I only have 18, and some of them were purchased on eBay years later. The oldest one I have from a movie I saw in original release is Ben-Hur, but the actual oldest movie I have one for is This is Cinerama, a 1952 movie that I saw in 1996. The newest one is The Hateful Eight.
I saw it at the Gemini 2 on the Upper East Side, but my parents saw it at the Bellevue in Upper Montclair, NJ and they bought the program. I guess you could say I inherited it from them. The Bellevue was famous for an exclusive North Jersey roadshow run of The Sound of Music which lasted 100 weeks.
It’s a funny story, but 2001 never played at the Cinerama Dome until years later. It opened at the Warner Hollywood Theater on Hollywood Blvd., and played there for 80 weeks. In April 1968, when 2001 premiered, the Dome was showing Camelot.
All the precautionary measures that you mentioned are in place. The two times I went to a theater since they reopened, there were hardly any people in them. NYC and LA theaters are most likely still closed because of their large populations. I did feel safe in those two theaters, but I have to agree with Al that there is hardly anything out there worth seeing.
Joe, you can take the PATH train to NJ from 14th St. or 23rd St., get off at Newport station, and go see Tenet at the AMC theaters in Newport Mall. There are 4 showings tomorrow.
I really wanted to like it, but it was so confusing I couldn’t follow the plot. About 30 minutes before the end, I just gave up trying. Bigjoe, I hope you like it more than I did. And if you’re tired of waiting for the theaters to reopen, come to NJ!
New Jersey theaters are open, right across the Hudson River. I saw Tenet in Hoboken NJ on opening weekend in September. I agree that it was a bad movie, and even 70mm would not have helped.
The Ridgewood Theater in Queens, NY has 2,852 comments. For a while, it was on track to surpass the Ziegfeld. But a lot of them were from local people reminiscing about the old neighborhood, and not actually talking about the theater, or any theater for that matter.
Glad you liked the photo, Mike. Isn’t all this Ziegfeld activity great? 4,532 comments and counting. I think that’s still the Cinema Treasures record. Radio City Music Hall is probably #2.
Looks like I was wrong about that. I just saw a picture where the marquee said Clearview Cinemas. But didn’t they put Walter Reade back up there after Clearview left? I’m pretty sure that’s what it said on the day of the final shows.
A large Christian protest group carrying banners and tapestries descended on the Ziegfeld to oppose the showing of The Last Temptation of Christ on opening day. It looked like the Spanish Inquisition come back to life in 1988.
People frantically hunting for seats before a sold-out showing of Lawrence of Arabia.
Seeing Gandhi on the night of the blizzard of 1983. The theater was surprisingly crowded, but I didn’t think I’d be able to make it home. I was seriously considering asking if I could sleep in the Ziegfeld. Looking back, I regret not having done that.
Seeing Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey and Robert Osborne in an onstage panel after a TCM screening of Cabaret. Also sold out, but not technically since the screening was free.
I actually have 19. My Star Wars program is in a different spot from all the others, so I forgot to count it.
I only have 18, and some of them were purchased on eBay years later. The oldest one I have from a movie I saw in original release is Ben-Hur, but the actual oldest movie I have one for is This is Cinerama, a 1952 movie that I saw in 1996. The newest one is The Hateful Eight.
I posted the wrong year. It was actually 1980.
I posted 4 photos from the program on the Bellevue page:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6349/photos
Those are three great movie programs. You must be very proud to own them.
Coal Miner’s Daughter had a real program. When I get home I’ll take a few photos of it.
I saw it at the Gemini 2 on the Upper East Side, but my parents saw it at the Bellevue in Upper Montclair, NJ and they bought the program. I guess you could say I inherited it from them. The Bellevue was famous for an exclusive North Jersey roadshow run of The Sound of Music which lasted 100 weeks.
Another non-roadshow film that had a souvenir book was Coal Miner’s Daughter. I still have that one.
I bought one for Tom Sawyer at the Music Hall. It was the first time I had ever seen a photo of John Williams. Unfortunately I don’t have it anymore.
It’s a funny story, but 2001 never played at the Cinerama Dome until years later. It opened at the Warner Hollywood Theater on Hollywood Blvd., and played there for 80 weeks. In April 1968, when 2001 premiered, the Dome was showing Camelot.
Thanks, Roger. All very interesting. It’s ironic how the negative for Citizen Kane burned that way, considering what happens to Rosebud at the end.
Zodiac was shot at the National Theater in Westwood, L.A.
Looks like Tenet won’t be playing here after all. It’s coming to home video on December 15th.
I don’t know the exact reason why Gov. Murphy allowed the theaters to reopen, but many other states have also reopened their theaters.
All the precautionary measures that you mentioned are in place. The two times I went to a theater since they reopened, there were hardly any people in them. NYC and LA theaters are most likely still closed because of their large populations. I did feel safe in those two theaters, but I have to agree with Al that there is hardly anything out there worth seeing.
Joe, you can take the PATH train to NJ from 14th St. or 23rd St., get off at Newport station, and go see Tenet at the AMC theaters in Newport Mall. There are 4 showings tomorrow.
I really wanted to like it, but it was so confusing I couldn’t follow the plot. About 30 minutes before the end, I just gave up trying. Bigjoe, I hope you like it more than I did. And if you’re tired of waiting for the theaters to reopen, come to NJ!
New Jersey theaters are open, right across the Hudson River. I saw Tenet in Hoboken NJ on opening weekend in September. I agree that it was a bad movie, and even 70mm would not have helped.
The Ridgewood Theater in Queens, NY has 2,852 comments. For a while, it was on track to surpass the Ziegfeld. But a lot of them were from local people reminiscing about the old neighborhood, and not actually talking about the theater, or any theater for that matter.
Glad you liked the photo, Mike. Isn’t all this Ziegfeld activity great? 4,532 comments and counting. I think that’s still the Cinema Treasures record. Radio City Music Hall is probably #2.
I just posted a photo of the marquee on the final day. It does indeed say A WALTER READE THEATRE.
The Ziegfeld’s last day, 1/28/2016.
Looks like I was wrong about that. I just saw a picture where the marquee said Clearview Cinemas. But didn’t they put Walter Reade back up there after Clearview left? I’m pretty sure that’s what it said on the day of the final shows.
I like how it said A WALTER READE THEATER on the front of the marquee right up until the end.
Wow. Now I REALLY feel bad about not asking to stay over. I could have placed my cot in the huge space between the front row and the screen!
A few special Ziegfeld memories:
A large Christian protest group carrying banners and tapestries descended on the Ziegfeld to oppose the showing of The Last Temptation of Christ on opening day. It looked like the Spanish Inquisition come back to life in 1988.
People frantically hunting for seats before a sold-out showing of Lawrence of Arabia.
Seeing Gandhi on the night of the blizzard of 1983. The theater was surprisingly crowded, but I didn’t think I’d be able to make it home. I was seriously considering asking if I could sleep in the Ziegfeld. Looking back, I regret not having done that.
Seeing Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey and Robert Osborne in an onstage panel after a TCM screening of Cabaret. Also sold out, but not technically since the screening was free.