In 1964 the Little Carnegie and the Cinema Rendezvous showed these two related films at a single price under the title “ANATOMY OF A MARRIAGE”. The experiment was not a success.
According to Variety, an attempt to run the Haight as an arthouse catering to gay audiences in 1964 met with community outrage and police harrasment. The experiment lasted less than a month.
“The Cinema Village opened on October 5, 1964 with Ingmar Bergman’s "All These Women”, not 1963 as previously stated."
I must correct this previous post I made as I have found some ads with a Village theatre playing subrun that pre-date October 1964 and must have been this theatre. The October date was most likely the introduction of a first-run arthouse policy
The definition of grind, like the definition of Roadshow has changed over the years.
The original meaning of grind was that feature showtimes were not advertised, there were no intermissions, and patrons came and went as they pleased. Eventually it came to mean any theatre that ran all day.
For years a roadshow was an exploitation film that traveled from town to town usually on a four-wall deal. The distributors cleaned up with a massive campaign and premium priced tickets, and then moved on to the next town. Eventually the term was used applied for two-show-a-day attractions that skimmed profit from reserved premium priced prestige showings.
By the way ‘theater’ meant legitimate and ‘theatre’ meant movies until AMC started mixing it up in the seventies.
By the way, the Paris, Henry Miller (Sondheim), Broadhurst, Selwyn (American Airlines), Embassy 46th St, Times Square, Globe (Lunt-Fontanne), Winter Garden, Hollywood (Mark Hellinger), Royale (Jacobs), and Ambassador all ran roadshows at some point.
The opening ad as the Lincoln Art;
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In 1964 the Little Carnegie and the Cinema Rendezvous showed these two related films at a single price under the title “ANATOMY OF A MARRIAGE”. The experiment was not a success.
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Re-launch ad;
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New link to the “GINGER COFFEY” ad;
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According to Variety, an attempt to run the Haight as an arthouse catering to gay audiences in 1964 met with community outrage and police harrasment. The experiment lasted less than a month.
A Brandt 86th Street theatre is still advertised in October 1963 but disappears shortly after.
“The Cinema Village opened on October 5, 1964 with Ingmar Bergman’s "All These Women”, not 1963 as previously stated."
I must correct this previous post I made as I have found some ads with a Village theatre playing subrun that pre-date October 1964 and must have been this theatre. The October date was most likely the introduction of a first-run arthouse policy
The definition of grind, like the definition of Roadshow has changed over the years.
The original meaning of grind was that feature showtimes were not advertised, there were no intermissions, and patrons came and went as they pleased. Eventually it came to mean any theatre that ran all day.
For years a roadshow was an exploitation film that traveled from town to town usually on a four-wall deal. The distributors cleaned up with a massive campaign and premium priced tickets, and then moved on to the next town. Eventually the term was used applied for two-show-a-day attractions that skimmed profit from reserved premium priced prestige showings.
By the way ‘theater’ meant legitimate and ‘theatre’ meant movies until AMC started mixing it up in the seventies.
Opening ad;
“…and by all means bring the ladies.”
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Yes it is.
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I think the Sutton move-over was an attempt to re-create the phenomenon of Leslie Caron’s “Lili” which ran on the east side for well over a year.
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Nearly six months of ads in the New York Times saying so.
“GIGI” ran at the Royale for almost six months before moving to the Sutton.
Walter Reade merges with Sterling;
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Opening ad;
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Still listed in an August 1962 ad for the wide run of “El Cid” as the New Dyckman and no longer operated by Loews.
By the way, the Paris, Henry Miller (Sondheim), Broadhurst, Selwyn (American Airlines), Embassy 46th St, Times Square, Globe (Lunt-Fontanne), Winter Garden, Hollywood (Mark Hellinger), Royale (Jacobs), and Ambassador all ran roadshows at some point.
Radio City and the Roxy were too big to sustain a long run roadshow movie. The others were usually remodeled with less seats before a long run.
Architect’s cutaway rendering of the Baronet/Coronet plan.
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My mistake, William. That was indeed a popular price/continuous show run on “Can-Can”.
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Correction:
June 1969 for “Ben-Hur”, November 1969 for “Chips”.