the drive way that leads to the big store [maybe home depot]..is the same drive way used to get to the di boxoffice…
also pier 1 is on the spot of the cinema bayshore..
when you looked out the front of the cinema slightly to your right
was the bayshore roller rink..
the cinema was on it’s own lot…as was the farmers market..
remember to hang up your speakers before you pull out!!!!
here now the news…drove by theatre…was dark except for a light in the box office area…got out of the car…weeks worth of mail was shoved under the door….west side marquee still had someones
happy bithday on it…on the north side was an ad for some place
having a grand opening sept 3rd…they sold ad space and bithdays..
so my quess is they closed labor day weekend…for they in the past never had anything on the north marquee but the 3 features playing
that week…the only sign was the 1 sheet talking the $4.00 tuesday
nothing about being closed…being away from long island so long
i don’t have many contacts..if someone out there knows someone in the operaters union or someone in a large chain maybe they know more something..
what ever happend they were in a hurry…also, someone who would know called me at wnyg radio and said they were very behinde on the water bill…no water no flush no film…
we need lotto winners or deep pockets or another cvs store will be there…after all..it is on a corner..
HELP!!
i don’t remember anything in there pryer to 1980…it could have been in the 80’s..after a burn -out summer and fall i took a cross
country drive to calif. when i got back i ran babyhugies in commack
part of the obi chain…in the summers i would live and work in hamton bays at obi east and also an on air shift at WLNG,sagharbor..
early 80’s left new york to work in my first love radio..
20 something years later back on long island doing just that..
THIS JUST IN……ISIP THEATRE MAY BE CLOSED….FILM AT 11..
oh yah..back to lost memory…it may have not been a storm but,
enough for me to take lirr and 2 buss’s to get to the madison..
wally1975
right before it closed…if that helps…i’m sure there’s a weather web that could pin point the month and year..as far as the movie..
sorry i can’t help you…i was to busy cleaning out files and snack bars to remember that…
after that they fired the manager of 59th street east…i went there…did star wars come out in spring 77?? if it did that was the year..[winter] madison closed..i asked for more money…with that
there was a price…they sent me to fordham and the picture was
star wars…star wars played in the old balcony and they had two
pictures in each of the downstairs smaller theatres..the picture downstairs was an hard “R” called GUMS! a soft porn kinda' like jaws
about a mermaid that gave head…and bit off more then she could chew…to the tune of the jaws theme music track..
did elvis die in aug 77/? during the summer run of star wars was playing then and then came the black out..and riots..
if the events above happened in 77 then the madison closed in jan or feb of 77.
more later on the rko radio network
I was the last manager of the madison as rko…roll up to june 6th of this year….i think i was put there to close the place, though not telling me at the time…there was a manager there, can’t remember his name old enough for me to call him mister [that old]..
rko didn’t want to put any money into it..ie: ac and heat…the only up side was a great staff trying to keep things together for many like myself was the theatre of our childhood life…yes, near the end rko did play alot of underbelly movies…reason why..you book them for a flat fee…anything over that was yours…most patrons at that time were under 25…lack of heat and air not a problem for them, just a place to be….just a side bar..like most theatres in
the day…coal..was the heat…get this…at night you would load the furnace with coal…then wet in down with water…during the night the hot coals would dry out the new wet coals so, by the time it took to dry you would have a nice warm theatre by noon…and the down side a cold theatre by evening…AND THIS JUST IN…in the winter kids would sneak in sliding down the coal shoot..
my mom, as a child, saw martha ray live on stage with my mother,
i, as a child, my grandmother would take me to the madison…
as an adult i was manager of the madison..many fond family MADISON
MEMORIES…
I was the last manager of the madison as rko…roll up to june 6th of this year….i think i was put there to close the place, though not telling me at the time…there was a manager there, can’t remember his name old enough for me to call him mister [that old]..
rko didn’t want to put any money into it..ie: ac and heat…the only up side was a great staff trying to keep things together for many like myself was the theatre of our childhood life…yes, near the end rko did play alot of underbelly movies…reason why..you book them for a flat fee…anything over that was yours…most patrons at that time were under 25…lack of heat and air not a problem for them, just a place to be….just a side bar..like most theatres in
the day…coal..was the heat…get this…at night you would load the furnace with coal…then wet in down with water…during the night the hot coals would dry out the new wet coals so, by the time it took to dry you would have a nice warm theatre by noon…and the down side a cold theatre by evening…AND THIS JUST IN…in the winter kids would sneak in sliding down the coal shoot..
my mom, as a child, saw martha ray live on stage with my mother,
i, as a child, my grandmother would take me to the madison…
as an adult i was manager of the madison..many fond family MADISON
MEMORIES…
i only ran one side not the porno…the only time staff would go over there is to get ice cream..the freezer by the rear exit of #2
…..that shows at one time the twins were run as rko twins before porno..it was a split operation at very best leased..
