In the 1960’s Bruce Trinz managed the Clark and programmed the greatest array of movie doubles ever shown, anywhere. A different double every day, month after month, year after year. He sent out monthly programs listing all the films under the title “Hark the Clark!” I still have several years of these schedules and it is almost unbelievable to look at them now and see how he covered every type of movie. He wrote clever little ditties to accompany some of the films. My all time favorite was for the Marx Bros. film, “Horse Feathers”—simple and to the point, he wrote: “Marx Bros. at college/ Make farce out of knowledge.” The theater was open almost 24 hours and I often had friends come in from out of town (as far away as New York) for the 3:00 a.m. double, then we would go out for breakfast about 06:30 a.m. while the theater closed for a quick cleaning. Then we would go back at 08:00 a.m. for a second, different double feature. Later in the early 1970’s I moved to New York and in the theater comments registry for the New Yorker (another great revival theater) I saw many comments lamenting the passing of the Clark as a revival house. The movie grapevine was active and the demise of the Clark was mourned across the country.
In answer to lopes on Aug 15 the theater on Church near Nostrand was the Granada.
In the 1960’s Bruce Trinz managed the Clark and programmed the greatest array of movie doubles ever shown, anywhere. A different double every day, month after month, year after year. He sent out monthly programs listing all the films under the title “Hark the Clark!” I still have several years of these schedules and it is almost unbelievable to look at them now and see how he covered every type of movie. He wrote clever little ditties to accompany some of the films. My all time favorite was for the Marx Bros. film, “Horse Feathers”—simple and to the point, he wrote: “Marx Bros. at college/ Make farce out of knowledge.” The theater was open almost 24 hours and I often had friends come in from out of town (as far away as New York) for the 3:00 a.m. double, then we would go out for breakfast about 06:30 a.m. while the theater closed for a quick cleaning. Then we would go back at 08:00 a.m. for a second, different double feature. Later in the early 1970’s I moved to New York and in the theater comments registry for the New Yorker (another great revival theater) I saw many comments lamenting the passing of the Clark as a revival house. The movie grapevine was active and the demise of the Clark was mourned across the country.