Vincent
I agree. I can’t beleive that they don’t do this in NYC or LA. Ilive in Asheville, NC now so I wouldn’t expect it here. The Ziegfeld of RCMH would be the perfect place to do this.
The theater was part of the Apollo circut chain and was sold to the miserable Frank family in the late 60’s. They ran it until 1973 when they closed it in Aug when the leaser ran out. They were right in the middle of the roadshow engagement of Last Tango In Paris which they than moved to the Margate Twin. In 1974, Chalie Tannembaum took it over and reopend it as the Apollo Burlesque theater. He closed it in 1977 when the thetaer part of the building was condemed. The front became a artist gallery for charectures. It burned and the following year was replaced with a clothing store. As far as I know an Embvasy Suites now sits there on tyhe corner of New York and the boardwalk.
The Apollo had some great movies in it’s day they had The Dirty Dozen all summer of 67, Memorial day weekend they had Guess WHo’s Coming To Dinner and in June they opened with Neil Simons The Odd Couple which ran all summer. They also replaced the screen in 68.
The Margate theater was part of the Apollo circut chain which was bought out by the Frank family. It was twinned in the early 70’s. It closed sometime in the 80’s . I was told it is now an apartment complex like so many wonderful theaters in NYC.
Robert that was a great newspaper ad. It looks like the Festival was not a Walter Reade theater at that time. If you look under the ad for Marriage Italian Style it listed the Reade theaters and the Festival nor the New Torker were not part of the chain. I worked there from the late 80’s until 82 on and off for Joe Torress when they needed extra help. I think when Cineplex Odeon took over, they closed the Festival, but than when Loews merged they briefly reopened it. We had a lot of great movies there when I worked there. We ran Airplane simotaniously with the Coronet. I heard Valley Of The Dolls played there for 9 months in 1967 along with the Criterion.
In the summer of 69 they were showing double feature movies. That ended during the summer as they prepared for Applause. It has been a legit theater ever since. They were closed for 3- 4 years while they built the Doubletree. I hate the new marquee. The old one had class.
Maybe they were thinking it would do well since all the other theaters on 34th St closed, Murry Hill. 34th St EAst and Loews 34th St Showplace.I still cringe at the thought of AMC purchasing this chain.
I just had a horrible thought. I certainly hope they don’t have City Cinemas take over any of the Loews theaters. I keep hoping the deal will fall through
I’ve heard this theater does well and i can’t imagine AMC closing a theater that is doing well. There really isn’t any other theaters in that area including multiplexes.
As in other mergers, AMC will not be able to keep all the theaters. There is no way (anti trust laws) they will allow them to run the Empire and E Walk on 42nd. I expect to see probibly Clearview Cinemas or Regal to get some of Loews theaters in the merger.
I would love to see a film in 70mm again. I was really pissed this weekend when I saw War Of The Wolrds and as usualSteven Speilbeg filmed it in flat. I don’t know what his damn problem is but of all his movies he has filmed very few in scope.
This theater is long gone. I moved to Ft Lauderdale in 1996 and even than the Lauderhill Mall was a dump and mostly empty. I am not sure what year it closed. Lowes was not in the area when I moved there.
AMC and all the other theaters in Fla and here in Asheville, NC have the managers and regular staff run the projectors. I remember when I worked at the Festival in 80-82, Ben the projectionest there was making $54.oo and hours.
Vincent
I agree. I can’t beleive that they don’t do this in NYC or LA. Ilive in Asheville, NC now so I wouldn’t expect it here. The Ziegfeld of RCMH would be the perfect place to do this.
Has anybody found out any information? I call moviefone and it shows no showtimes. This has me extremely concerned. It seems to be closed.
Great news. The theater has been purchased and willbe renovated as a movie theater according to today’s Citizen Times.
Howard
Do you remember seeing The Dirty Dozen? I remember it being in 1.85 ratio, but the dvd and other information shows it being in scope.
