I have many photos of the Huntington Theatre, but you’ll have to go to the Huntington Historical Society and the Huntington Library to access them and get permission to use them as I did.
There all original photos and many more of the Station Theatre and others on New York Avenue. However Century ruled Huntington with five locations! There are original building and opening photographs of Century’s Huntington, real cool! I believe the lobby only has some theatre features. The Balcony had the original theatre’s features down to the spatter rug that Century designed for all their locations. A short live gym occupied the leveled orchestra floor. The Balcony was huge and used the the staircase, upstairs lounge and restrooms were from the original theatre and updated.
There is a big faux-pas in the overview. The Huntington Theatre closed in 1971-2 with “Fritz The Cat”, when the nearby Century’s Shore was finally twinned. It had NOTHING to do with Century’s takeover of RKO-Stanley Warner. That happened in 1983 or so. At a point about 1979, the balcony became known as the Balcony Theatre sort of making the theatre a stadium seater to the disliking of Century Theatres which had a clause of no movies being shown there. Ushers, employees and managenent were sent there over the weekends to do house counts on the Balcony,of course buying a ticket and changing into street our street clothes before going over there. They played cult,rock and other films but never mainstream first run product. How do I know????, because I was a Century assistant area manager at the York, Whitman and the Shore and I went to the Balcony several times. Please try to eliminate the “Century-RKO merger” from Warren’s comment, they are untrue. Corrections are necessary so that people get the best information from people who have experienced the situation.
The Paris can be seen in the 1969 movie “Eye Of The Cat” with it’s marquee lights on. In the scene, Gayle Hunnicut is driving Michael Sarrazin to a spa for a makeover treatment for her insidious plot. The footage looks like rear end projection with them in the car in front of it (as they did it then). Was it an adult theatre 1n 1969, the print was on a bootleg copy and you can’t decipher the features on the marquee but it is the Paris as
the vertical sign “caught my eye” (forgive the pun. The movie is now available on Blu-Ray after 50 years! Universal has to get into thier vaults and start releasing some of thier films from the 1960’s. What’s the matter with Comcast? Even Mary Tyler Moore’s several movies for them remain unreleased, how about a box set??? Comcast needs to sit on a thumbtack!!!!
Just kidding boys and girls, America’s classics go down the drain.
On Broadway besides the Astor, Loew’s State had “THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLAIRE” on it’s single screen, The Penthouse had “FINIAN’S RAINBOW” while the CINERAMA had “ICE STATION ZEBRA”. “HANG ‘EM HIGH” (Single Feature) at the Victoria AND “RACHEL, rachel at the FORUM 47th ST. "THE FAMILY WAY” at the EMBASSY.
"Midnight Cowboy was filmed in the spring and summer of 1968 and one of my all time favorites. I saw the second run at Century's College with "ALICE'S RESTAURANT", a double-bill in 1970.
The features are “FRANKENSTEIN CONQUORS THE WORLD” and “TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD” at the Empire, “YOURS, MINE AND OURS” at the Astor. “THE NOTORIOUS DIARY OF FANNY HILL” at the VICTORY, “THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR” at the Harris with a co-feature. The LIBERTY had “THE TWISTED SEX” and “SEX DIARY OF JUSTUNE”. Also the scene in the theatre where Joe Buck gets serviced in the balcony was playing “THE SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN WIFE” and “VOYAGE TO SPACE” which is on the screen at the time of the “job”. Another double feature was “HANG ‘EM HIGH” and “A CANDIDATE FOR MURDER”, “MAJOR DUNDEE” and “THE MAN FROM GALVESTON”. Another is “BONNIE AND CLYDE” and “A COVENANT WITH DEATH” and that’s April 1968 on 42nd Street.
The Halloween Matinee was at the No. (North) Babylon. Due to proximity to the Lindenhurst, it was rare that they played the same movie, even though it happened a couple of times with Children’s matinees, but not in this instance. Lindenhurst was the popular with Disney and young folks shows. Reason… no parking at Babylon.
Seen in the 1970 movie “Flap” in a march scene (vertical sign only) if you have good eyes and use the slow motion device on your remote. On Warner Home Video (some years back.
