Harris Theatre
226 W. 42nd Street,
New York,
NY
10036
226 W. 42nd Street,
New York,
NY
10036
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The former Harris Theatre is actually next door, to the right of the McDonald’s featured in the photo Bryan links to; its one-time (and entirely gutted interior) space is currently occupied by the New York branch of Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum.
Most of the old 42nd St movie theaters can currently be seen on a Travel Channel show focusing on Times Square. The clips of the Deuce are during the mid-70s and current timeframes. It was shown on December 26. So it should be still in its rotation.
Jerry 42nd Street Memories
The Harris Theatre’s days as a moviehouse ended in June of 1994, with the Keanu Reeves-Sandra Bullock action opus, “Speed”, as one of its final two offerings. The day after the Harris closed – and following several delays – the ultimately short-lived (June 1994-March 1996), 5-screen Movieplex 42, which was located a few doors down from the Harris, heading towards 8th Avenue, opened for business.
The Harris of the 50s & 60s would show fairly current double features, usually one week after they debuted at the New Amsterdam, which was its next-door neighbor. Jerry the K
Minor correction: The Harris remained an active movie house into the very early ‘90’s. It was the very last of the original 42nd street playhouses turned 24-hour movie grindhouses to be closed and reclaimed by the 42nd Street redevelopment project.