Thank you for the photo of the ticket window! It’s from 1977, as the movie poster is for “You Light Up My Life”– of which everyone knows the SONG but nobody saw the MOVIE.
I had a friend who worked here in 1978/79. He used to let us sneak in thru those BLUE DOORS in the photo! We saw American Grafitti (re-release) and another movie called Almost Summer. The mall buses would line up in front of the theater during the day. COOKY’S STEAK PUB was on the right. This must have made for some perfect dinner dates with “dinner and a movie”.
THANK YOU to the nice person that posted the photos of the comedy & tragedy masks! This means so much to me. I sat right under the tragedy mask during, “Jaws” late summer 1975 (the Whitman got the movie later on). When we were kids, we used to say “I hope they don’t come loose and fall on us!”. You know what’s funny- I remember them being GIGANTIC and in the photos they merely look “big”. LOL.
I cannot believe there is only 1 (now 2) postings on this theater!
Movies I have seen at the Northport Theater:
1) Thoroughly Modern Millie
2) Take the Money and Run
3) Cabaret
4) Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
5) The Poseidon Adventure (reissue from 1974)
6) Grizzly
7) Mad Monster Party (!!!!!)
8) The Changling
9) Willow
10) the Ralph Bakshi animated Lord of the Rings movie (1979?)
11) Airport 1975 (on a snowy Saturday afternoon)
12) Beyond the Door (!)
13) The Three Musketeers
14) Blame it on Rio
15) Summer Rental
16) The Adams Family
17) The Exorcist (reissue from 1976)
18) All of Me
Addendum: in the spring/summer of 1975 me and a friend went there
hoping to catch Monty Python and the Holy Grail (rated PG) but the co-feature was The Heartbreak Kid (a movie we had NO interest in whatsoever). It was rated R. So the box office lady said we could not get in because we were only about 15/16 at the time. We were bummed out !
The theater was modest but almost felt like a “movie palace Jr.” sort of. One very unusual feature was that, there was a big open partition in the back wall (no exit/entrance doors). So if you went to the lobby/ conscession stand with your head towards the screen you probably would not miss much of the movie. Not sure what the purpose of this was. Also, noise from the lobby would have been awful if you were sitting in the back row of the theater.
Still no word from the granddaughter of Sarah Baker (who ran this theater) ? I added the Dumbo / Silent Running ad. I was actually at the Dumbo/ Lobo kiddie matinee in this very ad!
moviegoer! Thank you for that photo! It may be THE ONLY one that exists! A friend of mine on Facebook- who lives in Melville-was at that very show! Thank you again! It really means a lot to me.
I added a new photo of Larkfield circa 1976. It was taken from an old East Northport Junior High School yearbook. Sorry for the poor quality , but you can see the sign (which had red neon).
To the site administrators : this was a busy local neighborhood MOVIE theater for almost 5 DECADES. It should not be represented here, as a “performing arts theatre” This site is not called “Performing Arts Treasures. Com” Please address this.
I so remember the big iron comedy / tragedy wall sculptures on the inside of the theater. As kids, while waiting for the movie to start, we would ponder “Geez, imagine if they fell off the wall onto the packed house?” Thankfully , no Sensurround movies ever played there.
Just posted a new ad… 1979 !
Summer, 1979 ! Only 40 years ago!
BVD1 , thank you for those photos ! So that was the staff when I was there to see “Willy Wonka” in 1971 !
GREAT PHOTO! I remember the back of the box office looking like that !
Thank you for the photo of the ticket window! It’s from 1977, as the movie poster is for “You Light Up My Life”– of which everyone knows the SONG but nobody saw the MOVIE.
This photo is from 1977. The movie is “You Light Up My Life”.
I had a friend who worked here in 1978/79. He used to let us sneak in thru those BLUE DOORS in the photo! We saw American Grafitti (re-release) and another movie called Almost Summer. The mall buses would line up in front of the theater during the day. COOKY’S STEAK PUB was on the right. This must have made for some perfect dinner dates with “dinner and a movie”.
I saw this double bill here. My brother saw the “marathon”.
P.S. I have a sh*t load of vintage movie ads to post on here!
My iMac died and I lost all my passwords! LOL. By the way THE PYLON IS NOW GONE!When did this happen ?????
THANK YOU to the nice person that posted the photos of the comedy & tragedy masks! This means so much to me. I sat right under the tragedy mask during, “Jaws” late summer 1975 (the Whitman got the movie later on). When we were kids, we used to say “I hope they don’t come loose and fall on us!”. You know what’s funny- I remember them being GIGANTIC and in the photos they merely look “big”. LOL.
I was here once – for a kiddie matinee in 1972 or so.
I cannot believe there is only 1 (now 2) postings on this theater! Movies I have seen at the Northport Theater: 1) Thoroughly Modern Millie 2) Take the Money and Run 3) Cabaret 4) Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 5) The Poseidon Adventure (reissue from 1974) 6) Grizzly 7) Mad Monster Party (!!!!!) 8) The Changling 9) Willow 10) the Ralph Bakshi animated Lord of the Rings movie (1979?) 11) Airport 1975 (on a snowy Saturday afternoon) 12) Beyond the Door (!) 13) The Three Musketeers 14) Blame it on Rio 15) Summer Rental 16) The Adams Family 17) The Exorcist (reissue from 1976) 18) All of Me
Addendum: in the spring/summer of 1975 me and a friend went there hoping to catch Monty Python and the Holy Grail (rated PG) but the co-feature was The Heartbreak Kid (a movie we had NO interest in whatsoever). It was rated R. So the box office lady said we could not get in because we were only about 15/16 at the time. We were bummed out !
The theater was modest but almost felt like a “movie palace Jr.” sort of. One very unusual feature was that, there was a big open partition in the back wall (no exit/entrance doors). So if you went to the lobby/ conscession stand with your head towards the screen you probably would not miss much of the movie. Not sure what the purpose of this was. Also, noise from the lobby would have been awful if you were sitting in the back row of the theater.
I think the pylon is now gone! (Feb. 20015)
DND; thank you so much! I have so many happy memories from this theater !!!!
Still no word from the granddaughter of Sarah Baker (who ran this theater) ? I added the Dumbo / Silent Running ad. I was actually at the Dumbo/ Lobo kiddie matinee in this very ad!
moviegoer! Thank you for that photo! It may be THE ONLY one that exists! A friend of mine on Facebook- who lives in Melville-was at that very show! Thank you again! It really means a lot to me.
Who added the Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ad ??????? I’m amazed!!!!!
I added a new photo of Larkfield circa 1976. It was taken from an old East Northport Junior High School yearbook. Sorry for the poor quality , but you can see the sign (which had red neon).
To the site administrators : this was a busy local neighborhood MOVIE theater for almost 5 DECADES. It should not be represented here, as a “performing arts theatre” This site is not called “Performing Arts Treasures. Com” Please address this.
I so remember the big iron comedy / tragedy wall sculptures on the inside of the theater. As kids, while waiting for the movie to start, we would ponder “Geez, imagine if they fell off the wall onto the packed house?” Thankfully , no Sensurround movies ever played there.
If you look in the background you can see a bit of the snack bar. This is probably the only existing photo of this drive in theater !
It’s so rare to see old signs ANYWHERE on Long Island these days. Happy it’s still there & funny that it’s not worth vandalizing ?
I will look for them and post them. Never heard from Baker’s granddaughter after the old posts on here….
more pix : http://snackbar-confidential.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-post.html