While it was nice to finally make it to a show this season, it was sad to see so few people in attendance for Midnight Cowboy – it did look & sound nice, though. I asked some employees afterwards and they said it had only sold something like 25 tickets. Didn’t look like there were a lot of senior citizens there either. From what I could tell talking to the workers, attendence has been down all season. Also sad to see the decorations in the lobby and the other touches that used to be there all gone. Not sure I’ll be able to get there again until the Butch Cassidy show, looking forward to that one!
How was the show of Thomas Crown Affair last weekend? I haven’t been able to make any of the spring shows so far and am really bummed I missed that one.
I’ve seen they run film premieres from time to time here, are they ever open to the public? Or are they industry-type shows? I would come up from Hunterdon County to see a movie here again (i only saw a few in the 70s and Napoleon in the 80s.)
Friday night and Saturday afternoon’s concerts were a lot of fun. Didn’t make Sunday.
But Saturday night’s movie show – what happened? I’ve been to a bunch of Loews events and, aside from some minor stuff that you can expect from a theater that’s not open full time, they are usually good. Except for Dennis James' playing – which was spectacular – the rest of the film show was decidely sub-par. Missing the intermission point at the end of the third reel was a pretty bad error (you could tell the intermission was coming up as he was playing to a climax and they began to raise the organ lift). When the projectionist continued past the intermission point with the film, it took Dennis a good minute or so to find his other music book, start playing (trying to catch up), and the organ guys to lower the console again. Then as the film is moving towards its climax, the screen goes dark at a reel change and the ‘intermission’ happens. Again, Dennis was caught off guard but handled it as well as possible. Having that intermission incorrectly in that spot really did spoil the ending of the movie.
On the way out, I heard somebody from the organ society complaining loudly about the projection errors and I can’t say I blame him.
Looking forward to the Phantom show – my all-time favorite silent movie – and hoping for the best. I don’t want to sound too negative, but I so want these shows to be right.
I wrote to the Loews Jersey staff via their website about the problems with Saturday’s movie but didn;t hear back. I hope they read this note here (my first posting).
Alto – that doesn’t make sense. 35mm films are on 20 minute reels and that is how Loews normally shows them (I’ve been to enough shows there to recognized when they change from each projector). This was a 6 reel movie, and they incorrectly put an intermission at the end of the 5th reel instead of the end of the 3rd as Dennis most likely told them to. Another thing – why was the film image spilling on to the top black curtain? I’ve never seen that happen there previously.
Good luck with everything going on at the Boyd. Hope to be there when it get’s finished. Will donate to the cause when I can.
Thanks for the links, interesting pics of the location.
While it was nice to finally make it to a show this season, it was sad to see so few people in attendance for Midnight Cowboy – it did look & sound nice, though. I asked some employees afterwards and they said it had only sold something like 25 tickets. Didn’t look like there were a lot of senior citizens there either. From what I could tell talking to the workers, attendence has been down all season. Also sad to see the decorations in the lobby and the other touches that used to be there all gone. Not sure I’ll be able to get there again until the Butch Cassidy show, looking forward to that one!
Please share – a lot of us NJ locals have been to all those places at some point.
Can you tell us who is going to play the organ for the movie Saturday night? I’m looking forward to making the double feature.
How was the show of Thomas Crown Affair last weekend? I haven’t been able to make any of the spring shows so far and am really bummed I missed that one.
Any chance they might show movies here again for special shows like the Loew’s Jersey does?
I’ve seen they run film premieres from time to time here, are they ever open to the public? Or are they industry-type shows? I would come up from Hunterdon County to see a movie here again (i only saw a few in the 70s and Napoleon in the 80s.)
Regarding the organ event this past weekend,
Friday night and Saturday afternoon’s concerts were a lot of fun. Didn’t make Sunday.
But Saturday night’s movie show – what happened? I’ve been to a bunch of Loews events and, aside from some minor stuff that you can expect from a theater that’s not open full time, they are usually good. Except for Dennis James' playing – which was spectacular – the rest of the film show was decidely sub-par. Missing the intermission point at the end of the third reel was a pretty bad error (you could tell the intermission was coming up as he was playing to a climax and they began to raise the organ lift). When the projectionist continued past the intermission point with the film, it took Dennis a good minute or so to find his other music book, start playing (trying to catch up), and the organ guys to lower the console again. Then as the film is moving towards its climax, the screen goes dark at a reel change and the ‘intermission’ happens. Again, Dennis was caught off guard but handled it as well as possible. Having that intermission incorrectly in that spot really did spoil the ending of the movie.
On the way out, I heard somebody from the organ society complaining loudly about the projection errors and I can’t say I blame him.
Looking forward to the Phantom show – my all-time favorite silent movie – and hoping for the best. I don’t want to sound too negative, but I so want these shows to be right.
I wrote to the Loews Jersey staff via their website about the problems with Saturday’s movie but didn;t hear back. I hope they read this note here (my first posting).
Alto – that doesn’t make sense. 35mm films are on 20 minute reels and that is how Loews normally shows them (I’ve been to enough shows there to recognized when they change from each projector). This was a 6 reel movie, and they incorrectly put an intermission at the end of the 5th reel instead of the end of the 3rd as Dennis most likely told them to. Another thing – why was the film image spilling on to the top black curtain? I’ve never seen that happen there previously.