The Guild premiered the now-classic Japanese film “Gate of Hell" in the 1950s. It played there for quite a long run, and its rich color photography was exhibited in full display on the Guild’s screen. It was also the theater where the Peter Sellers film “The Mouse that Roared” premiered. The Guild was a classic movie theater in the heart of Manhattan, which, like the Sutton, is now lost to time.
Near the Utopia, around 1950, on the corner of Union Tpke. and 188th Street was Charney’s deli. One of the only landmarks that still remains is King Yum, which was smaller in the 1950s, and it’s still nice to know that something remains of that innocent ambience. As a Fresh Meadows kid who delivered early morning newspapers and prescriptions for Crest Chemists (across from P.S. 26), it was a real luxury to have both the Century’s Meadows and the Utopia nearby, and they coexisted quite comfortably in the 1950s. Moreover, Bloomingdale’s in Fresh Meadows was the HQ for Boy Scouts gear in those days!
The Guild premiered the now-classic Japanese film “Gate of Hell" in the 1950s. It played there for quite a long run, and its rich color photography was exhibited in full display on the Guild’s screen. It was also the theater where the Peter Sellers film “The Mouse that Roared” premiered. The Guild was a classic movie theater in the heart of Manhattan, which, like the Sutton, is now lost to time.
Near the Utopia, around 1950, on the corner of Union Tpke. and 188th Street was Charney’s deli. One of the only landmarks that still remains is King Yum, which was smaller in the 1950s, and it’s still nice to know that something remains of that innocent ambience. As a Fresh Meadows kid who delivered early morning newspapers and prescriptions for Crest Chemists (across from P.S. 26), it was a real luxury to have both the Century’s Meadows and the Utopia nearby, and they coexisted quite comfortably in the 1950s. Moreover, Bloomingdale’s in Fresh Meadows was the HQ for Boy Scouts gear in those days!