I don’t think people realize the loss to a city when something like this theater is torn down, with nothing to replace it. Why do we have to look at a multi-acre parking lot for the next thirty years due to someone else’s shortsightedness? Another example is Coulter’s Department Store on Wilshire Boulevard, which was torn down in 1980 and remains a large hole in the ground as of today. Very sad.
I was watching a 1975 episode of the Rockford Files yesterday. In one scene, Rockford was driving down an unidentified street in the Valley. There was a theater with a large Pussycat marquee. I wonder if there was more than one Pussycat in the Valley in the mid 1970s.
Fairfax Avenue is changing rapidly. Some of the older businesses that catered to the local Jewish clientele are closing up and being replaced by trendy boutiques and galleries. It remains to be seen if the theater will survive the gentrification process.
Starring the immortal Tempest Storm as Herself. I miss Russ Meyer. I saw Attack of the Supervixens when I was 12, sitting on the railroad tracks behind my local drive-in (See Absecon Drive-In on this site). It was an educational experience.
Here is a boxing card dated Wednesday, April 29, 1981:
Paramount Theatre, Staten Island, New York
Carmelo Negron 122 W Edwin Santiago 128 TKO 3 8
Lightweight Johnny Verderosa 131 W Ron Aurit 132 TKO 7 8
Welterweight Robert Thomas 147 L Frank Morgante 145 PTS 4 4
Pablo Pizzarro 174 W Furgan Ali 181 TKO 3 4
Lightweight Raymond (Ramon) Ortiz 134½ W Ben Fuentes 134 TKO 1 4
Heavyweight Dennis Reilly 210 W Al Monday 181 TKO 1 4
Welterweight Johnny Marrone 147 W Sal Travella 147 KO 1 4
Was the Paramount ever used to sell sporting goods? This is from a site detailing the history of Staten Island:
Just beyond [on Bay Street] is the site of Commodore Vanderbilt’s childhood home. It was demolished in 1922 to make way for the Paramount Theatre, which today houses a sporting goods store. This was “The Commodore’s” Childhood home. With his mother’s encouragement he began his first venture in shipping by purchasing and offering for hire a small sail craft. He was born on Long Island. After marriage he built a Greek Revival mansion nearby.
I would post the current establishment’s website here, but as I have already been excoriated on another page for being prurient and salacious, I’ll leave it alone. Look it up on Google.
Here is an article with some local history:
http://tinyurl.com/k6uxg
Here is some local history:
http://tinyurl.com/k6uxg
I don’t think people realize the loss to a city when something like this theater is torn down, with nothing to replace it. Why do we have to look at a multi-acre parking lot for the next thirty years due to someone else’s shortsightedness? Another example is Coulter’s Department Store on Wilshire Boulevard, which was torn down in 1980 and remains a large hole in the ground as of today. Very sad.
I was watching a 1975 episode of the Rockford Files yesterday. In one scene, Rockford was driving down an unidentified street in the Valley. There was a theater with a large Pussycat marquee. I wonder if there was more than one Pussycat in the Valley in the mid 1970s.
The consensus is that the name should be changed to the Star Theatre.
Fairfax Avenue is changing rapidly. Some of the older businesses that catered to the local Jewish clientele are closing up and being replaced by trendy boutiques and galleries. It remains to be seen if the theater will survive the gentrification process.
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ognf2
Starring the immortal Tempest Storm as Herself. I miss Russ Meyer. I saw Attack of the Supervixens when I was 12, sitting on the railroad tracks behind my local drive-in (See Absecon Drive-In on this site). It was an educational experience.
Here are some photos of the Garrick shortly before its demolition in April 1950, courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society:
http://tinyurl.com/k9lo6
http://tinyurl.com/oq9d8
http://tinyurl.com/p7srp
Here are some photos from the Minnesota Historical Society, circa 1940:
http://tinyurl.com/f5ywr
http://tinyurl.com/lptjz
http://tinyurl.com/qsm4w
http://tinyurl.com/jblm7
Here are some photos of the interior, circa 1929:
http://tinyurl.com/zcwyh
http://tinyurl.com/hro84
http://tinyurl.com/rzmuf
http://tinyurl.com/nc382
Here is a boxing card dated Wednesday, April 29, 1981:
Paramount Theatre, Staten Island, New York
Carmelo Negron 122 W Edwin Santiago 128 TKO 3 8
Lightweight Johnny Verderosa 131 W Ron Aurit 132 TKO 7 8
Welterweight Robert Thomas 147 L Frank Morgante 145 PTS 4 4
Pablo Pizzarro 174 W Furgan Ali 181 TKO 3 4
Lightweight Raymond (Ramon) Ortiz 134½ W Ben Fuentes 134 TKO 1 4
Heavyweight Dennis Reilly 210 W Al Monday 181 TKO 1 4
Welterweight Johnny Marrone 147 W Sal Travella 147 KO 1 4
Was the Paramount ever used to sell sporting goods? This is from a site detailing the history of Staten Island:
Just beyond [on Bay Street] is the site of Commodore Vanderbilt’s childhood home. It was demolished in 1922 to make way for the Paramount Theatre, which today houses a sporting goods store. This was “The Commodore’s” Childhood home. With his mother’s encouragement he began his first venture in shipping by purchasing and offering for hire a small sail craft. He was born on Long Island. After marriage he built a Greek Revival mansion nearby.
I would post the current establishment’s website here, but as I have already been excoriated on another page for being prurient and salacious, I’ll leave it alone. Look it up on Google.
Photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ncv77
Theater in the news:
http://tinyurl.com/jaev6
Sorry, wrong theater. I posted the link in the Waynesville listing.
Here is the link concerning renovation:
http://tinyurl.com/jxdvh
Renovation news:
http://tinyurl.com/jxdvh
Here is an interesting biography of the longtime theater manager:
http://tinyurl.com/zv6k5
Here is the official website:
www.thestrandtheatre.net
Horror movie, 1960:
http://tinyurl.com/s3bmg
Here are photos from 1924:
http://tinyurl.com/z4pv2
http://tinyurl.com/za8ft
http://tinyurl.com/j5h8v
http://tinyurl.com/j7bet
http://tinyurl.com/m6jlc
1925:
http://tinyurl.com/l3qka
1930:
http://tinyurl.com/eo5ra
1975:
http://tinyurl.com/pdc2s
1980:
http://tinyurl.com/mocd9
Here is another recent photo:
http://tinyurl.com/jb3zt
Here is a photo of the American Theatre in Casper (note the name change). The building appears to be similar to that as shown in the photo above.
http://tinyurl.com/h389b