Glenwood Theater

The Antoinette Theatre opened in Sept. 1914 at this address with a capacity listed at 565. Various sources state that the Glenwood, on Flatbush, closed in 1939. It is listed as such in the 1947 Film Daily Yearbook. Another Glenwood Theatre at 1520 Flatbush is listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-15. As for the Glenwood on Myrtle, it opened September 23rd,1921.

When the new Century College Theater opened in 1938, the Glenwood which was lovated only two short blocks away on Flatbush Avenue was closed. It was later a bowling alley and then a catering hall post WW2. It was only a couple blocks south of the Century Farragut Theater.

My bank has a old photo of the block and the former Antoinette/Glenwood as a wedding facility called the _____ Terrace (Oops! the name escapes me, getting older is not what it used to be). I willpost the name in a few days and by the way it was a 1940’s photo. Also in the same photo is the Farragut Theatre, a little further north on Flatbush Ave. I guess being in the middle between the Century’s Farragut and College Theatres, the Glenwood had no chance of survival. Century Theatres had a monopoly on Flatbush Avenue with 6 theatres nestled from Midwood Street and the Junction. Name all six if you read this post. I gave you two.