The vertical sign of the Kimo Theatre can be seen in the 1970 Anthony Quinn movie “Flap” during the first 5 minutes. And later on while marching on Central Avenue, the features on the marquee were “Destroy All Monsters” and “The Conqueror Worm”, 2 A.I.P. features. If you look carefully in that scene, SUN ‘N’ FUN are on the front of the marquee. Also the vertical for the State Theatre can be seen. At the end though, two marquees on the Warner’s backlot are seen, one with “Nobody Loves A Drunken Indian” on which “Flap is based and few doors down the high-hat marquee of "House of Wax” 3D museum from the 1953 movie. “Flap” was a flop and played one week during Christmas or New Years Day 1970-71. Each day the ads for the week stated “Starts Today”! Never saw it at the Brandt’s Astor in Flatbush or Century’s Elm in Midwood, Brooklyn. However, it was released by WB, a Kinney Co. on DVD where there is a Kinney Shoe Store next to the Kimo Theatre.
Saw “2001: A Space Odyssey” here at $20. a ticket (But in the large intact original auditorium where “The Night They Raided Minsky’s” 50 years ago.) “Minsky’s” opened at Christmas 1968 and played well into 1969. A 50th year screening here where it was filmed on the date it opened would be a real treat! Maybe they can get Elliott Gould to make an appearance. Hint … Hint Village Cinemas? ? Pretty please. From a patron who loves your theatres.
Someone was sleeping at the copy department at National General who sent this ad out to the papers without the 7:00 PM showing and was this 3D movie in 70MM ? ? ? Hmm…
It is possible that the Strand was renamed the Warner in the interim of the Stanley Warner takeover. Nods are given to the Warner which was the name change to the pre-Cinerama presentation days to differentiate its' regulay movie days. The NY and Brooklyn Strand Theatres were still with some people I worked with at the Granada Theatre in Brooklyn (a matron) as the Mark Strand Theatre in 1970… in referring to it (theatre hadclosed i the mid- 1950’s). She also worked the “S” theatres… Stone, Stadium and Supreme Theatres as well as the Ambassador all near her home. Nice story, Huh?
Great shot, I wish it was in better focus. The Loew’s Pitkin was one of the highest seller of War Bonds in Brooklyn. I read this in the Variety Magazines of that time. The only theatre I would like to time warp to (along with the 72nd Street). I saw the Pitkin exterior open with “Bloody Mama” and “Wild In The Streets” on the marquee, a rainy Monday afternoon with the marquee and vertical lights on. “L O E W ‘ S” was removed but PITKIN was illuminated in neon, 85% working. Emblazenned in my memory!
Demolition of the interior of the transient hotel (the seven story front of the Coney Island Building) and full demolition of the interior of the auditorium will start within the next few weeks as the building will now be known as the Shore Tower LLC. I never was in this one.
Boo-hoo!
The original Ziegfeld can be seen in “Sweet Smell Of Success” in a lenghty scene with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis (who enters from the stage door), and Martin Milner (Adam-12) who comes in through the front door, lobby features seen as well as carpeting (great shots) and the auditorium showimg orchestra, balcony with three
exit doors at different levels and a sidewall decorative
grill. The stage was being used for a TV taping of a columnists' report Burt’s “J.J.” character. The scene lasts 15 minutes so you can’t miss it.
I don’t know if this has been posted before.
“Death In Venice” came out in 1970-1, the small theatres didn’t exist then, it was a different Dirk Bogarde movie, maybe “Daddy Nostolgia” if my memory still serves me.
The organ was played right up to the time of the Disney Festivals of 1975-1978, by a POrt Washington THS member who told me she played Disney standards during the festivals. Mr. Djiji was offered money for it but wanted more and as he was soon triplex the theatre. Sadly, the organ console, pipes and motors were destroyed in the conversion of the theatre and he didn’t get a dime for a still playable organ. The projectionist at the time I was there told me about it and he had a piece of it which was of wood that said “Chime”. Glad to add this for you since if I would have died of a heart attack that I had this past March, this tidbit would not be here today for you to rest your minds of the Beacon’s organ.
As of this date, scaffolding is in place on the street level and a NYC Dept. of Bldgs. notice on the front doors. Also graffiti on the left yellow brick up high but fortunately not on the glazed terra cotta. I hope it will not be torn down. (I believe the church owners won’t let it go!) I’ll keep posting!
