Loew's Metropolitan Theatre
392 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11201
392 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11201
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Hey JoeB. I am louieb, wife. I was raised on Penn Street and moved to Bedford Avenue.I was born in 1945 so I went to lots of Saturday Movies when I was a child. I went to Transfiguration School on Marcy Avenue and always went to the Commodore and the R&F on Saturday’s. I saw I was a teenage werewolf with Michael Landon and was scared out of my wits. And I also participated in Holloween Costume Party’s on Stage at the Commodore Theater. Had lots of fun growing up in Brooklyn. posted by louieb on Mar 31, 2006
Often times the architects that built these theaters were the same people who designed and built the churches. So it’s not that surprising that the churches are converting theaters into houses of worship. At the corner of Nostrand and Eastern Parkway, was the Kameo Theater and now it’s the Philadelphia Church. I have been inside where I found the rumor to be true! They had covered over the nude statuary with gowns!
Louieb, I posted some recollections under some of the theatre’s that yu mentioned including The Williamsburg, when I lived on South 8th St. as a boy. I also recall the Republic Theatre when it was also called the R&F.
JoeB
I am louieb’s wife and I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I remember going to the Brooklyn’s Albee Theater and seeing Doris Day and Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk. It was a good movie. I also went to the State Movie theater on DeKalb and Franklin Avenue many times. The red oriental rug that went from the upstairs men’s and ladies room to the very bottom of the stairs. What a Showplace.
Your right EdSolero. I got my people mixed up. Sorry about that.
My wife is looking for any pictures of the Domino Sugar House in Brooklyn. The one that you can see the sign at night all light up as you cross the Williamsburgh Bridge by train to Marcy Ave in Brooklyn.
Also does anybody remember the Coomodore Movie Theater on Broadway and Rodney Street in Williamsburgh and the Williamsburgh Movie Theater on Broadway near Marcy Ave and the Marcy Theater on Marcy and Broadway?. Also the Republic Movie on Grand and Rodney Street My wife was 8 in 1953 and went to the Republic she calls it the R&F and went across the street to get hot bagels at the Republic Bagel Factory. They baked the bagels right in front of you. UM UM
posted by louieb on March 29th, 2006
Part of my original Save The Kings group was Lester Binger. He was an usher at the Kings, but told me about his experience working at the Loew’s Metropolitan for a special engagement, ‘Gone With The Wind’. Everything was scrubbed and polished, this was an important film and the management wanted everything to be just so. Only very special ushers from the various Loew’s houses got the nod to work this special assignment.
It was actually ViviEn Leigh. Though that was a funny reply.
louieb… that wasn’t Elizabeth Taylor starring in “Gone With The Wind” with Clark Gable. It was Vivian Leigh. Unless you’re suggesting Gable and Taylor accompanied you and your parents to the show!
When I was a child, My Parents took me to see Gone with the Wind.
with Clark Gable and Elizabeth Taylor at the Met. Afterwards we had Ice Cream at Schrafft’s which was next door to the Theater on the left as we exited the Theater. As I recall Woolworths was next to A&S Department Store down the next block across from EJ Korvettes.
posted by Louieb Mar 27th, 2006
I recall going to the Loew’s Metropolitan (we called it the Met) to see Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland in person when they were promoting the movie “Hush…Hush Sweet Charlotte” in the mid-1960s.
I happened to catch one of the roses that Miss Davis threw out to the audience, which I still have crushed in a art deco frame.
Both ladies looked swell that day and they were traveling by bus. Miss Davis couldn’t wait to get back into the bus to have a smoke. Miss de Havilland was more graceous as she sat by the window smiling and waving to all the fans.
I also remember seeing the movie “Some Like It Hot” at the Met and the theater was jam packed. When they ran the 2nd. feature first (I believe it was “Step Down to Terror”) the crowd moaned and groaned.
Of all the theaters on the Fulton St. strip in Brooklyn, my favorite movie palace was the RKO Albee, which was located near the Dimes Saving Bank. It was indeed a grand movie theater, where I sat and enjoyed many motion pictures in the 1950s and 1960s. It’s a shame that it doesn’t exist anymore.
lovetheoldtheaters Joe
To Warren: I know the exact date my mother went into labor with me at the Loew’s Metropolitan. but no way will I publish it for the whole world to see. I keep thinking I’m 30. Francesca
lostmemory;
Do you think this company would also be interested in restoring the Loew’s Kings?
You got me there Warren. I’m British, born and bred and never heard of him. I knew about Thomas though, for at least the past 45 years of my life.
Lost Memory;
You would think a restoration company with a reputation that Evergreene has, would get the architect of the building right! They give Charles Lamb !!! who he??? LOL
My mother claims that she went into labor with me at the Loew’s Metropolitan. The movie was so good that she insisted on staying on to the end, although the maternity hospital was in Manhattan. I believe my fascination with movies and movie palaces began that night. Francesca
Thanks Bill and Warren.
The advanced tickets and limited performances per day sounds correct. Thanks again for the info.
JohnG: According to Michael Coate and William Kallay’s 70mm in New York website, the only other 70mm showing of “Ben-Hur” was in Asbury Park, NJ. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a roadshow at the Metropolitan. A 35mm print was shown in a reserved seat engagement in Newark, NJ prior to opening wide in neighborhood theaters.
November 19:
Ben-Hur
MGM Camera 65 / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
MGM
Manhattan: [Loew’s] State
Includes World Premiere on November 18
Expanded release on May 26, 1960:
Asbury Park: [Walter Reade] St. James
Also see 1969 re-issue entry
“Lili” seemed to open different then other MGM musicals. It played Trans-Lux for two years before going wide.
In RobertR’s post above, look at the ad for “Lili” at the Trans-Lux 52nd St. and Lexington: “2nd Year”. Wow …
Isn’t the Livingston St. side the stagehouse?
I remember seeing Ben-Hur at the Metropolitan. I was only about twelve or so at the time. I believe it was roadshow engagement. Can anyone verify that Ben-Hur played as a roadshow at the Metropolitan? Were there any other roadshow engagement there?
A 1954 ad for “Julius Caeser” and “Gypsy Colt"
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Bruce 1 or lostmmeory;
You may want to get the number of the building across the street. It may be only one digit down from it.
Lostmemory—The properties are right behind Bedford Avenue on Erasmus Street, but there is no address listed. A sign on the fence just lists the name of the developer! I will try to get a street-address.
I have seen some record books that showed the Metropolitan as a department store prior to becoming a cinema in the late teens. They were taken away from a “cinema historian” who visted my office in the late nineties and then disappeared with them.
Asshole!