50sSNIPES, Paramount owned Florida State Theatres. Once the government forced them to separate the theatres from the studio (The Paramount Consent Decrees) they created subsidiaries and placed the ABC TV network under them.
So the theatres owned ABC, not the other way around.
In the mid 70’s the subsidiaries added the ABC name to their ads since the network was now a bigger entity than the theatres. Paramount, Florida State Theatres and ABC were all the same company, so there was no “taking over” taking place. It wasn’t until the sale to PLITT that the company changed hands and even Henry Plitt had been a Paramount employee.
Is it possible that the (S.A. Lynch-Paramount Theatre) company owned the Rosetta but had a long term lease to Wometco? After the Paramount Consent Decrees (1948) it would not be allowed to break that lease, specially since Paramount had competing theatres nearby.
50sSNIPES, I am not sure where you’re getting your information, but the Rosetta was always a Wometco house before its porn days. Did you mean to post for the REGENT?
Also, Florida State Theatres was a subsidiary of Paramount Theatres, (later ABC) and not a take-over. The “Florida State Theatres” branding did not start until 1950.
Besides downsizing, they (and the mall) also received massive federal funds after 9/11 to help bring business traffic back to Ground Zero. This location may have survived because of that tragic event.
RCBriley, I just joined this theatre link because of your post. Although I have never been to this particular cinema, I think your post explains, why, in many ways, in my opinion, why this website even exists.
I see from the photo page that this cinema hosted the World Premier of “CYRANO DE BERGERAC” (1950, Jose Ferrer). You would think that would be headline here.
rivest266, it actually opened to the public on September 1 and tickets were on sale. October 29th must have been an official launch party. I walked by on October 24 and it was open for business.
This theatre was used for fund raising in 1955 for Castro’s Cuban revolution. After Castro’s 1959 revolution, the dynamic between him and Miami shifted dramatically.
This overview needs editing. The Merry-Go-Round was a children’s live theatre that started hosting more adult plays before becoming a cinema. It was never an “adult movie theatre”. Those were rare in 1973 and Coral Gables would never have allowed one to open anyway. After all, this the town that tried to shut down “WOODSTOCK”.
50sSNIPES, Paramount owned Florida State Theatres. Once the government forced them to separate the theatres from the studio (The Paramount Consent Decrees) they created subsidiaries and placed the ABC TV network under them.
So the theatres owned ABC, not the other way around.
In the mid 70’s the subsidiaries added the ABC name to their ads since the network was now a bigger entity than the theatres. Paramount, Florida State Theatres and ABC were all the same company, so there was no “taking over” taking place. It wasn’t until the sale to PLITT that the company changed hands and even Henry Plitt had been a Paramount employee.
Unless there was another theatre at Canal and Mulberry, this was operating as the Cinema Luna in 1972, an X-rated house.
Is it possible that the (S.A. Lynch-Paramount Theatre) company owned the Rosetta but had a long term lease to Wometco? After the Paramount Consent Decrees (1948) it would not be allowed to break that lease, specially since Paramount had competing theatres nearby.
50sSNIPES, I am not sure where you’re getting your information, but the Rosetta was always a Wometco house before its porn days. Did you mean to post for the REGENT?
Also, Florida State Theatres was a subsidiary of Paramount Theatres, (later ABC) and not a take-over. The “Florida State Theatres” branding did not start until 1950.
Besides downsizing, they (and the mall) also received massive federal funds after 9/11 to help bring business traffic back to Ground Zero. This location may have survived because of that tragic event.
It took me a while to find that this multiplex still exists. Orange County over screening. “Thou shall not Orange”.
The last commercial cinema in the Upper East Side is officially for sale at $50 million.
https://eastsidefeed.com/real-estate/ues-movie-theater-that-opened-in-1962-could-be-headed-for-final-credits/
The second screen, the James Agee Room, opened in late December 1980, not 1983.
RCBriley, I just joined this theatre link because of your post. Although I have never been to this particular cinema, I think your post explains, why, in many ways, in my opinion, why this website even exists.
This was never a General Cinema (that deal failed) and it never played “THE LION IN WINTER”.
For three years now it has been the ANGELIKA FILM CENTER. NYT ads still advertise it as that. Their website does not. What is Cinema Treasures to do?
I see from the photo page that this cinema hosted the World Premier of “CYRANO DE BERGERAC” (1950, Jose Ferrer). You would think that would be headline here.
Both Loews and Loew’s were used at the same time for many years by the company.
You would think they would choose a name that tells the public they also show movies.
rivest266, it actually opened to the public on September 1 and tickets were on sale. October 29th must have been an official launch party. I walked by on October 24 and it was open for business.
Re-opened in 1997 as the Cinema Cafe and operated until 2004.
Although Plitt stopped operating it in 1980, it did continue open as a subrun house well into 1981.
This theatre opened the 3 hr, 39 minute version of HEAVEN’S GATE. The 5 hour plus version was not shown to the public.
The Lyric showed movies from 1926 to 1959. It was called the Lincoln at some point, probably as a legitimate theater.
Became a synanogue for the Jewish Congregation Shaare Zedeku in 1941.
This is most probably the Downtown Miami STRAND, not the one in Allapattah.
This opened in 1926 as the 7TH AVENUE THEATRE. The 1915 STRAND mentioned in the overview was in Downtown Miami and also has a listing here on CT.
This theatre was used for fund raising in 1955 for Castro’s Cuban revolution. After Castro’s 1959 revolution, the dynamic between him and Miami shifted dramatically.
This overview needs editing. The Merry-Go-Round was a children’s live theatre that started hosting more adult plays before becoming a cinema. It was never an “adult movie theatre”. Those were rare in 1973 and Coral Gables would never have allowed one to open anyway. After all, this the town that tried to shut down “WOODSTOCK”.
Nice tour of the new cinema on FACEBOOK.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/682556647610114