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RobertR commented about Polk Theater on Jul 10, 2006 at 7:57 am

I cut and pasted that paragraph from a post by Alto on May 23, I was responding to his comment

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RobertR commented about Polk Theater on Jul 10, 2006 at 6:34 am

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.

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RobertR commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Jul 9, 2006 at 7:00 pm

“Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines” at the Demille
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RobertR commented about Embassy 1 Theatre on Jul 9, 2006 at 6:58 pm

The Embassy showing “The Hours of Love"
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RobertR commented about Rugby Theatre on Jul 6, 2006 at 8:10 pm

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 :)

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RobertR commented about Roxy Theatre on Jul 5, 2006 at 6:36 pm

Another Roxy classic
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RobertR commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Jul 3, 2006 at 1:32 pm

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.

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RobertR commented about Eagle Theater on Jun 21, 2006 at 7:11 pm

Why would anyone in their right mind put one sheets on a marquee?

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RobertR commented about Alpine Cinema on Jun 18, 2006 at 1:48 pm

He owns the Cinemart and owned the 59th Street East but I’m not sure if he has that one anymore.

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RobertR commented about Kings Theatre on Jun 16, 2006 at 6:55 pm

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.

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RobertR commented about Oasis Theatre on Jun 16, 2006 at 6:46 pm

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.

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RobertR commented about Kings Cinema on Jun 12, 2006 at 5:55 pm

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.

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RobertR commented about Kings Cinema on Jun 12, 2006 at 2:06 pm

What was this used for in 1967? Was it X?

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RobertR commented about Roosevelt Theatre on Jun 11, 2006 at 7:32 pm

Did anyone ever see movies here who can tell us some more about this theatre?

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RobertR commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Jun 7, 2006 at 7:41 pm

Another shot
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RobertR commented about Richmond Theatre on Jun 6, 2006 at 11:02 am

this lint does not work

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RobertR commented about Movieworld Douglaston on Jun 6, 2006 at 10:49 am

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.

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RobertR commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Jun 6, 2006 at 9:13 am

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.

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RobertR commented about Walker Theater on Jun 6, 2006 at 9:11 am

They only tore the interior walls down that had been constructed for the quading, none of the theatre was ruined.

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RobertR commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Jun 6, 2006 at 8:46 am

Usually once school closes the Ridgewood has matinees daily.

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RobertR commented about Loew's 46th Street Theatre on Jun 6, 2006 at 7:39 am

Sad

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RobertR commented about RKO Madison Theatre on Jun 6, 2006 at 5:04 am

The Arion was in Middle Village

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RobertR commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Jun 5, 2006 at 7:19 pm

That sounds like it was an old 70mm print, I am not sure if Warner has struck any new prints of 2001.

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RobertR commented about 777 Theatre on Jun 5, 2006 at 12:26 pm

Yes that’s the old Hollywood, the stripes on the facade when it was a theatre were blue and white.

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RobertR commented about Drake Theatre on Jun 5, 2006 at 11:00 am

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.