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DonRosen commented about Massapequa Drive-In on Aug 30, 2006 at 11:39 am

The Massapequa Drive-in was on Sunrise Highway, just east of Unqua Road, behind Berner High School. The Sunrise Mall was on the other side of Sunrise Highway.

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DonRosen commented about Loew's State Theatre on Aug 30, 2006 at 11:15 am

Intertesting to note in the above ad, I believe “Trouble Man” was the final film to play at the DeMille Theatre. There was a fire in the balcony during the film’s run.

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DonRosen commented about Rialto Theatre on Aug 3, 2006 at 11:23 am

I didn’t realize that the Times Square 42nd St Theatre showed porn. I thought just 4th run movies.

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DonRosen commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Aug 1, 2006 at 10:51 am

AlAlvarez is absolutely correct. My question: why did theatres start numbering their auditoriums instead of keeping their individual names? I can understand the AMC 25, but why drop the name “Penthouse”? Why name three differently located theatres with the name Embassy? The Embassy 2, 3, 4? Why not the DeMille 1, 2, 3? And the Embassy 5 for the Victoria was just silly.

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DonRosen commented about Amity Theatre on Jul 13, 2006 at 10:51 am

Born in the Bronx, but I was raised in Massapequa.

The Amityville Theatre was my favorite with it’s big screen and balcony. Next up, was the Copiague All-Weather Drive-in “indoor” theatre. Huge…with a balcony! When I saw a matinee of “The Chairman” & “The Detective” there in 1968, I was the only person in the theatre!

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DonRosen commented about Amity Theatre on Jul 12, 2006 at 12:45 pm

Stop! Farmingdale has a big multiplex where Republic is/was on Route 110.

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DonRosen commented about Massapequa Drive-In on Jul 12, 2006 at 11:23 am

OK…the Massapequa Drive-in and Berner HS co-existed through my years at Berner (1969-1972).

Depending what year you are speaking about, (1960s) between White’s and the drive-in was the Massapequa Zoo & Kiddie Park and the Two Guys Store, along with Jay’s Appliances. White’s later became Sears and the Jerry Lewis Cinema opened in the shopping Center.

Before the Sunrise Mall, the area was a big sand pit and woods. I used to ride my bike through there.

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DonRosen commented about Bar Harbour Theatre on Jul 12, 2006 at 11:15 am

The North Massapequa Theatre was located on the right side of a shopping center (east-west-north-south…can’t remember). Above the theatre lobby was a Fred Astaire Dance Studio. It was an A.I.T. Theatre, which means it looked exactly like the Amity, Bar Harbour, Levittown, Bethpage, Deer Park, Ronkonkoma, and Larkfield Theatres.

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DonRosen commented about Amity Theatre on Jul 12, 2006 at 11:06 am

The Big “A” Amityville Theatre was right in downtown Amityville, in the town square (or triangle) across from a Memorial statue and a few doors down from Lange’s Shoe Store. The marquee was a long strip on the upper left of the building. The building is still there. Last time I was there, it was offices.

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DonRosen commented about Amity Theatre on Jul 12, 2006 at 11:06 am

The Big “A” Amityville Theatre was right in downtown Amityville, in the town square (or triangle) across from a Memorial statue and a few doors down from Lange’s Shoe Store. The marquee was a long strip on the upper left of the building. The building is still there. Last time I was there, it was offices.

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DonRosen commented about Amity Theatre on Jul 12, 2006 at 11:06 am

The Big “A” Amityville Theatre was right in downtown Amityville, in the town square (or triangle) across from a Memorial statue and a few doors down from Lange’s Shoe Store. The marquee was a long strip on the upper left of the building. The building is still there. Last time I was there, it was offices.

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DonRosen commented about Pequa Theatre on Jul 12, 2006 at 11:00 am

The Bar Harbour Theatre opened as a stand alone A.I.T. house in the Bar Harbour Shopping Center in the early 60s. It was the area’s first art house. I remember “The Mark” played there for 3 months! Unheard of back in 1963, when movies changed once or twice a week.

You’re right, the Pequa was great…and those 6 cent prizel sticks!

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DonRosen commented about UA Route 59 Theatre on Jul 10, 2006 at 4:48 pm

By the time “2001” came out, Cinerama was nothing more than a special lens. I doubt where anyone could tell the difference between “sper Panavision” and “Cinerama.” Maybe the Route 59 and Clairidge didn’t want to pay to use the Cinerama lens.

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DonRosen commented about UA Route 59 Theatre on Jul 10, 2006 at 3:34 pm

I notice that there is no mention of Cinerama in the above ad for “2001: A Space Odyssey”, even though an ad (further up the ladder) mentions the theatre is Cinerama-ready.

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DonRosen commented about Cooperstown Theatre on Jul 7, 2006 at 12:09 pm

I visited Cooperstown in 1963 when I was 9 years old. The night we arrived it was raining, so my parents took me to see Haley Mills in “Summer Magic”. It might have been this theatre.

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DonRosen commented about Bel-Air Drive-In on Jun 29, 2006 at 10:54 am

>>The Bel-Air typically screened double-features, and was one of the only drive-ins in the US to feature two-sided screens, enabling the theater to show two different double bills at once.<<

The 41 Twin in Franklin, WI (Milwaukee ‘burb) also had the two sided screen.

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DonRosen commented about New Amsterdam Theatre on Jun 28, 2006 at 3:22 pm

“Mary Poppins” in next.

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DonRosen commented about Anco Theatre on Jun 28, 2006 at 2:56 pm

Looking at the Wallack’s photo and the ANCO porn days photo, I wonder….What happened to the beautiful facade? Did they stucko over it?

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DonRosen commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jun 8, 2006 at 11:11 am

Amazing! The gentleman in the tuxedo, standing between Robert Redford and George Roy Hill is Wally Walters. At least that was his radio name when he worked with me at WGBB on Long Island in the early 70s. I knew he was manager of the Rivoli.

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DonRosen commented about Green Acres Cinemas on Apr 17, 2006 at 5:40 pm

When I was a kid in the 1960s, this was THE theatre to see a movie. I hear the neigborhood ain’t what it used to be…in other words, dangerous. True?

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DonRosen commented about Anco Theatre on Mar 30, 2006 at 12:02 pm

Oh, yes! The Anco was heavy duty XXX at the end. I’ve seen the marquee shots to prove it.

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DonRosen commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Feb 5, 2006 at 8:25 pm

The Boatniks was a Ziegfeld premiere exclusive. It never played at Radio City Music Hall. After an excellent run, Walter Reade dropped the admission to The Boatniks at Ziegfeld to $1 admission for kids.

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DonRosen commented about Loews State 4 on Jan 29, 2006 at 10:42 am

How sad. The Loew’s State name on Broadway is now gone.

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DonRosen commented about Hollywood Theatre on Jan 10, 2006 at 8:00 pm

What a knockout theatre!

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DonRosen commented about Loews State 4 on Jan 6, 2006 at 10:36 am

They are still open….

Loews State Theatre
1540 Broadway
New York , NY 10036

Bluff Master ( NR )
Fun With Dick & Jane ( PG-13 )
Hostel ( R )
Shikari ( NR )