AMC Roosevelt Field 8
630 Old Country Road,
Garden City,
NY
11530
630 Old Country Road,
Garden City,
NY
11530
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It has always suprised me that Roosevelt Field has better food served then Loews Raceway.
By the way, the menu at this place is great. You can get pizza, spicy curly fries, spicy-hot buffalo wings, chicken sandwiches, chili, REAL nachos (you know, the ones with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, sour cream, etc.) smoothies, expresso and a ton of stuff you cannot get at other theaters.
To my knowledge, it never opened into the mall. The current building is larger than its original. When shoeboxed, one and two were downstairs, and three and four were upstairs. Later the building was expanded on its Southern side to include five and six downstairs, and seven and eight upstairs. There are four projection rooms. To get to the projection room for one and two, you must must walk behind the screen in auditorium three. Projection room three and four is in auditorium four. Projection room five and six is accessed from the lobby. Projection room seven and eight is accessed by either climbing a ladder or spiral staircase from projection room five and six. Have I confused you yet? :)
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Can you tell us if the Roosevelt Field theatre ever opened inside the mall?
The Century carpet was famousi wonder if it is left anywere?
not just the long island theateres had the script some jersey houses had it also
The Bellrose did not have the script, and I dont think the Floral did either.
Orlando- No I drove the car there. Stupid me though I forgot to bring my camera. Are any more movie events planned?
The Century theatres all had the same carpeting which was known as “Century” spatter.
P.S. RobertR, Sorry I missed you at the Loew’s Jersey, I was there and was talking to some volunteers. “SPARTACUS” was great, even better than the Ziegfeld presentation some 13 years ago. I plan to be in Brooklyn Sunday for a theatre crawl in Bushwick and Ridgewood.
Did you take the PATH after the “SPARTACUS” showing?
Not all, just the Long Island locations with the exception of the Shore, Alan, Baldwin, Freeport, Grove and some others. Just the newly constructed houses after 1962 have the Century script. The Whitman’s was the last script to exist on a former Century house. None of the Brooklyn locations had the Century script. Their theatre in Garden City Park (the Park East) didn’t have the script as well. The Century motto was “Let Us Entertain You”. From time to time in the lobby showcases was a poster sign, “We treat our patrons like royalty”. When a location closed, another poster sign was put in the outside showcases “thanking the patrons for the many years of their patronage” and “to visit the nearest Century Theatre for their movie going pleasure”. Today, it’s just close the doors and walk away from it."
They all had the name in script
The sign “Cinema” seems to jog a memory of seeing other LI mall theatres with this name. Was thios maybe the original Roosevelt Field theatre as a single screen? I think it may have opened into the mall when it was built. I know later on all the Century Theatres had the huge Century name in script on them, at least the newer ones.
I’m looking for information about a different theater at Roosevelt Field.
During what I think was the summer of 1963 my mom dragged us kids to Roosevelt Field — an unusual expedition for a sedentary Queens family — for back-to-school clothing and supplies. I recall a theater inside the mall called “Cinema”. It was showing a foreign film, “Shoot the Piano Player”. I remember that this was the first time I had heard movies referred to as “Cinema”, and that some movies were made in languages other than English. (And it was only years later that I learned that “Shoot the Piano Player” was one of Truffaut’s most beloved films).
I’d like to start a page about this theater but I lack even the most basic information. I can’t find any trace of the theater by doing web searches, although part of the problem is swamping by thousands of references to the current theaters at Roosevelt Field.
Does anyone have any information about this “Cinema” at Roosevelt Field — the full name, the company that ran it, its dates of operation?
this must be listed under a different way i dont think this theater would have only 3 posts,
This was Centurys big money maker and still does well today.Rko was renovating this theater when Cineplex bought the chain avery bad design .This theaters box office #s were are hugh. Avery good matinee house also.
This was a huge single screen theatre with curtains and very comfortable seats. It had a large blacony and would guess the seating at maybe 1800? Maybe longislandmovies can tell us more. I think this was always one of Centurys big moneymakers.
The Roosevelt Field Theatres is now owned by Loews Cineplex, but is named in theatre directories as Loews Roosevelt Field. What was the original Roosevelt Field theatre like before it was chopped up into many smaller screens? What are the current seating capacities now?