Was that Regal Brewery the one next to Booker T. Washington High (later Junior) High? If so, I remember it well when I went to school there during the first year of integration. A sour smell fill the air all day long at the school.
What? Who is this? I can’t hear. Yes, I am the screenwriter. There must be a bad connection. Call me back and I’ll tell ya, okay? No, he didn’t do it. What? I can’t hear you. It was the other guy. Yeah, forewing…Fuuushowwoing, F-O-R-E-S-H-O-W-I-N-G…FORESHADOWING! What do you mean what is that?
From the post above, the Dead End Kids fit the policy:
42nd Street Memories * Jerry Kovar on Aug 15, 2006 at 5:52am
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“The Rialto opened for Christmas of 1935 with Frank Buck’s ‘'Fang and Claw.’‘ The theater’s manager, Arthur Mayer, saw the Rialto as distinctly masculine in tone. Most theaters, he said in a newspaper interview after the opening, were ’‘rococo, luxurious palaces for the uxorious,’‘ both in styling and choice of films. His theater, both in styling and presentations, sought to satisfy the ’‘ancient and unquenchable male thirst for mystery, menace and manslaughter.’‘ He was soon called the ’‘merchant of menace.’”
It was the UA four-plex that opened within months of the Cross County. The much newer UA Village Green really hurt the dog-eared older AMC Cross County when it opened as it attracted the younger suburban westward neighborhoods.
As usual, arrogant egocentric AMC blamed the managers for the drop in business.
Interesting find, Harvey. I don’t remember, but apparently it was the case, even if short lived. Opa-Locka was always Aladdin’s historic turf so I guess this was close enough.
I managed this theatre for a few months around 1987-1988. It was haven for the Century Village crowd in a tacky mall. We did have fun when “School Daze” opened and a hip black crowd showed up and danced to “Doin' the Bump” at every performance.
There is some wrong information about this theatre above.
It went from being the Midtown 99th Street porno house to the Metro Cinema in late 1982, a Talbot run repertory house.
It was restored and became the Metro Twin in 1986 while still one of Talbot’s New Yorker theatres, but having already gone mainstream first-run for several years with occasional quirky titles.
In 1987 Cineplex Odeon took over, re-did the lobby in faux marble, and re-opened with similar programming.
The story above about bed sheets and funeral chairs is repeated in the movie “The Brothers Warners” as urban legend on how the Warner Brothers started their exhibition business. I suspect it is all fabrication.
Jeff, the two theatres you mention are the Biscayne Twin and the Holiday. The Holiday was a successful dollar house for many years.
Was that Regal Brewery the one next to Booker T. Washington High (later Junior) High? If so, I remember it well when I went to school there during the first year of integration. A sour smell fill the air all day long at the school.
“Gallos” are roosters, Spanish slang for the term “Boys Don’t Cry”.
Joe, that thirties remodel was strictly cosmetic. Wometco took it over and made it look more contemporary with Art Deco touches.
As far as I can tell, the Yorkville ran German operettas and legit shows after the Loews days, but not movies.
What? Who is this? I can’t hear. Yes, I am the screenwriter. There must be a bad connection. Call me back and I’ll tell ya, okay? No, he didn’t do it. What? I can’t hear you. It was the other guy. Yeah, forewing…Fuuushowwoing, F-O-R-E-S-H-O-W-I-N-G…FORESHADOWING! What do you mean what is that?
Is this really the future of the movies?
It was directly across the street from the other two Loews, between Third and Lexington.
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From the post above, the Dead End Kids fit the policy:
42nd Street Memories * Jerry Kovar on Aug 15, 2006 at 5:52am
“The Rialto opened for Christmas of 1935 with Frank Buck’s ‘'Fang and Claw.’‘ The theater’s manager, Arthur Mayer, saw the Rialto as distinctly masculine in tone. Most theaters, he said in a newspaper interview after the opening, were ’‘rococo, luxurious palaces for the uxorious,’‘ both in styling and choice of films. His theater, both in styling and presentations, sought to satisfy the ’‘ancient and unquenchable male thirst for mystery, menace and manslaughter.’‘ He was soon called the ’‘merchant of menace.’”
It was the UA four-plex that opened within months of the Cross County. The much newer UA Village Green really hurt the dog-eared older AMC Cross County when it opened as it attracted the younger suburban westward neighborhoods.
As usual, arrogant egocentric AMC blamed the managers for the drop in business.
Still listed as a Trans-Lux theatre in the 1959 Film Daily Yearbook.
During its Cinerama stage this was operated by the Stanley Warner Cinerama Corp.
Interesting find, Harvey. I don’t remember, but apparently it was the case, even if short lived. Opa-Locka was always Aladdin’s historic turf so I guess this was close enough.
Still listed in the 1959 Film Daily Yearbook as a J.J. Theatre, as is the Tivoli.
I managed this theatre for a few months around 1987-1988. It was haven for the Century Village crowd in a tacky mall. We did have fun when “School Daze” opened and a hip black crowd showed up and danced to “Doin' the Bump” at every performance.
Still listed as open in the 1959 Film Daily Yearbook and operated by Leo Brecher.
Checkout the Loew’s Yorkville page for more details on the theatre Loew’s on this block.
/theaters/12586/
The 1959 Film Daily Yearbook lists a Brandt 86th Street. If this was the only Brandt on 86th Street then it was open that late.
Mark Rivest has the only photo I have seen of the Stanley marquee. Check page 63 of his Manhattan collection.
http://movie-theatre.org/usa/ny/NYC/readmanhattan
There is some wrong information about this theatre above.
It went from being the Midtown 99th Street porno house to the Metro Cinema in late 1982, a Talbot run repertory house.
It was restored and became the Metro Twin in 1986 while still one of Talbot’s New Yorker theatres, but having already gone mainstream first-run for several years with occasional quirky titles.
In 1987 Cineplex Odeon took over, re-did the lobby in faux marble, and re-opened with similar programming.
How about “Stiletto” or if you saw them in 1972, “Carnal Knowledge”.
This was still open in 1994.
The story above about bed sheets and funeral chairs is repeated in the movie “The Brothers Warners” as urban legend on how the Warner Brothers started their exhibition business. I suspect it is all fabrication.
Does anyone know the last year it showed movies?
The First Film Forum was at 256 west 88th Street. I am not sure when they had screenings here although I do not doubt they probably did.
http://www.filmforum.org/mission.html
The Juliet 1 & 2 opened in late December 1970 with “The Aristocats” and closed in June 1976.