wally1975
sorry took so long to get back to you re: rko 59th
there were alot of theatre name changes in the 70’s…on the east side..what i remember about 59 is that when i was manager the theare
seemed new in every way…i think i mentioned once before..each theatre was a true twin..if you look at the pictures see one twin see the other…the theatre was called rko 59th street east..
the word twin was never used…twin 2 was run by guy’s like ie:
al goldstien [screw mag fame].it was a high end porno complete with red carpet openings…i don’t know if rko owned both sides and rented
the other or what…i think before the porno thay may have run it as a twin…the reason i think so is, rko had a thing for twins and tripplex theatre’s…the 59th looked like the long island twins they put up smoked glass red and blue lobby lights…the concept was
one movie both theatres shows at 123456789+10..
rko would send me to any theatre that had some kind of problem..
i started at 181 st. filled in at penthouse,madison and the fordham.
i told ed about what i’m about to share with you..the 59th had to be
newer the most of the east side fare…it had no rear exits. it was
tucked between and backed by other buildings..if you go back to the
pictures you see an exit at the left side of the screen,when you go through the the exit you go down stairs and through a tunnel under the theatre and then up a few steps through exit doors that put you
back on 59th street..next to the lobby..wally1975
we had a screening of savage at the squire for long island managers
trish was there…[i was manager of squire and playhouse] at that time and shortly after promoted to rivoli where we had world prem.
george did show up…..incest plot killed it.
WENT BY SATURDAY…STILL A BINGO HALL…
AT LEAST IT’S STILL THERE!
have you been to the squire lately?
they really diced it up….
when you walk in the door the first theatre to your right was once
a store called bermains…or something like that…the screening room
ua had, when the home office was upstairs was bigger…
wally
it was still 1 screen in late 70’s….under rko…
i worked there before i went to 59th street…
wally1975
don’t know what it means but…lights are back on…
wally
bettiepage
isip just closed this past labor day…listed islip triplex…
wally
THIS JUST IN…CLOSED BY HEALTH DEPT…LEASE REVERTS BACK TO OWNERS.
[OVER HEARD]ANOTHER THEATRE CHAIN MAYBE INTERESTED IN IT…
WALLY1975
THIS JUST IN…BABYLON HAD A MAKE OVER LAST MONTH…NEW SEATS
SNACK BAR…HIGH BACK SEATS WITH PLENTY OF LEG ROOM..
CHECK IT OUT..
WALLY 75
the lights are out…
wally
l i movies
no…i went by there again tonight still no change..
i will check with town hall monday…
from babylon to saville no theatres…
clearview should buy it..babylon’s a triplex..other then a good clean up islip is fine…
wally
ps: cinema had it’s own entrance and exit..
as did the farmers market..
wally
ed
the drive way that leads to the big store [maybe home depot]..is the same drive way used to get to the di boxoffice…
also pier 1 is on the spot of the cinema bayshore..
when you looked out the front of the cinema slightly to your right
was the bayshore roller rink..
the cinema was on it’s own lot…as was the farmers market..
remember to hang up your speakers before you pull out!!!!
wally75
here now the news…drove by theatre…was dark except for a light in the box office area…got out of the car…weeks worth of mail was shoved under the door….west side marquee still had someones
happy bithday on it…on the north side was an ad for some place
having a grand opening sept 3rd…they sold ad space and bithdays..
so my quess is they closed labor day weekend…for they in the past never had anything on the north marquee but the 3 features playing
that week…the only sign was the 1 sheet talking the $4.00 tuesday
nothing about being closed…being away from long island so long
i don’t have many contacts..if someone out there knows someone in the operaters union or someone in a large chain maybe they know more something..
what ever happend they were in a hurry…also, someone who would know called me at wnyg radio and said they were very behinde on the water bill…no water no flush no film…
we need lotto winners or deep pockets or another cvs store will be there…after all..it is on a corner..
HELP!!
WALLY 75
as a movie booker once told me….
as long as the picture is good, the sound is good..
people will put up with a little dirt…
the best night was tuesday…first run movies just $4.00..
pretty busy..
keep your feet off the seats………..
wally75
this just in ISLIP TRIPLEX CLOSED…
i called sayville…they use to co owned…sayville says..has no idea.
lets hope it will be open soon….
wally 1975
i don’t remember anything in there pryer to 1980…it could have been in the 80’s..after a burn -out summer and fall i took a cross
country drive to calif. when i got back i ran babyhugies in commack
part of the obi chain…in the summers i would live and work in hamton bays at obi east and also an on air shift at WLNG,sagharbor..
early 80’s left new york to work in my first love radio..
20 something years later back on long island doing just that..
