Acme Theatre

67-14 Myrtle Avenue,
Glendale, NY 11385

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RobertR
RobertR on April 15, 2004 at 12:56 pm

I went to school at St Pancras and remember the Victorian House being a real popular place in the 60’s and 70’s. Besides regular catering events they once in awhile booked shows there, where you would get dinner, drinks and the show. I remember Frank Sinatra Jr. one time and Lou Monte another. The funniest thing was when Frank Jr played they had this huge banner New Years Eve Show with Frank Sinatra and then in tiny letters Jr.

Bway
Bway on April 15, 2004 at 12:48 pm

Robert, I don’t know too much else about the Acme aside from in it’s life as the catering hall, and even that, I only visited once, so don’t really remember the interior. I also vaguely remember that there was Social Security Office somewhere in the theater.
I wish there was website online somewhere that had photos of old theaters, either current or historical. They seem very hard to find.

RobertR
RobertR on April 15, 2004 at 11:22 am

Its 3 blocks from St Pancras a far walk from the Glenwood. Bdwy do you know anything about the ACME, when it closed or what it ran?

Bway
Bway on April 15, 2004 at 11:19 am

They were probably much more than 7 blocks apart (many of the numbers repeat themselves – 64th St, 64th Pl, etc). The Glenwood was actually about a block away from the trestle, and probably the theater Bob is thinking of. The Acme, aka the Victorian House caterers, was on the other side of the trestle, and many many blocks away, near St Pancras Church on Myrtle.

RobertR
RobertR on March 25, 2004 at 9:02 am

This is not near the trestle, you may be thinking of the Glenwood also on Myrtle Avenue.

bobditt
bobditt on March 20, 2004 at 7:01 pm

I remember my brother Carl taking me to see my first W.C.Fields movie here.It was the one with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in it.I think the title was NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK.Sadly I don’t remember what the theater looked like.I do remember the location near the trestle.
Bob Dittmeier