In 1991-1992, this briefly became known as ‘Cinema 12th street’ as the ‘Cinema Village’ name moved to the Bijou. By 1993 they were know as the ‘Cinema Village’ and the ‘Cinema Village on 3rd Avenue’, respectively.
The X was the only rating that could be self imposed without even submitting the film. Studios fought the rating in the late seventies and eighties, but they sought it in the early days when it was box office bait. Once you advertised the film as ‘X’ you could not change it for a year even if you had been awarded an R. Variety says “COWBOY” originally got an R and UA went with an X anyway. They eventually went back to the R when many malls started banning X films. “A CLOCKWORK ORANGE”, for example, was cut and re-submitted a year after the first release.
“MIDNIGHT COWBOY” never got an “X”. It received an “R” rating and decided to go with the “X” instead. It was allowed to revert to the “R” rating a year later, as per the rules.
“MIDNIGHT COWBOY” had a self imposed X rating and became a big hit. Jack Valenti did more for X-rated films by attacking this film than he could have possibly imagined. After this film became a hit, mainstream Hollywood studios (Universal & Fox), self imposed X-ratings on many of their movies and were greatly rewarded for it by the boxoffice.
David, there were groups that did that back then, but they mostly rented existing theatres. The old Grove Movie on Virginia Street and the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Coral Gables before it became the Cinematheque, often played film society shows.
The Embassy was showing “GRAND ILLUSION”, the Alden (Regency) was not advertising and the Lincoln Square was long gone. The NYT Times Machine is your best, but that is what pretty much what I can see there.
The Embassy 72nd street was open in 1959, as was the Alden (later Regency), Studio (later Cinema Studio), Beacon, Loews 83rd Street, Colon, and Colony right up to the Yorktown on 89th Street (later the New Yorker). The Loews 83rd Street played “ANATOMY” in late November.
By the way, “ANATOMY OF A MURDER” was playing on Friday, November 27 with a featurette called THE WONDERS OF PUERTO RICO". The Loews 72nd street is listed here but the search feature does not appear to work.
Easy. The hundreds of thousands of us who live in Hudson Yards, Hells kitchen and Lincoln Center who don’t want to go to The Village to see a movie when The Empire, 34th Street, and Regal E-walk are all showing the same ten super hero comic movies on every screen.
I don’t think I have ever been in their men’s room.
In 1991-1992, this briefly became known as ‘Cinema 12th street’ as the ‘Cinema Village’ name moved to the Bijou. By 1993 they were know as the ‘Cinema Village’ and the ‘Cinema Village on 3rd Avenue’, respectively.
bigjoe, why aren’t you commenting about this on the Orpheum page?
That was pretty great NYer!
The X was the only rating that could be self imposed without even submitting the film. Studios fought the rating in the late seventies and eighties, but they sought it in the early days when it was box office bait. Once you advertised the film as ‘X’ you could not change it for a year even if you had been awarded an R. Variety says “COWBOY” originally got an R and UA went with an X anyway. They eventually went back to the R when many malls started banning X films. “A CLOCKWORK ORANGE”, for example, was cut and re-submitted a year after the first release.
“MIDNIGHT COWBOY” never got an “X”. It received an “R” rating and decided to go with the “X” instead. It was allowed to revert to the “R” rating a year later, as per the rules.
“MIDNIGHT COWBOY” had a self imposed X rating and became a big hit. Jack Valenti did more for X-rated films by attacking this film than he could have possibly imagined. After this film became a hit, mainstream Hollywood studios (Universal & Fox), self imposed X-ratings on many of their movies and were greatly rewarded for it by the boxoffice.
“WITHOUT A STITCH” opened at the State and the Cine (Orpheum 2) in January 1970. It was rated X at the time.
David, I seem to recall something called ‘Intermedia’ that ran Andy Warhol and other avant garde films back in the early seventies.
David, there were groups that did that back then, but they mostly rented existing theatres. The old Grove Movie on Virginia Street and the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Coral Gables before it became the Cinematheque, often played film society shows.
Miami’s longest-running 35mm film screening series. Really? How is that really possible?
http://www.miamitodaynews.com/2018/05/08/city-of-miami-may-buy-renovate-former-theater/
If you scroll all the way down on that site, it says it is closed.
Regal operated it when it was sold in 1999 and then closed in 2000. Wometco probably still owned the property.
Exactly when did you think that couldn’t be required in this country? You can also require the applicant to speak English AND Spanish.
The Embassy was showing “GRAND ILLUSION”, the Alden (Regency) was not advertising and the Lincoln Square was long gone. The NYT Times Machine is your best, but that is what pretty much what I can see there.
The Embassy 72nd street was open in 1959, as was the Alden (later Regency), Studio (later Cinema Studio), Beacon, Loews 83rd Street, Colon, and Colony right up to the Yorktown on 89th Street (later the New Yorker). The Loews 83rd Street played “ANATOMY” in late November.
And, Guarina, the Loew’s 72nd street was on the East Side.
Guarina, scroll up to “nearby theatres” and you will find some. Start here
By the way, “ANATOMY OF A MURDER” was playing on Friday, November 27 with a featurette called THE WONDERS OF PUERTO RICO". The Loews 72nd street is listed here but the search feature does not appear to work.
Guarina, the original Lincoln Square burned down in 1950.
Guarina, the Loews 72nd street was showing “LIBEL” with Olivia de Havilland and Dirk Bogarde plus “THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN HAWKS” with Robert Taylor.
Easy. The hundreds of thousands of us who live in Hudson Yards, Hells kitchen and Lincoln Center who don’t want to go to The Village to see a movie when The Empire, 34th Street, and Regal E-walk are all showing the same ten super hero comic movies on every screen.
Mike (saps), you will find those lists around page 73.
The Christmas 1969 film at the State One was “Gaily, Gaily” with Beau Bridges. A rare film to find today.