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guarina commented about Uptown Theatre on Jun 9, 2013 at 11:56 am

I remember seeing a movie with Bill Haley and the Comets there, and one with Dámaso Pérez Prado in ‘56, maybe “Mambo Mania” or “The Mambo Kings”.

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guarina commented about Concourse Theatre on May 28, 2013 at 12:07 pm

I cannot remember whether it was there that I saw “One Summer of Happiness” with Folke Sundquist and Ulla Jacobsson in 1954. I had a pen pal send me Olof Ekström’s book Sommardansen in Swedish, which I still have and have never been able to read because I don’t speak Swedish. Maybe somebody can tell me if it was there that it played.

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guarina commented about Cine Zayden on Jan 24, 2013 at 9:02 pm

This movie theater was designed by architect Rogelio Pérez Cubilas and built by constructor José Mitjans.

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guarina commented about Cine Santos Suarez on Jan 23, 2013 at 2:40 pm

This movie theater was built in its time in Art-Déco style. It had two enormous floor fans on the balcony level at either side of the screen before the doors of the restrooms. It showed “Dónde andarán nuestros hijos”, Mexican movies “Así se quiere en Jalisco” with Jorge Negrete and María Elena Marqués in color, “Ella la inolvidable” with Lina Montes and Luis Aldás, 1942 Argentinean movie “Adolescencia” with Pola Alonso, “A Date with Judy”, 1948, with Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Powell, and every year on Easter Sunday, the Mexican film “La vida, pasión y muerte de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo” of 1942 with José Cibrián. I remember in the candy counter at the entrance in 1950 they sold Adams two-piece gum boxes for 2¢. It was demolished or collapsed.

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guarina commented about Gonzalez Cinematograph on Jan 22, 2013 at 12:33 pm

I don’t believe there was ever such a theater. Cinematograuho is not a word, the Fausto was at Prado 201 y Colón, the Negrete was at Prado 207 y Trocadero. It is shown on the street map on the east side of Prado and Animas; #210 would have placed it on the west side of Prado between Colón and Trocadero. The Casino Español was at Prado 302 and Animas. González ends in a z. It isn’t listed in the telephone directory of April, 1958, nor in the 19th Annual edition of the Cuban Cinematographic and Radial Annuary. The Payret was at Prado 507 between San José and Teniente Rey, the “Capitolio” at Prado 563 between Teniente Rey and Dragones. What did open in 1908 was the Gran Teatro Tacón (later Nacional) at Prado 452 y San Rafael.

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guarina commented about Cine Ideal on Jan 12, 2013 at 9:09 pm

Saw 1986 Japanese film “The Adventures of Chatran” there on Monday, January 2, 1989.

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guarina commented about Cine Variedades on Jan 12, 2013 at 8:54 pm

I saw 1972 Italian film “Hermano sol, hermana luna”, there in the spring of 1983, with Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Valentina Cortese and Alec Guinness.

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guarina commented about Teatro Karl Marx on Jan 9, 2013 at 12:08 pm

This theater opened on December 30, 1949, the property of Senator Alfredo Hornedo Suárez, with the name Blanquita, after his second wife, Blanca Maruri, with Lou Walter’s production “From New York to Paris”.

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guarina commented about Cine Roli on Dec 16, 2012 at 11:41 am

Cine Roli was located in the municipality of Marianao.

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guarina commented about Cine Buenos Aires on Dec 16, 2012 at 11:35 am

Cine Buenos Aires was located in the municipality of Marianao.

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guarina commented about Cine Sara on Dec 16, 2012 at 11:33 am

Cine Sara was located in the municipality of Marianao.

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guarina commented about Cine Record on Dec 16, 2012 at 11:31 am

Cine Record was located at Avenida 51 between Calles 100 and 102.

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guarina commented about Cine Lux on Dec 16, 2012 at 11:27 am

Cine Lux was located at Avenida 29 between Calles 56 and 58.

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guarina commented about Cine Monaco on Dec 15, 2012 at 6:53 pm

This movie theater was located on Mayía Rodríguez between Acosta and Amado in the Víbora district to the south of the city.

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guarina commented about Cine Manzanares on Dec 15, 2012 at 6:47 pm

This movie theater had a small arched portico, it was across Infanta from the Quinta de los Molinos. I remember seeing “The Black Hand” with Gene Kelly there on my birthday in 1959. A candy vendor sold French burnt peanuts down the aisle at intermission.

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guarina commented about Cine Ma'Ra on Dec 15, 2012 at 6:44 pm

This movie theater was located between Gral. Lee and Lacret streets. It was cozy, my very favorite as a child, especially in winter, and only 20¢. I remember seeing Virginia Mayo, Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman movies there, with Harry James, Dick Haymes, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, “Leave Her to Heaven” with Gene Tierney and Jeanne Crain. In the evening in summer they opened a small window high on the east side to let the breeze in. A stand on the portico of the Café Cristal next door sold the best “fritas” ever.

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guarina commented about Cine Lawton on Dec 15, 2012 at 6:40 pm

This movie theater was located in Lawton district to the southeast of Havana. It was fairly close to the Erie.

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guarina commented about Teatro Sant Boi on Dec 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm

This movie theater is erroneously positioned on Lombillo street in El Cerro.

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guarina commented about Cine Foxa on Dec 15, 2012 at 6:29 pm

This little movie theater, possibly the smallest in the city, was located on Calle M between 17 and 19 in the FOCSA building. There was a quaint ice cream parlor next to it and the Scheherazade night club.

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guarina commented about Cine Erie on Dec 15, 2012 at 6:25 pm

This movie theater was located in the Lawton district to the southeast of Havana.

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guarina commented about Cine Dora on Dec 15, 2012 at 6:19 pm

This theater was located on Calzada de Luyanó between 10 de Octubre and Marqués de la Torre. I never went, but I remember my school mates mentioned it a lot, I understand admission was 10¢ when we were children. It is erroneously positioned on Lombillo street in El Cerro.

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guarina commented about Cine Majestic on Dec 15, 2012 at 12:54 pm

This theater, near the Verdún and closer to Trocadero street of the pair, had a sliding ceiling that opened over the audience at night, allowing the spectators to watch the movie under the starry sky.

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guarina commented about Cine Verdun on Dec 15, 2012 at 12:52 pm

This theater, near the Majestic and closer to Animas street of the pair, had a sliding ceiling that opened over the audience at night, allowing the spectators to watch the movie under the starry sky.

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guarina commented about Cine Strand on Dec 15, 2012 at 12:36 pm

This movie theater was located on San Miguel street between Aramburu and Hospital in front of the Trillo park with its statue of General Quintín Banderas Betancourt. It is erroneously positioned in the Víbora district.

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guarina commented about Edad de Oro on Dec 15, 2012 at 12:18 pm

It showed first-run movies. In 1958, admission was $1.