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Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Southland Cinema on Jan 16, 2010 at 7:20 pm

Operating in 1969 as the Under-Ground.

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Thanks to Mike Rivest for finding the Miami News online.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Biscayne Plaza Theatre on Jan 16, 2010 at 7:12 pm

Mike, that paper has two other interesting finds.

The First is the re-opening of the Fotosho which had been torn down and rebuilt that year on the same spot. The second is the ad for the Cameo in Allapattah which I had never heard of.

The Riviera mentioned in the copy was in Homestead.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Paramount Theatre on Jan 16, 2010 at 6:58 pm

Cool find, Mike.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Irving Place Theatre on Jan 16, 2010 at 2:09 am

The Irving Place is often crediting for starting the first domestic Film Festival in 1942, a tribute to films from our allies.

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Al Alvarez commented about Public Theater on Jan 16, 2010 at 1:00 am

There was another Public theatre on second avenue and fourth street in the thirties that occasionally showed movies.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about People's Theatre on Jan 16, 2010 at 12:49 am

The Peoples operated at least from 1930 to 1941.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Sun Sing Theatre on Jan 16, 2010 at 12:45 am

I agree with Warren’s post of August 3, 2007 that this opened in 1921 as the New Strand.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Photoplay Theatre on Jan 15, 2010 at 11:38 pm

This is still listed as open in the 1947 Film Daily Yearbook.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Symphony Space/Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre on Jan 15, 2010 at 9:02 pm

The Symphony was already open in 1918.
The Thalia was already open in 1932.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Stoddard Theatre on Jan 15, 2010 at 4:56 am

The Standard was showing films from at least 1916 and still advertising as the Standard in 1924. The Stoddard name did not appear until the early thirties.

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Al Alvarez commented about Loew's Orpheum Twin Theatre on Jan 15, 2010 at 4:09 am

This Orpheum opened in 1918.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Lido East on Jan 15, 2010 at 1:55 am

Garth, the East World is listed here:

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Al Alvarez commented about S.V.A. Theatre on Jan 14, 2010 at 10:25 pm

Inside the Visual Arts.

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Al Alvarez commented about Bridge Theatre on Jan 14, 2010 at 8:25 pm

The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.

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Al Alvarez commented about Dyckman Theatre on Jan 14, 2010 at 8:23 pm

The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.

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Al Alvarez commented about Gem Theatre on Jan 14, 2010 at 8:23 pm

The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.

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Al Alvarez commented about Uptown Theatre on Jan 14, 2010 at 8:22 pm

The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.

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Al Alvarez commented about United Palace of Cultural Arts on Jan 14, 2010 at 8:21 pm

The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.

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Al Alvarez commented about Alpine Theatre on Jan 14, 2010 at 8:19 pm

The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.

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Al Alvarez commented about Loew's Rio Theatre on Jan 14, 2010 at 8:19 pm

The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.

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Al Alvarez commented about Loew's Inwood Theater on Jan 14, 2010 at 8:17 pm

The movie palaces of Washington Heights and Inwood.

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Al Alvarez commented about Clifton Theatre on Jan 14, 2010 at 3:44 pm

This is listed in the 1947 Film Daily Yearbook as the Knickerbocker.

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Al Alvarez commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Jan 13, 2010 at 9:32 pm

Nice work, guys!

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Audubon Theatre on Jan 13, 2010 at 3:37 pm

I believe the reluctance by CT editors to list the aka names (Beverly Hills, San Juan) may come from the fact that these theatre names co-existed with the Audubon ballroom and that the San Juan theatre was reportedly demolished while the ballroom was not.

Please note from the introduction that the ballroom on the northern upstairs end of the building where Malcolm X was shot was a separate entity from the Fox theatre on the southern downstairs end and that the eventual demolition was only a partial remodel of a wrapped building housing both.

While the Audubon Ballroom still stands in some form, the cinema end, the Fox Audubon (Beverly Hills, San Juan) theatre listed here, is for all practical purposes, demolished.

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Al Alvarez commented about RKO National Twin on Jan 12, 2010 at 1:27 am

The theatre always did well. The landlord wanted it out of there as they felt a movie theatre cheapened the building and they could get better terms from other options. They refused to let Cineplex Odeon triplex it at their own expense.