I have many photos of the Huntington Theatre, but you’ll have to go to the Huntington Historical Society and the Huntington Library to access them and get permission to use them as I did. There all original photos and many more of the Station Theatre and others on New York Avenue. However Century ruled Huntington with five locations! There are original building and opening photographs of Century’s Huntington, real cool! I believe the lobby only has some theatre features. The Balcony had the original theatre’s features down to the spatter rug that Century designed for all their locations. A short live gym occupied the leveled orchestra floor. The Balcony was huge and used the the staircase, upstairs lounge and restrooms were from the original theatre and updated.
There is a big faux-pas in the overview. The Huntington Theatre closed in 1971-2 with “Fritz The Cat”, when the nearby Century’s Shore was finally twinned. It had NOTHING to do with Century’s takeover of RKO-Stanley Warner. That happened in 1983 or so. At a point about 1979, the balcony became known as the Balcony Theatre sort of making the theatre a stadium seater to the disliking of Century Theatres which had a clause of no movies being shown there. Ushers, employees and managenent were sent there over the weekends to do house counts on the Balcony,of course buying a ticket and changing into street our street clothes before going over there. They played cult,rock and other films but never mainstream first run product. How do I know????, because I was a Century assistant area manager at the York, Whitman and the Shore and I went to the Balcony several times. Please try to eliminate the “Century-RKO merger” from Warren’s comment, they are untrue. Corrections are necessary so that people get the best information from people who have experienced the situation.
The Paris can be seen in the 1969 movie “Eye Of The Cat” with it’s marquee lights on. In the scene, Gayle Hunnicut is driving Michael Sarrazin to a spa for a makeover treatment for her insidious plot. The footage looks like rear end projection with them in the car in front of it (as they did it then). Was it an adult theatre 1n 1969, the print was on a bootleg copy and you can’t decipher the features on the marquee but it is the Paris as the vertical sign “caught my eye” (forgive the pun. The movie is now available on Blu-Ray after 50 years! Universal has to get into thier vaults and start releasing some of thier films from the 1960’s. What’s the matter with Comcast? Even Mary Tyler Moore’s several movies for them remain unreleased, how about a box set??? Comcast needs to sit on a thumbtack!!!! Just kidding boys and girls, America’s classics go down the drain.
Wonderful work on the vertical signs!
On Broadway besides the Astor, Loew’s State had “THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLAIRE” on it’s single screen, The Penthouse had “FINIAN’S RAINBOW” while the CINERAMA had “ICE STATION ZEBRA”. “HANG ‘EM HIGH” (Single Feature) at the Victoria AND “RACHEL, rachel at the FORUM 47th ST. "THE FAMILY WAY” at the EMBASSY.
The features are “FRANKENSTEIN CONQUORS THE WORLD” and “TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD” at the Empire, “YOURS, MINE AND OURS” at the Astor. “THE NOTORIOUS DIARY OF FANNY HILL” at the VICTORY, “THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR” at the Harris with a co-feature. The LIBERTY had “THE TWISTED SEX” and “SEX DIARY OF JUSTUNE”. Also the scene in the theatre where Joe Buck gets serviced in the balcony was playing “THE SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN WIFE” and “VOYAGE TO SPACE” which is on the screen at the time of the “job”. Another double feature was “HANG ‘EM HIGH” and “A CANDIDATE FOR MURDER”, “MAJOR DUNDEE” and “THE MAN FROM GALVESTON”. Another is “BONNIE AND CLYDE” and “A COVENANT WITH DEATH” and that’s April 1968 on 42nd Street.
What’s playin at the Paramount? My eyes aren’t what they use to be… even with glasses!
The Halloween Matinee was at the No. (North) Babylon. Due to proximity to the Lindenhurst, it was rare that they played the same movie, even though it happened a couple of times with Children’s matinees, but not in this instance. Lindenhurst was the popular with Disney and young folks shows. Reason… no parking at Babylon.
Should also be listed in Cinerama (former Strand Theatre), great find Comfy Cool!
Seen in the 1970 movie “Flap” in a march scene (vertical sign only) if you have good eyes and use the slow motion device on your remote. On Warner Home Video (some years back.
