Comments from Al Alvarez

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Al Alvarez commented about Roxy Cinema Tribeca on Jan 6, 2020 at 11:14 am

This has returned to being the Roxy Cinema again.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 5, 2020 at 7:18 pm

Kennedy’s book is only wrong if you consider what has happened since. His quotes are legitimate from the film’s bad reviews back then. Fair or not, Barbra Streisand was seen as too young for the role and the film’s musical numbers were often reviewed as being severly over-produced.

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Al Alvarez commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Dec 29, 2019 at 7:47 pm

It was in 1976.

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Al Alvarez commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Dec 29, 2019 at 7:35 pm

ridethectrain, have you found any pics of the marquee as the Mark Triplex?

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Al Alvarez commented about Movieland on Dec 23, 2019 at 7:34 pm

David, the real cinema rarity in those pics is the Cine Lido marquee shot on the second pic. Please post this there.

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Al Alvarez commented about Pembroke Pines Cinema on Dec 23, 2019 at 5:48 am

This opened in 1989. The UA Movies at Pembroke Pines opened in 1986.

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Al Alvarez commented about Pembroke Pines Cinema on Dec 22, 2019 at 5:04 pm

This location was a General Cinema house.

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Al Alvarez commented about Coral Gables Art Cinema on Dec 21, 2019 at 7:30 pm

I worked in the cinema industry in Miami from 1974 to 1990 and I never heard of them. Hornstein was the name I remember for all projection products.

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Al Alvarez commented about Olympia Theatre at Gusman Center on Dec 21, 2019 at 7:13 pm

David, the original HOBO TYPE on the OLYMPIA marquee was the ABC Florida State Theatres' trademark. Just look at the ads from the sixties and seventies.

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Al Alvarez commented about New Plaza Cinema on Dec 15, 2019 at 7:29 pm

Thanks to Facebook contributor Steve Abraham. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/nyregion/new-plaza-cinema-uws.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_191215&fbclid=IwAR1M93M8zH45JrXxe9xWbg4QsSFtmNKj36cL-MSJjYieidUaNo_fxk7xJc0

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Al Alvarez commented about 8th Street Playhouse on Dec 14, 2019 at 10:00 am

It closed in 1992.

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Al Alvarez commented about Fulham Road Picturehouse on Dec 13, 2019 at 7:42 pm

https://www.facebook.com/picturehouses/videos/1049749945357841/UzpfSTY5NzEyODMzNToxMDE1Nzk2ODM5Mzc1MzMzNg/

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Al Alvarez commented about Duke of York's Picture House on Dec 9, 2019 at 7:41 pm

Cineworld Picturehouse restore in place.

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Al Alvarez commented about AMC Empire 25 on Nov 20, 2019 at 7:42 pm

I think Disney has their eye on AMC. https://variety.com/2019/film/news/paramount-antitrust-consent-decrees-movie-business-analysis-1203409589/

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Al Alvarez commented about Belasco Theatre on Nov 16, 2019 at 6:43 am

According to the Sunday NY Times, the next Netflix film (“ATLANTICS”) will open at MOMA.

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Al Alvarez commented about Belasco Theatre on Nov 15, 2019 at 7:53 pm

So, no one who sat in the tiny uncomfortable seat of a Broadway theatre for a three hour and 29 minute movie has any comments?

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Al Alvarez commented about Paris Theater on Nov 7, 2019 at 8:35 pm

That’s a good question for any Hollywood studio ever.

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Al Alvarez commented about Paris Theater on Nov 6, 2019 at 2:51 pm

Netflix' PR guy said that quick service to their subscribers was more important than boxoffice revenue even on a national level.

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Al Alvarez commented about Paris Theater on Nov 6, 2019 at 10:05 am

Astyanax, my NYT ad lists the Paris today as it did Sunday. The major chains demanded a 90 day theatrical window and Netflix refused.

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Al Alvarez commented about Cinema 1, 2 & 3 by Angelika on Nov 5, 2019 at 12:46 pm

70mm usually refers to the actual film stock width shown by the theatre. A film shot in 35mm could be blown up for 70mm projection. The soundtrack strip on the 70mm film was also superior in quality. The Fresh Meadows multiplex, for example, has fairly small screens but the quality of a 70mm projection in the same complex was visibly superior in sight and sound to the 35mm screen, although not so different in size.

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Al Alvarez commented about 68th Street Playhouse on Oct 31, 2019 at 6:17 am

Walter Reade’s wife sponsored the Lincoln Center screens for several years.

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Al Alvarez commented about Green Acres Cinemas on Oct 31, 2019 at 6:15 am

It re-opened as a sixplex but Cineplex Odeon opened a few screens while work was still going on in the others.

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Al Alvarez commented about AMC Lincoln Square 13 on Oct 22, 2019 at 8:10 pm

Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, a little known industry gimmick also know in the industry as “Still Doesn’t Do Shit”. SDDS.

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Al Alvarez commented about AMC Empire 25 on Oct 21, 2019 at 7:56 pm

I saw “ONCE UPON A TIME..” and “GOLDFINCH” here and didn’t see any bedbugs or rodents. I guess they only show up for STAR WARS and MARVEL movies.

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Al Alvarez commented about Belasco Theatre on Oct 18, 2019 at 8:42 pm

And may this continue to happen more often.