it was an old 70mm print, I am not sure if Warner has struck any new prints of 2001.
Yes that’s the old Hollywood, the stripes on the facade when it was a theatre were blue and white.
The Drake used to play hardcore XXX at one time. When it was owned by Murray Schoen who at the time also operated the Deluxe in Woodside, he would play XXX one week and 2nd run double bills the next.