The vertical sign of the Kimo Theatre can be seen in the 1970 Anthony Quinn movie “Flap” during the first 5 minutes. And later on while marching on Central Avenue, the features on the marquee were “Destroy All Monsters” and “The Conqueror Worm”, 2 A.I.P. features. If you look carefully in that scene, SUN ‘N’ FUN are on the front of the marquee. Also the vertical for the State Theatre can be seen. At the end though, two marquees on the Warner’s backlot are seen, one with “Nobody Loves A Drunken Indian” on which “Flap is based and few doors down the high-hat marquee of "House of Wax” 3D museum from the 1953 movie. “Flap” was a flop and played one week during Christmas or New Years Day 1970-71. Each day the ads for the week stated “Starts Today”! Never saw it at the Brandt’s Astor in Flatbush or Century’s Elm in Midwood, Brooklyn. However, it was released by WB, a Kinney Co. on DVD where there is a Kinney Shoe Store next to the Kimo Theatre.
The movie was filmed there in the large theatre. Oops!
Saw “2001: A Space Odyssey” here at $20. a ticket (But in the large intact original auditorium where “The Night They Raided Minsky’s” 50 years ago.) “Minsky’s” opened at Christmas 1968 and played well into 1969. A 50th year screening here where it was filmed on the date it opened would be a real treat! Maybe they can get Elliott Gould to make an appearance. Hint … Hint Village Cinemas? ? Pretty please. From a patron who loves your theatres.
Someone was sleeping at the copy department at National General who sent this ad out to the papers without the 7:00 PM showing and was this 3D movie in 70MM ? ? ? Hmm…
From the film “Cotton Comes To Harlem” 1971.
It is possible that the Strand was renamed the Warner in the interim of the Stanley Warner takeover. Nods are given to the Warner which was the name change to the pre-Cinerama presentation days to differentiate its' regulay movie days. The NY and Brooklyn Strand Theatres were still with some people I worked with at the Granada Theatre in Brooklyn (a matron) as the Mark Strand Theatre in 1970… in referring to it (theatre hadclosed i the mid- 1950’s). She also worked the “S” theatres… Stone, Stadium and Supreme Theatres as well as the Ambassador all near her home. Nice story, Huh?
Great shot, I wish it was in better focus. The Loew’s Pitkin was one of the highest seller of War Bonds in Brooklyn. I read this in the Variety Magazines of that time. The only theatre I would like to time warp to (along with the 72nd Street). I saw the Pitkin exterior open with “Bloody Mama” and “Wild In The Streets” on the marquee, a rainy Monday afternoon with the marquee and vertical lights on. “L O E W ‘ S” was removed but PITKIN was illuminated in neon, 85% working. Emblazenned in my memory!
Demolition of the interior of the transient hotel (the seven story front of the Coney Island Building) and full demolition of the interior of the auditorium will start within the next few weeks as the building will now be known as the Shore Tower LLC. I never was in this one. Boo-hoo!
Comfortably Cool, I ordered the DVD, how long did it take for you to get it?
The original Ziegfeld can be seen in “Sweet Smell Of Success” in a lenghty scene with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis (who enters from the stage door), and Martin Milner (Adam-12) who comes in through the front door, lobby features seen as well as carpeting (great shots) and the auditorium showimg orchestra, balcony with three exit doors at different levels and a sidewall decorative grill. The stage was being used for a TV taping of a columnists' report Burt’s “J.J.” character. The scene lasts 15 minutes so you can’t miss it. I don’t know if this has been posted before.
Thanks,Comfortably Cool.
“Death In Venice” came out in 1970-1, the small theatres didn’t exist then, it was a different Dirk Bogarde movie, maybe “Daddy Nostolgia” if my memory still serves me.
The organ was played right up to the time of the Disney Festivals of 1975-1978, by a POrt Washington THS member who told me she played Disney standards during the festivals. Mr. Djiji was offered money for it but wanted more and as he was soon triplex the theatre. Sadly, the organ console, pipes and motors were destroyed in the conversion of the theatre and he didn’t get a dime for a still playable organ. The projectionist at the time I was there told me about it and he had a piece of it which was of wood that said “Chime”. Glad to add this for you since if I would have died of a heart attack that I had this past March, this tidbit would not be here today for you to rest your minds of the Beacon’s organ.
As of this date, scaffolding is in place on the street level and a NYC Dept. of Bldgs. notice on the front doors. Also graffiti on the left yellow brick up high but fortunately not on the glazed terra cotta. I hope it will not be torn down. (I believe the church owners won’t let it go!) I’ll keep posting!
The Met is out and Rainbow Shops are in, also an additional 3 storefronts. All of the façade is covered now. A Shame.