See Hobble A Spaniel ? Parlayze Voose Frank Case ? Veer Dutch Guh Shprocket ?
Ja, Das Limpett !
To put this back on topic, I saw “King Kong Vs. Godzilla” at the RKO Madison in, I think, 1961, but missed “Godzilla Vs. The Thing” (Mothra) there in late 1964.
After that, with the possible exception of the little-seen “Godzilla Raids Again”, it was Godzilla The Buffoon, instead of Godzilla the Demon Dragon from Hell.
Thanks in advance, BklynJim, both for your planned visit to Ridgewood and the “Gojira” DVD sampler. The main problem I foresee with us getting together is to agree on a date. Then, once we ARE together. we’ll all probably have so much to say, we may have to time-limit our conversational turns with a small hourglass, stop watch, or egg timer.
There’s a bit in a Godzilla-thon I taped off TNT in late January 1994 that has rap lyrics set to a grunge rock background : “He can’t be killed !”, “Radioactive Death Breath”, etc.
Seriously, though, have you ever seen the Japanese release of “Godzilla” (“Gojira”) ? I have, courtesy of a friend at work. Longer than the American release, it lets the Japanese main characters speak for themselves, rather than have them be mere “props”, to be talked about by Raymond Burr in his Greek chorus purple tone, although I enjoy that, too :
“The odor of scorched flesh, the living hell of another world …”
Bway, if it seems like just yesterday you were sitting there watching a “Friday The 13th” movie, it could partly be because they are all so similar.
I can hear that ominous background sound now ….
Chi chi chi chi ….. Ha ha ha ha ….
What came first, chi chi or ha ha ?
Ever see Mad TV’s “Apollo The 13th : Jason Takes NASA !” ?
View of Jason in hockey mask with machete up through face plate of helmet :
“Houston, we have a problem !”
SLASH !!!!
Lost Memory, I think I may have seen the “buddy system” of sneaking in without paying, in action, if not at the Ridgewood, then in other theaters in NYC.
I just checked on the IMDb. “Problem Child” with John Ritter was a 1990 film. “Friday The 13th Part VI” was a 1986 film. “Jason Takes Manhattan” was a 1989 film. I didn’t see any “Friday The 13th” film listed as released in 1990. I think it said “Jason Goes To Hell” was a 1993 film.
Ernest goes to hell ? Jason goes to camp ? Camp Blood ?
metz, thanks for posting your Ridgewood Theater memories. You could have actually been inside the Ridgewood when 1940’s photos of it I’ve seen of its outside were taken, with the Richmond Hill trolley in the street outside instead of the current Q-55 bus, showing a 1940’s re-release of “My Man Godfrey” (which I saw part of on TCM last night) together with “Three Smart Girls” with Ray Milland, or “Blood On The Sun” starring James Cagney.
You’re welcome, Lost Memory. Unfortunately, my conversation with my aunt today was cut short by a visitor knocking on her door. I will ask her tomorrow, then post. In the meantime, please read what I HAVE posted on the Wyckoff Theatre, on its page, which I started.
I, too, walked past it countless times as a kid, on my way to and from my maternal grandmother’s house and my own, without ever knowing it was once a theater, only seeing it as a Jehovah’s Witnesses Hall, and, as such, never having a reason to go inside.
Thank you, metz. Is your elder brother Joe on this site as “Joe From Florida” ?
My father remembers outdoor movies at The Colonial Theater in Bushwick, entrance on Broadway, opposite Moffat Street, on the block bounded by Broadway, Rockaway Avenue and Chauncey Street. There is a page for it on this site.
I remember debating Gleason’s address before. Bway, you recently took and posted pictures of those blocks of Chauncey Street. Perhaps Gleason lived at both addresses.
Good for you, Anniegirl. Yes, Gleason lived on Chauncey St., either 329 (mentioned in “The Honeymooners”)or 358(on his mother’s death cetificate), between B'way and Fulton St. near Saratoga Avenue.
Thank you, metz and Joe From Florida, for your contributions !
I think there is a separate page for the Eagle Theatre on Central Avenue in Bushwick on this site. Also the Rivoli on Myrtle Avenue and Harman Street, next to the eastbound platform of the Knickerbocker Avenue station of the Myrtle Avenue el.
Thanks for the reminder about live theater and vaudeville.
I think Fred Allen once referred to TV as “tired vaudeville”.
I was also thinking of theaters located in the heart of Brooklyn or downtown Brooklyn, as opposed to a theater located in Greenpoint, the extreme northwest corner of Brooklyn.
