New York Theatre
1482 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
1482 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Brandt Theaters
Architects: Eugene DeRosa
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: Globe Theatre, Cine 43, Nuevo Cine 1 & 2, Big Apple Theatre, Show Follies
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Built on the site of the George M. Cohen Theatre which was demolished in 1938. This small Art Moderne theatre was built by the Brandt Circuit, with Eugene DeRosa as architect, on part of the site of the by then demolished George M. Cohan’s Theatre. The New York Theatre first opened April 19, 1940 as a newsreel theatre, but was soon showing Hollywood revivals and occasional first-runs. In 1957, when Brandt sold the nearby original Globe Theatre for conversion back into a playhouse (as the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre), the New York Theatre was re-named the Globe Theatre on May 22, 1958 screening Arne Ragnaborn in “The Vicious Breed”.
Due to its location at the crossroads of Broadway and W. 42nd Street, the Globe Theatre became a haven for “adult” movies before switching to hard-core pornography.
From May 28, 1982 until March 1983 it operated as Cine 43. In March 1983 it was twinned and became known as Nuevo Cine 1 and 2 with seating for 340 & 360. Before closing for demolition in the 1990’s, the policy switched from porn to Spanish-speaking imports, sometimes shown without English subtitles.
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Nice article Al.
I am working on a project to document the history of adult theatres in the US. If anyone has any person memories of the Globe/ Big Apple they would be willing to share, please contact me at mjprigge at uwm dot edu
Circa 1940’s photo added, photo credit Andreas Feininger.
1952 photo added courtesy of Al Ponte’s Time Machine – New York Facebook page.
1955 photo added via Al Ponte’s Time Machine-New York Facebook page. Partial marquee behind an awning.
The New York was re-launched as the Globe Theatre on May 22nd, 1958, with the American premiere engagement of “The Vicious Breed,” a Swedish melodrama about juvenile delinquency. The original Globe had re-opened as the “legit” Lunt-Fontanne in April of that same year.
As per a Variety article published on March 30, 1983: This theater was twinned in March ‘83 and reopened in April as the Nuevo Cine 1 & 2, “operated by Sergio Medina, who runs the prestigious Cine 1 & 2 locations at Broadway and 46th Street.” Nuevo Cine 1 had 340 seats, Nuevo Cine 2 had 360. Previously the theater had operated as a kung fu house called the Cine 43 (from May 28, 1982 to March 20, 1983) — something I posted here 13 years ago but apparently went unnoticed, as Cine 43 was never added as a previous name.
Poman, I can second your “Cine 43” claim in 1982-1983, it is in the DAILY NEWS archives. I have not yet found a Nuevo Cine listing. Were the films in Spanish?
Hi Al - Yes, like the other Medina-owned twin in Times Square, the Nuevo Cine 1 & 2 ran Spanish-language movies that were usually only advertised in El Diario.