The commitment to take down the Sixth Avenue El was made in 1924, way before the Music Hall began construction. Portions were already down when the theatre opened but the project was not completed until 1939.
Much of the scrap metal was sold to Japan who then turned it into war materials against us.
City pressure on landlords to double the rent forced the closing of the Avon 42 (live sex shows) and the Avon-At-The-Hudson (X films at the Hudson)to close down in 1975.
The Hudson X movies just moved over to the Henry Miller for several more years.
The Airlines name makes even more sense now. Seating and location all match although the mailing address was once on 42nd street. This theatre opened on October 18, 1940 as the Airlines Newsreel and had the same publicity agent as the Grand central Newsreel inside the terminal.
From 1949 it was a late run double feature house. In February 1951, after the Loew’s 42nd Street (aka Murray Hill) had closed, this became Brandt’s Murray Hill.
Airlines and Murray Hill should be added as aka names.
The Manhattan Opera House at 311 West 34th Street mentioned in the previous 2005 posts was showing German War Films in 1915 and is still standing today.
In 1973 the Cine Malibu was a Walter Reade Theatre.
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That looks great! Perhaps we will finally lift the veil of hypocrisy and start looking at the Burlesque era with a little more clarity.
Does anyone know where the first Roxy was located an whether this was it?
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For comparison, here is the Roxy Twin at 244 West 42nd street.
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This theatre first appears in ads in November 1974. It was twinned at Christmas 1978.
The Cameo opened during Christmas week 1921.
The commitment to take down the Sixth Avenue El was made in 1924, way before the Music Hall began construction. Portions were already down when the theatre opened but the project was not completed until 1939.
Much of the scrap metal was sold to Japan who then turned it into war materials against us.
City pressure on landlords to double the rent forced the closing of the Avon 42 (live sex shows) and the Avon-At-The-Hudson (X films at the Hudson)to close down in 1975.
The Hudson X movies just moved over to the Henry Miller for several more years.
Showing movies as The Palladium in 1975.
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The Airlines name makes even more sense now. Seating and location all match although the mailing address was once on 42nd street. This theatre opened on October 18, 1940 as the Airlines Newsreel and had the same publicity agent as the Grand central Newsreel inside the terminal.
From 1949 it was a late run double feature house. In February 1951, after the Loew’s 42nd Street (aka Murray Hill) had closed, this became Brandt’s Murray Hill.
Airlines and Murray Hill should be added as aka names.
Once the Filmmakers' Cinematheque had to vacate these premises they apparently went into ‘exile’ at other venues.
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A 1917 article in the New York Times makes reference to a motion picture theatre located at 308 West 143rd Street.
Does anyone have any more information or at least a name?
The New Yorker appears in the 1941 Film Daily Yearbook. It is gone after that.
The Manhattan Opera House at 311 West 34th Street mentioned in the previous 2005 posts was showing German War Films in 1915 and is still standing today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Center
Closed on January 6, 1994.
The architect was Charles Goodman.
The Uptown opened in 1920.
The architect was George M. Pollard.
You have to love this story:
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Still listed as open in the 1953 Film Daily Yearbook.
This theatre had a history of being raided by police for presenting scantily clad women (1930’s style) in live burlesque shows.
The Orient was already operating in 1915.
In 1952 part of the theatre was converted into a men’s wear and appliance store owned by Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson.
Here’s my favorite:
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You can’t do any New York research without stumbling on the Village East with some other name.
That must be yet another one Ken. This one was definitely on 114th street.
There is some consistency at CT. If it is still used as a theatre, they use the new name.
Nope. That was the Paris.
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Advanced search. It still is a theatre AND a church.