Yes, Annie girl, my Greenpoint buddies and I used to joke about “the Point” as “The Garden Spot of the World”.
Ed Norton : I hear Jackie Gleason’s from our own Brooklyn neighborhood right here !
[laughter from audience]
Ralph Kramden : Jackie Gleason’s not in Brooklyn ! Jackie Gleason’s in the sun and fun capital of the world !
Ed Norton : What’s he doing in Perth Amboy ?!?!
[uproarious laughter from TV audience for about a minute]
Thanks, Warren. I would have thought the top theatre in all of Brooklyn would have been Loew’s Kings on Flatbush Avenue or Loew’s Metropolitan in downtown Brooklyn, rather than the Greenpoint, in the northwest corner of Brooklyn.
Thanks, Anniegirl. I never knew the RKO Greenpoint existed, until now. It was fun learning about it. It was not far from the Meserole, the Chopin, the southeastern corner of Manhattan Avenue and Calyer St., where a friend of mine from high school lived, or from Calyer St. itself, where another h.s. friend of mine lived.
The marquee and entrance on Manhattan Avenue seem very small compared to the theater itself.
Thanks, Anniegirl. I never knew the RKO Greenpoint existed. It was fun learning about it. It was not far from the Meserole, the Chopin, the southeastern corner of Manhattan Avenue and Calyer St., where a friend of mine from high school lived, or from Calyer St. itself, where another h.s. friend of mine lived.
The marquee and entrance on Manhattan Avenue seem very small compared to the theater itself.
Paralyze Frank’s Voice Case ?
Sorry, that should have been Weird Dutch Guh Shprocket !
“traduzcase, por favor.” ?
See Hobble A Spaniel ? Parlayze Voose Frank Case ? Veer Dutch Guh Shprocket ?
Ja, Das Limpett !
To put this back on topic, I saw “King Kong Vs. Godzilla” at the RKO Madison in, I think, 1961, but missed “Godzilla Vs. The Thing” (Mothra) there in late 1964.
After that, with the possible exception of the little-seen “Godzilla Raids Again”, it was Godzilla The Buffoon, instead of Godzilla the Demon Dragon from Hell.
Thanks in advance, BklynJim, both for your planned visit to Ridgewood and the “Gojira” DVD sampler. The main problem I foresee with us getting together is to agree on a date. Then, once we ARE together. we’ll all probably have so much to say, we may have to time-limit our conversational turns with a small hourglass, stop watch, or egg timer.
There’s a bit in a Godzilla-thon I taped off TNT in late January 1994 that has rap lyrics set to a grunge rock background : “He can’t be killed !”, “Radioactive Death Breath”, etc.
Seriously, though, have you ever seen the Japanese release of “Godzilla” (“Gojira”) ? I have, courtesy of a friend at work. Longer than the American release, it lets the Japanese main characters speak for themselves, rather than have them be mere “props”, to be talked about by Raymond Burr in his Greek chorus purple tone, although I enjoy that, too :
“The odor of scorched flesh, the living hell of another world …”
Bway, if it seems like just yesterday you were sitting there watching a “Friday The 13th” movie, it could partly be because they are all so similar.
I can hear that ominous background sound now ….
Chi chi chi chi ….. Ha ha ha ha ….
What came first, chi chi or ha ha ?
Ever see Mad TV’s “Apollo The 13th : Jason Takes NASA !” ?
View of Jason in hockey mask with machete up through face plate of helmet :
“Houston, we have a problem !”
SLASH !!!!
Lost Memory, I think I may have seen the “buddy system” of sneaking in without paying, in action, if not at the Ridgewood, then in other theaters in NYC.
Thanks, Bway. I’m sure, after “Jason Goes To Hell” in 1993, many were hoping he’d stay there, but he was back 10 years later for “Freddy vs. Jason”.
I prefer “Hannibal Lecter vs. Pinhead” myself.
Lost Memory, it may have been hard to pry open those exit doors on Madison Street from the outside.
I just checked on the IMDb. “Problem Child” with John Ritter was a 1990 film. “Friday The 13th Part VI” was a 1986 film. “Jason Takes Manhattan” was a 1989 film. I didn’t see any “Friday The 13th” film listed as released in 1990. I think it said “Jason Goes To Hell” was a 1993 film.
