GCC took over Loews in Florida in 1973 with the exception of the Bay Harbor and 167th St. Twins. Those two locations had a partner who refused to go along with the sale. Those two locations remained Loews.
Poman, I can second your “Cine 43” claim in 1982-1983, it is in the DAILY NEWS archives. I have not yet found a Nuevo Cine listing. Were the films in Spanish?
I found a Miami Herald ad for the Grand Opening January 15, 1926 for a live review called ‘FOUNTANIA AT MIAMI SHORES’ at East Dixie Highway and 125th Street, the inaugural attraction at the ‘newest amusement theatre". This seems to have been quite a fancy and sprawling amusement location with lots of bells and whistles I have yet to find any signs of movies having been shown.
rivest, the closest thing to an opening ad for the twin is in the November 21, 1973 Miami Herald, with SALTY the seal and his trainer appearing in person.
bigjoe, Kennedy’s focus was more on the expensive Roadshows that tried to mimic “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” elements and failed. Movies like “STAR!”, “DOCTOR DOLITTLE” and “SONG OF NORWAY” from 1965 to 1972.
The whole slant of the Kennedy book is that Studios were failing to replicate the box office success of “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” by repeating that standard of sweet corn. In that, he is right.
NY Times, December 28, 1917;
MISHAP DELAYS THE RIVOLI’S OPENING.
A postponement of the opening of the new Rivoli Theatre, at Broadway and Forty-ninth Street, was made necessary yesterday afternoon by the collapse of a portion of the stage as it was being put into place.
On the following day, a review of the opening night says that “the theatre has a platform rather than a stage”.
I don’t think this was ever a Jerry Lewis Cinema. The nearby Astor and Miller Road were.
This was the home of Phil Singleton’s AMC manager training academy in Florida.
GCC took over Loews in Florida in 1973 with the exception of the Bay Harbor and 167th St. Twins. Those two locations had a partner who refused to go along with the sale. Those two locations remained Loews.
No one seems to have been charged with a crime.
Police suspected that chemicals in a second floor print shop at the shopping center started the fire.
ridethectrain, it did re-open after that as a short-lived six-plex.
Poman, I can second your “Cine 43” claim in 1982-1983, it is in the DAILY NEWS archives. I have not yet found a Nuevo Cine listing. Were the films in Spanish?
I found a Miami Herald ad for the Grand Opening January 15, 1926 for a live review called ‘FOUNTANIA AT MIAMI SHORES’ at East Dixie Highway and 125th Street, the inaugural attraction at the ‘newest amusement theatre". This seems to have been quite a fancy and sprawling amusement location with lots of bells and whistles I have yet to find any signs of movies having been shown.
This was opened by an independent operator who also ran the other Apollo, Aladdin, America and Ambassador.
I bought a DVD of “NORWAY” back in London that was probably a bootleg. The DVD had no ending but the film was dreadful anyway.
“THE BLUE MAX” in the photo section.
rivest, the closest thing to an opening ad for the twin is in the November 21, 1973 Miami Herald, with SALTY the seal and his trainer appearing in person.
Rivest, the Little River was the 79th Street Twin (Bard).
That older Strand was on Flagler Street and Miami Avenue.
Let’s be fair now. Netflix' takeover of the Belasco and Paris for their own Oscar bait premieres was quite a blast from the past in Showmanship.
Check out page 4, bigjoe.
“Lossless” sounds like the same old THX fraud. “If the theatre didn’t pay to keep the noise out, we did our job.”
Vindanpar, “YOUNG WINSTON” was real classic Roadshow reserved seats at the Columbia.
Actually, this happened once before and this space came back as a cinema.
bigjoe, Kennedy’s focus was more on the expensive Roadshows that tried to mimic “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” elements and failed. Movies like “STAR!”, “DOCTOR DOLITTLE” and “SONG OF NORWAY” from 1965 to 1972.
The whole slant of the Kennedy book is that Studios were failing to replicate the box office success of “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” by repeating that standard of sweet corn. In that, he is right.
NY Times, December 28, 1917; MISHAP DELAYS THE RIVOLI’S OPENING. A postponement of the opening of the new Rivoli Theatre, at Broadway and Forty-ninth Street, was made necessary yesterday afternoon by the collapse of a portion of the stage as it was being put into place.
On the following day, a review of the opening night says that “the theatre has a platform rather than a stage”.
The book is about “THE FALL OF THE FILM MUSICALS IN THE 1960’s”, so it makes a negative argument from the start.
The “BEN-HUR” 1969 re-release at the Palace ran for a mere nine weeks.
Currently closed for renovations.