The theater was part of the Apollo circut chain and was sold to the miserable Frank family in the late 60’s. They ran it until 1973 when they closed it in Aug when the leaser ran out. They were right in the middle of the roadshow engagement of Last Tango In Paris which they than moved to the Margate Twin. In 1974, Chalie Tannembaum took it over and reopend it as the Apollo Burlesque theater. He closed it in 1977 when the thetaer part of the building was condemed. The front became a artist gallery for charectures. It burned and the following year was replaced with a clothing store. As far as I know an Embvasy Suites now sits there on tyhe corner of New York and the boardwalk.
The Apollo had some great movies in it’s day they had The Dirty Dozen all summer of 67, Memorial day weekend they had Guess WHo’s Coming To Dinner and in June they opened with Neil Simons The Odd Couple which ran all summer. They also replaced the screen in 68.
The Margate theater was part of the Apollo circut chain which was bought out by the Frank family. It was twinned in the early 70’s. It closed sometime in the 80’s . I was told it is now an apartment complex like so many wonderful theaters in NYC.
Thanks Dave
Is there any word on when the renaming will take place? Maybe they are going to make it on e hteater like the old Beekman.
Interesting Warren all three theaters are now gone. That is so sad
Wow whern I lived in NYC it was a male porno theater.
You can pull up a picture of the Tower thetaer in Upper Darby which was operated by the Ellis chain.
Robert that was a great newspaper ad. It looks like the Festival was not a Walter Reade theater at that time. If you look under the ad for Marriage Italian Style it listed the Reade theaters and the Festival nor the New Torker were not part of the chain. I worked there from the late 80’s until 82 on and off for Joe Torress when they needed extra help. I think when Cineplex Odeon took over, they closed the Festival, but than when Loews merged they briefly reopened it. We had a lot of great movies there when I worked there. We ran Airplane simotaniously with the Coronet. I heard Valley Of The Dolls played there for 9 months in 1967 along with the Criterion.
This theater closed again in 2002. They tried runing Indian films but that did not work. It has since been converted into retail space.
I noticed the Beekman sign over the marquee was gone. Are they planning on using it in the New York Twin location?
Another great former Hunts theater ruined by the Frank family.
In the summer of 69 they were showing double feature movies. That ended during the summer as they prepared for Applause. It has been a legit theater ever since. They were closed for 3- 4 years while they built the Doubletree. I hate the new marquee. The old one had class.
Maybe they were thinking it would do well since all the other theaters on 34th St closed, Murry Hill. 34th St EAst and Loews 34th St Showplace.I still cringe at the thought of AMC purchasing this chain.
I just had a horrible thought. I certainly hope they don’t have City Cinemas take over any of the Loews theaters. I keep hoping the deal will fall through
Who do you think will get some of Loews theaters, Theater Fan? I think Clearview would be a better choice especially for the 72nd St East
I’ve heard this theater does well and i can’t imagine AMC closing a theater that is doing well. There really isn’t any other theaters in that area including multiplexes.
As in other mergers, AMC will not be able to keep all the theaters. There is no way (anti trust laws) they will allow them to run the Empire and E Walk on 42nd. I expect to see probibly Clearview Cinemas or Regal to get some of Loews theaters in the merger.
According to moviefone, the Crossbay 2 is still open.
I would love to see a film in 70mm again. I was really pissed this weekend when I saw War Of The Wolrds and as usualSteven Speilbeg filmed it in flat. I don’t know what his damn problem is but of all his movies he has filmed very few in scope.
This theater is long gone. I moved to Ft Lauderdale in 1996 and even than the Lauderhill Mall was a dump and mostly empty. I am not sure what year it closed. Lowes was not in the area when I moved there.
AMC and all the other theaters in Fla and here in Asheville, NC have the managers and regular staff run the projectors. I remember when I worked at the Festival in 80-82, Ben the projectionest there was making $54.oo and hours.