Looks different from the 40’s, 50.s as I remember it. There was a ladder that was the length of the building, from the floor t the roof. That is how we used to sneak in in. Come across the adjoining roofs and down that ladder. Believe me it was high if you remember the theater. Great air conditioning during summer months.
Ed Miller The theater on Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Ave. was the Kameo. It was a Loews. One winter me and two friends shoveled the Marque, than went to the Chinese restaurant across the street. my friends were ushers there. Long time ago. I should also add that I know the Bedford Theater, went there as a kid.
Seeing this site brings back many memories. How many Saturdays and Sundays did I spend at the Regent theater watching the old ‘B’ movies, westerns of many of the old forgotten cowboy stars, The Bowery Boys (or East Side Kids) Charlie Chan movies. Many of these movies did not play at the first run movie houses. They also played Cab Calloway and Louis Jordan movies, great entertainment. Many of the first run films would wind up here a year or so after they played the first run movie theaters. When Bill Elliot would comment that he was a peaceable man all the kids would scream. Yes, it was only yesterday, another world, another time.
Who remembers ‘Dirty Butch’.
Looks different from the 40’s, 50.s as I remember it. There was a ladder that was the length of the building, from the floor t the roof. That is how we used to sneak in in. Come across the adjoining roofs and down that ladder. Believe me it was high if you remember the theater. Great air conditioning during summer months.
Ed Miller The theater on Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Ave. was the Kameo. It was a Loews. One winter me and two friends shoveled the Marque, than went to the Chinese restaurant across the street. my friends were ushers there. Long time ago. I should also add that I know the Bedford Theater, went there as a kid.
Seeing this site brings back many memories. How many Saturdays and Sundays did I spend at the Regent theater watching the old ‘B’ movies, westerns of many of the old forgotten cowboy stars, The Bowery Boys (or East Side Kids) Charlie Chan movies. Many of these movies did not play at the first run movie houses. They also played Cab Calloway and Louis Jordan movies, great entertainment. Many of the first run films would wind up here a year or so after they played the first run movie theaters. When Bill Elliot would comment that he was a peaceable man all the kids would scream. Yes, it was only yesterday, another world, another time. Who remembers ‘Dirty Butch’.