Barnes Theatre
Allerton Avenue and Barnes Avenue,
Bronx,
NY
10467
Allerton Avenue and Barnes Avenue,
Bronx,
NY
10467
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The address given up top is for the Allerton Theatre. The Barnes Theatre was at the corner of Allerton Ave & Barnes Ave.
Having now some access to some more editions of Film Daily Yearbooks, the Barnes Theatre is first listed as open in 1933 (1,300 seats Allerton Avenue and Barnes Avenue). From 1934 – 1940 it is listed as (Closed), then disappears from future listings. Could it only have operated as a movie theatre for 1 year, then went over to live theatre use, or was it ‘mothballed’, never to reopen?
The 1,232-seat Allerton Theatre is listed as open during these years.
I have just added the Allerton Theatre, its location is very close to what’s given here for the Barnes Theatre, but maps out a couple of blocks away from Barnes Ave.
I don’t have any record of a Barnes Theatre before 1930 nor after 1941 and unfortunately I don’t have any F.D.Y. for 1931 through 1940 to check and see if both the Allerton and the Barnes are listed.
The Allerton Theatre opened in 1927 and I have it listed with that name through to 1957 in F.D.Y. that I have.
The Mike Rivest Ultimate Theatre Guide has the Barnes Theatre operating from 1935 through 1940. Anyone know what happened after that?