An April 26, 1941 issue of Boxoffice magazine announces the imminent opening of the Warnor to be followed shortly after by the Colony. Unless the war changed these plans, both theatres opened in 1941 and the Warnor never operated as the ‘Warner’.
According to an April 6, 1940 issue of Boxoffice magazine, the Tivoli was involved in the Paramount Consent Decrees whereby the management claimed that Paramount refused to allow the Tivoli a sub-run on their product until five months after first-run and after lower priced Paramount Theatres had already played out the films in the area. The Tivoli was forced to give Paramount a half interest in its profits in exchange for reduction in the clearance time.
I found confirmation in a May 18, 1946 Boxoffice Magazine that the Town was indeed the same as the old Miami. The name change came after a Wometco renaming contest. The move was decided once Wometco started construction on a larger theatre on Flagler street and decided to transfer the name away from this location.
The Embassy Newsreel Theatre opened in the Associated Press Building when that office building opened in late 1938. The lot sat empty from 1931 awaiting a major tenant. Prior to that, the area was a owned by Columbia University, which had once used it as its main campus the previous century.
According to Boxoffice magazine, The Carver Theatre was also somewhere on NW 7th Avenue, had 1000 seats and plans were being made in 1976 to covert it to a live performance venue. It may have been a former “negro” house still operating in 1966-68. Does anyone have any more information?
Since these are early seventies titles, life may have been more simple and fun for kids but hardly that for post Vietnam, cold war drenched, porn soaked and drugged adults in America.
I have the DVD set of I AM CURIOUS (YELLOW) and (BLUE). They are really incredible timecapsules of the sixties.
Notice the huge, high, Capitol theatre sign to the right of the flag, near the horizon.
An April 26, 1941 issue of Boxoffice magazine announces the imminent opening of the Warnor to be followed shortly after by the Colony. Unless the war changed these plans, both theatres opened in 1941 and the Warnor never operated as the ‘Warner’.
Johnnie, this ended up being run by General Cinema, not Loews, for most of its existence.
According to an April 6, 1940 issue of Boxoffice magazine, the Tivoli was involved in the Paramount Consent Decrees whereby the management claimed that Paramount refused to allow the Tivoli a sub-run on their product until five months after first-run and after lower priced Paramount Theatres had already played out the films in the area. The Tivoli was forced to give Paramount a half interest in its profits in exchange for reduction in the clearance time.
The foyer here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/2302530326/
The Center auditorium can be seen here:
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The Miami opened in 1937 and became the Town in 1946. This would mean it was never a silent house as I previously thought.
I found confirmation in a May 18, 1946 Boxoffice Magazine that the Town was indeed the same as the old Miami. The name change came after a Wometco renaming contest. The move was decided once Wometco started construction on a larger theatre on Flagler street and decided to transfer the name away from this location.
http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_051846
This listing should included MIAMI as an aka name.
Does anyone know about a ‘Cinema Tavern’ operating somewhere in West Broward in 1982?
An IMAX theatre already existed in Las Vegas by 1980.
Those paintings along the huge lobby walls of old Loews Theatres and movie stars are still there.
I saw the last HARRY POTTER here with a few minutes in 3D IMAX. The screen size and 3D did not add much to the film so I won’t bother this time.
According to boxoffice magazine this was operated by the same manager as the Lido (147th street, aka Bluebird) in 1945.
You are welcome, Harvey.
As you probably already know, a search for NORTH MIAMI THEATRE will yield two photos.
This theatre opened in 1986 and closed in 1999.
This operated from 1992 to at least 1995.
The Embassy Newsreel Theatre opened in the Associated Press Building when that office building opened in late 1938. The lot sat empty from 1931 awaiting a major tenant. Prior to that, the area was a owned by Columbia University, which had once used it as its main campus the previous century.
Chris McGuire was a chain and not really an AKA for this site. In 1993 it did operate as the CINEMA & MORE EAST.
This operated from 1989 to 1995.
The five new screens opened in 1999.
A full page movie ad in the New York Times, rare for 1922.
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According to Boxoffice magazine, The Carver Theatre was also somewhere on NW 7th Avenue, had 1000 seats and plans were being made in 1976 to covert it to a live performance venue. It may have been a former “negro” house still operating in 1966-68. Does anyone have any more information?
This theatre is already listed.
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The Sunrise opened in 1986. The three new screens were added in 2000.
The name change to FESTIVAL occurred in 1992 and the theatre was closed in 1999.
Since these are early seventies titles, life may have been more simple and fun for kids but hardly that for post Vietnam, cold war drenched, porn soaked and drugged adults in America.