Ernest goes to hell ? Jason goes to camp ? Camp Blood ?
metz, thanks for posting your Ridgewood Theater memories. You could have actually been inside the Ridgewood when 1940’s photos of it I’ve seen of its outside were taken, with the Richmond Hill trolley in the street outside instead of the current Q-55 bus, showing a 1940’s re-release of “My Man Godfrey” (which I saw part of on TCM last night) together with “Three Smart Girls” with Ray Milland, or “Blood On The Sun” starring James Cagney.
Bway :
www.imdb.com
You’re welcome, Lost Memory. Unfortunately, my conversation with my aunt today was cut short by a visitor knocking on her door. I will ask her tomorrow, then post. In the meantime, please read what I HAVE posted on the Wyckoff Theatre, on its page, which I started.
I, too, walked past it countless times as a kid, on my way to and from my maternal grandmother’s house and my own, without ever knowing it was once a theater, only seeing it as a Jehovah’s Witnesses Hall, and, as such, never having a reason to go inside.
Thanks, Bway and metz.
Thanks for your details, metz. Good to hear from you too. Long absence ? Have I been away from Cinema Treasures THAT long ?
Does the Grove Theater at Wilson Avenue and Grove Street have a page on Cinema Treasures ?
My father remembers the Monroe, at 4 Howard Avenue, opposite the RKO Bushwick. Both the Monroe and the Bushwick have pages on this site.
Thanks, Lost Memory for the details on Livoti.
I’ll ask my Aunt Annie about the inside of the Wyckoff today and post about it.
Thank you, metz. Is your elder brother Joe on this site as “Joe From Florida” ?
My father remembers outdoor movies at The Colonial Theater in Bushwick, entrance on Broadway, opposite Moffat Street, on the block bounded by Broadway, Rockaway Avenue and Chauncey Street. There is a page for it on this site.
Thank you, metz. What movies in particular at the Eagle / Luxor and the Monroe made a movie freak out of you ? I’d like to know. Thanks.
I remember debating Gleason’s address before. Bway, you recently took and posted pictures of those blocks of Chauncey Street. Perhaps Gleason lived at both addresses.
Thanks, Bway.
Good for you, Anniegirl. Yes, Gleason lived on Chauncey St., either 329 (mentioned in “The Honeymooners”)or 358(on his mother’s death cetificate), between B'way and Fulton St. near Saratoga Avenue.
Thank you, metz and Joe From Florida, for your contributions !
I think there is a separate page for the Eagle Theatre on Central Avenue in Bushwick on this site. Also the Rivoli on Myrtle Avenue and Harman Street, next to the eastbound platform of the Knickerbocker Avenue station of the Myrtle Avenue el.
Thanks for the reminder about live theater and vaudeville.
I think Fred Allen once referred to TV as “tired vaudeville”.
I was also thinking of theaters located in the heart of Brooklyn or downtown Brooklyn, as opposed to a theater located in Greenpoint, the extreme northwest corner of Brooklyn.
Yes, Annie girl, my Greenpoint buddies and I used to joke about “the Point” as “The Garden Spot of the World”.
Ed Norton : I hear Jackie Gleason’s from our own Brooklyn neighborhood right here !
[laughter from audience]
Ralph Kramden : Jackie Gleason’s not in Brooklyn ! Jackie Gleason’s in the sun and fun capital of the world !
Ed Norton : What’s he doing in Perth Amboy ?!?!
[uproarious laughter from TV audience for about a minute]
Thanks, Bway, I saw it.
Thanks, Warren. I would have thought the top theatre in all of Brooklyn would have been Loew’s Kings on Flatbush Avenue or Loew’s Metropolitan in downtown Brooklyn, rather than the Greenpoint, in the northwest corner of Brooklyn.
Thanks, Anniegirl. I never knew the RKO Greenpoint existed, until now. It was fun learning about it. It was not far from the Meserole, the Chopin, the southeastern corner of Manhattan Avenue and Calyer St., where a friend of mine from high school lived, or from Calyer St. itself, where another h.s. friend of mine lived.
The marquee and entrance on Manhattan Avenue seem very small compared to the theater itself.
Thanks, Anniegirl. I never knew the RKO Greenpoint existed. It was fun learning about it. It was not far from the Meserole, the Chopin, the southeastern corner of Manhattan Avenue and Calyer St., where a friend of mine from high school lived, or from Calyer St. itself, where another h.s. friend of mine lived.
The marquee and entrance on Manhattan Avenue seem very small compared to the theater itself.
Anniegirl, where was the RKO Greenpoint ? Does it have a page on this site ?