This issue of Boxoffice flagged by HowardBHaas on the Beekman page features a rare shot of the Arcadia just before it became the Baronet. Go to page 160.
Kirk, if you think “DOUBT” was about bad priests then you either badly misunderstood the film or never saw it. “FROST/NIXON” is fascinating piece of American history and as close as we will get to an American president going on trial. Old politician “MILK” is the Martin Luther King of the Gay Rights movement and “CHE” may be the most misunderstood politician in recent history and even this latest film fails to show many aspects of him after four and half hours. “VALKYRIE” was about Hitler’s henchmen trying to do away with him. I cannot recall a single previous film on that subject.
I think you will find most movies are about “old subjects”, I mean that JONAS BROTHERS concert SO already happened. As for that great movie, “ENCHANTED”, it was released in 2007 but I have my DOUBTS it was a true story.
VHS saved a dieing industry by providing a new audience for ailing franchises and allowing for sequel after sequel of hit movies and discovery of new stars by older home viewers. It may have created an artistic vacuum but it allowed for the economic windfall which increased the product flow that also allowed multiplexes to blossom.
There are even some indications that piracy may help sequels such as when modest VHS hit “FIRST BLOOD” lead to blockbuster world wide openings for its sequel “RAMBO”.
al pettiford, I don’t believe Lorenzo was making a political commentary. I believe he was referring to the marketing “sexappeal” of Obama vs., for example, Joe Biden.
It would not matter how many marketing dollars you threw out at “DOUBT” or “THE SEVENTH SEAL”, they would never come to close to “THE DARK KNIGHT” at the box office.
As anyone who has worked in a movie theatre can tell you, everyone asks for health foods and then buy buttered popcorn, Cokes and chocolate bars while the healthy snacks go out of date.
It would help many of us if each clip named the film it came from. Not all do and it is particularly difficult to place them when they come from titles not readily found on DVD.
posted by BobMaar on Sep 19, 2005 at 2:12am
“The film "Deep Throat” did indeed play at this theatre for four weeks and did record business. There was no neighborhood pressure to remove the film."
According to a Variety article there were petitioners in front of the theatre demanding that the film be removed and protest organizer William Diamond insisted that the film belonged on 42nd street.
“The Greast Waltz' had a similar three theatre opening the month before. They advertised it as "Reserved Performance” and I wonder if the “Man of La Mancha” run was similarly handled as there is no mention of reserved seats in the ad.
The Ritz was opened as a “negro house” servicing the mixed nationality black residents of Overtown, once known as Coloredtown.
The architect was Roy F. France who also helped designed the Miami Beach Carib.
The architect was Robert E. Collins.
The Dixie opened in 1948 and the architect was Robert E. Collins.
Good to have you back, Denpiano!
This issue of Boxoffice flagged by HowardBHaas on the Beekman page features a rare shot of the Arcadia just before it became the Baronet. Go to page 160.
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A good guess would be 5,963.
Congratulations Mike! Well done.
Kirk, if you think “DOUBT” was about bad priests then you either badly misunderstood the film or never saw it. “FROST/NIXON” is fascinating piece of American history and as close as we will get to an American president going on trial. Old politician “MILK” is the Martin Luther King of the Gay Rights movement and “CHE” may be the most misunderstood politician in recent history and even this latest film fails to show many aspects of him after four and half hours. “VALKYRIE” was about Hitler’s henchmen trying to do away with him. I cannot recall a single previous film on that subject.
I think you will find most movies are about “old subjects”, I mean that JONAS BROTHERS concert SO already happened. As for that great movie, “ENCHANTED”, it was released in 2007 but I have my DOUBTS it was a true story.
VHS saved a dieing industry by providing a new audience for ailing franchises and allowing for sequel after sequel of hit movies and discovery of new stars by older home viewers. It may have created an artistic vacuum but it allowed for the economic windfall which increased the product flow that also allowed multiplexes to blossom.
There are even some indications that piracy may help sequels such as when modest VHS hit “FIRST BLOOD” lead to blockbuster world wide openings for its sequel “RAMBO”.
Since this technology has been in place for over three years now, it will have little effect.
I show it still advertised in the Miami Herald in 1962, but not beyond that.
This is now the Teatro Area Stage en el Riviera Theatre featuring Spanish language live theatre.
http://www.teatroareastage.com/
Unfortunately, if you adjust for inflation on that same site you will find HOUSE OF WAX is still as good as it gets.
al pettiford, I don’t believe Lorenzo was making a political commentary. I believe he was referring to the marketing “sexappeal” of Obama vs., for example, Joe Biden.
It would not matter how many marketing dollars you threw out at “DOUBT” or “THE SEVENTH SEAL”, they would never come to close to “THE DARK KNIGHT” at the box office.
As anyone who has worked in a movie theatre can tell you, everyone asks for health foods and then buy buttered popcorn, Cokes and chocolate bars while the healthy snacks go out of date.
..and on the eve of the Academy Awards, the number one film in America (and so far this year) is a remake of “FRIDAY THE 13TH”.
LOL. I didn’t know Shirley Jones was the latest rage!
Great site, Micheal.
It would help many of us if each clip named the film it came from. Not all do and it is particularly difficult to place them when they come from titles not readily found on DVD.
posted by BobMaar on Sep 19, 2005 at 2:12am
“The film "Deep Throat” did indeed play at this theatre for four weeks and did record business. There was no neighborhood pressure to remove the film."
According to a Variety article there were petitioners in front of the theatre demanding that the film be removed and protest organizer William Diamond insisted that the film belonged on 42nd street.
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Oh my god! Is the Diane Walker I think it is?
The 1969 re-release of “Ben-Hur” opened exclusive at the Palace. Other runs may have come later.
“Last Tango in Paris” had a roadshow run after “Man of La Mancha”. It was much more successful that the the disappointing “La Mancha”
“The Greast Waltz' had a similar three theatre opening the month before. They advertised it as "Reserved Performance” and I wonder if the “Man of La Mancha” run was similarly handled as there is no mention of reserved seats in the ad.
Interesting that a Pentecostal church would call itself “The Synagogue”.
If Cinemascope and Cinerama had novelty blockbusters to lead with why didn’t the 3-D ever produce one?
If you add all the receipts for every 3-D film from BWANA DEVIL to HONDO you still get less than $30 million.