I had a recent bad experience at this site where the framing was off on the digital presentation of “THIS IS IT” and the speaker identifications were cut-off at the bottom of the screen.
In spite of two complaints, the problem was never resolved.
Yes, DREAMGIRLS opened here and the Ziegfeld was built in 1969, before disability laws came into being.
Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic famously handcuffed himself to the front door in protest after his film, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY opened its exclusive run at this inaccessible theatre in 1989.
“NINE” is based on Fellini’s “8 ½”, the story of a writer/director having an emotional breakdown just before starting to film a movie for which he has failed to write a screenplay. The fact that it lacks a plot, or even a part for his star (Nicole Kidman), IS the whole point of the movie.
I’ve been to RAVE in Florida and they were a class act. National Amusements in New York and the UK are a disgrace. I do not know how they are run elsewhere in the US.
In the UK they are well known as the worst chain in the country.
The pre-show with ads and the first few trailers, mostly for TV shows like SPARTACUS, did not fill the whole screen. The trailer for THE LOVELY BONES also did not.
The trailer for Weinstein release YOUTH IN REVOLT, prior to the feature, already filled the whole screen.
Is it possible they resorted to the 35mm print of the feature with an attached trailer as a result of trouble the day before.
I just came back from the 4:30pm showing and although the masking and curtains never moved, after the third trailer the screen was fully filled and the movie itself appeared to be in shown what passes for CinemaScope these days. The first few trailers were shown “flat” with fully open masking.
It sounds like the aperture plate was never switched to wide at the showing Bill attended.
I had a recent bad experience at this site where the framing was off on the digital presentation of “THIS IS IT” and the speaker identifications were cut-off at the bottom of the screen.
In spite of two complaints, the problem was never resolved.
The Savoy, circa 1951:
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As Ludwig Satz Yiddish Folks Theatre:
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The Stoddard in 1933.
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Yes, DREAMGIRLS opened here and the Ziegfeld was built in 1969, before disability laws came into being.
Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic famously handcuffed himself to the front door in protest after his film, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY opened its exclusive run at this inaccessible theatre in 1989.
“NINE” is based on Fellini’s “8 ½”, the story of a writer/director having an emotional breakdown just before starting to film a movie for which he has failed to write a screenplay. The fact that it lacks a plot, or even a part for his star (Nicole Kidman), IS the whole point of the movie.
Streets are closed after 3pm so you can’t get onto 42nd Street on New Year’s Eve.
I’ve been to RAVE in Florida and they were a class act. National Amusements in New York and the UK are a disgrace. I do not know how they are run elsewhere in the US.
In the UK they are well known as the worst chain in the country.
What do you mean? Bijou is one of the most common theatre names in American history.
There have been “Bijou” theatres in New York since the birth of film, four in Manhattan alone.
Good stuff, formerprojectionist.
This theatre operated from 1966 to 1984.
The ABC Coral Ridge opened in 1963, was twinned in 1977 and closed in 1988.
The AMC Lakes Mall closed in 1989.
AUNTIE MAME was and gets my vote.
GaryC, this is the Times Square Forum;
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The Dixie Drive-In opened in 1950.
A 1921 photo as the B.S. Moss Franklin theatre can be seen at this Bowtie website.
http://www.bowtiepartners.com/historic_pics.htm
The pre-show with ads and the first few trailers, mostly for TV shows like SPARTACUS, did not fill the whole screen. The trailer for THE LOVELY BONES also did not.
The trailer for Weinstein release YOUTH IN REVOLT, prior to the feature, already filled the whole screen.
Is it possible they resorted to the 35mm print of the feature with an attached trailer as a result of trouble the day before.
I just came back from the 4:30pm showing and although the masking and curtains never moved, after the third trailer the screen was fully filled and the movie itself appeared to be in shown what passes for CinemaScope these days. The first few trailers were shown “flat” with fully open masking.
It sounds like the aperture plate was never switched to wide at the showing Bill attended.
The Olympia with a name it apparently never carried.
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Is this the same KingBiscuits who was recently extolling the virtues of the HELLBOY movies?
Interesting file but not correct. This opened as the Cine Malibu in 1969.
The 1962 D.W Griffith was actually the Bijou in Times Square, not this one.
I have visited a Rave Theatre in Florida and it was better run than most National Amusement Theatres I have been to in NY.
It was on 86th street and what cross street?
The Loew’s 86th Street Theatre is not listed on CT because no one seems to know exactly where it was.
A New York Times 1941 article states that:
“The Verona Theatre at 2086-94 has been leased by Myiton L. Meltzer…”
This means the Rex Theatre (2094 Second Avenue) operating in 1944-1947 was indeed another name for the Verona.