THIS JUST IN……ISIP THEATRE MAY BE CLOSED….FILM AT 11..
oh yah..back to lost memory…it may have not been a storm but,
enough for me to take lirr and 2 buss’s to get to the madison..
wally1975
i’m thinking jan of 77…i do remember a snow storm
right before it closed…if that helps…i’m sure there’s a weather web that could pin point the month and year..as far as the movie..
sorry i can’t help you…i was to busy cleaning out files and snack bars to remember that…
after that they fired the manager of 59th street east…i went there…did star wars come out in spring 77?? if it did that was the year..[winter] madison closed..i asked for more money…with that
there was a price…they sent me to fordham and the picture was
star wars…star wars played in the old balcony and they had two
pictures in each of the downstairs smaller theatres..the picture downstairs was an hard “R” called GUMS! a soft porn kinda' like jaws
about a mermaid that gave head…and bit off more then she could chew…to the tune of the jaws theme music track..
did elvis die in aug 77/? during the summer run of star wars was playing then and then came the black out..and riots..
if the events above happened in 77 then the madison closed in jan or feb of 77.
more later on the rko radio network
wally 1975
wally 1975
I was the last manager of the madison as rko…roll up to june 6th of this year….i think i was put there to close the place, though not telling me at the time…there was a manager there, can’t remember his name old enough for me to call him mister [that old]..
rko didn’t want to put any money into it..ie: ac and heat…the only up side was a great staff trying to keep things together for many like myself was the theatre of our childhood life…yes, near the end rko did play alot of underbelly movies…reason why..you book them for a flat fee…anything over that was yours…most patrons at that time were under 25…lack of heat and air not a problem for them, just a place to be….just a side bar..like most theatres in
the day…coal..was the heat…get this…at night you would load the furnace with coal…then wet in down with water…during the night the hot coals would dry out the new wet coals so, by the time it took to dry you would have a nice warm theatre by noon…and the down side a cold theatre by evening…AND THIS JUST IN…in the winter kids would sneak in sliding down the coal shoot..
my mom, as a child, saw martha ray live on stage with my mother,
i, as a child, my grandmother would take me to the madison…
as an adult i was manager of the madison..many fond family MADISON
MEMORIES…
keep your feet off the seats!
wally
I was the last manager of the madison as rko…roll up to june 6th of this year….i think i was put there to close the place, though not telling me at the time…there was a manager there, can’t remember his name old enough for me to call him mister [that old]..
rko didn’t want to put any money into it..ie: ac and heat…the only up side was a great staff trying to keep things together for many like myself was the theatre of our childhood life…yes, near the end rko did play alot of underbelly movies…reason why..you book them for a flat fee…anything over that was yours…most patrons at that time were under 25…lack of heat and air not a problem for them, just a place to be….just a side bar..like most theatres in
the day…coal..was the heat…get this…at night you would load the furnace with coal…then wet in down with water…during the night the hot coals would dry out the new wet coals so, by the time it took to dry you would have a nice warm theatre by noon…and the down side a cold theatre by evening…AND THIS JUST IN…in the winter kids would sneak in sliding down the coal shoot..
my mom, as a child, saw martha ray live on stage with my mother,
i, as a child, my grandmother would take me to the madison…
as an adult i was manager of the madison..many fond family MADISON
MEMORIES…
keep your feet off the seats!
wally
i only ran one side not the porno…the only time staff would go over there is to get ice cream..the freezer by the rear exit of #2
…..that shows at one time the twins were run as rko twins before porno..it was a split operation at very best leased..
wally1975
hey ed and company:
sorry took so long to get back to you re: rko 59th
there were alot of theatre name changes in the 70’s…on the east side..what i remember about 59 is that when i was manager the theare
seemed new in every way…i think i mentioned once before..each theatre was a true twin..if you look at the pictures see one twin see the other…the theatre was called rko 59th street east..
the word twin was never used…twin 2 was run by guy’s like ie:
al goldstien [screw mag fame].it was a high end porno complete with red carpet openings…i don’t know if rko owned both sides and rented
the other or what…i think before the porno thay may have run it as a twin…the reason i think so is, rko had a thing for twins and tripplex theatre’s…the 59th looked like the long island twins they put up smoked glass red and blue lobby lights…the concept was
one movie both theatres shows at 123456789+10..
rko would send me to any theatre that had some kind of problem..
i started at 181 st. filled in at penthouse,madison and the fordham.
i told ed about what i’m about to share with you..the 59th had to be
newer the most of the east side fare…it had no rear exits. it was
tucked between and backed by other buildings..if you go back to the
pictures you see an exit at the left side of the screen,when you go through the the exit you go down stairs and through a tunnel under the theatre and then up a few steps through exit doors that put you
back on 59th street..next to the lobby..wally1975
gustavelifting
go back to june o6 may answer some questions…
wally 1975
erra in posting
for sale $775,000.00
we had a screening of savage at the squire for long island managers
trish was there…[i was manager of squire and playhouse] at that time and shortly after promoted to rivoli where we had world prem.
george did show up…..incest plot killed it.
wally1975
that’s it thanks
wally75