Manhattan 1 and 2
220 E. 59th Street,
New York,
NY
10022
220 E. 59th Street,
New York,
NY
10022
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There’s a photo of this theater when it was known as the East 59th Street Twin on the pro.corbis.com website. Dennis Hopper’s “The Last Movie” was playing.
As the ‘RKO 59th St. Twin 1 Theater saw 'Saturday Night At the Baths’ here.
The Sutton was recently torn down; here’s the entire sad story… /theaters/308/
This house was weird. I frequently patronized the theatres around Bloomingdale’s but rarely went here. In all my years of movie going, I only went there three or four times. I remember seeing three films here, FEAR with Marky Mark & William Peterson. It might have been the last night it played. I caught Bruce Beresford’s PARADISE ROAD, Baz Luhrman’s ROMEA & JULIET and ONCE UPON A TIME WE WERE COLORED. Last time I was there was ‘98.
It is kind of sad the way that neighborhood around Bloomingdales is now almost bereft of theatres. It used to be quite a movie going destination, but the Baronet, Coronet, & Manhattan Twin all closed, leaving City Cinema’s ‘plex, Cinemas 1,2,3 & ImaginAsian. I don’t even know if the Sutton is still open. It is not listed in today’s Times.
I ran away from home once in the 1970s (for a few days!; I saw “The Way We Were” here, and I haven’t been the same since.
Yes on of the few houses that sloped up to the screen
This was a really weird duplex that Cinema 5 took over in the late 70’s. I remember when RKO had it I saw “The Boyfriend” with Twiggy there.
I think it never found it’s own personality but got an audience from the sold out shows around the corner at the Cinema1 and 2 complex as well as the Baronet/Coronet theatres.
For a while it showed gay porn and had a dark/room maze in the lobby.
I remember seeing “The Mirror Cracked”, among other things here. The Marquee had “Liz is back” on it.
An apartment building occupies the former Manhattan 1 and 2 site.
I actually saw a free screening of “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight” here after a Fangoria Weekend of Horrors gave out free tickets. Actually had a blast.
I believe the Manhattan Twins actually sloped upward towards the screen.
It also went through a very short time as i Bollywood theatre at the very end.