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MarcFurstenberg commented about Art Jerome Theatre on Jul 11, 2015 at 3:02 am

Should be at the NW corner of West Tremont Ave. and Jerome Ave.

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MarcFurstenberg commented about Park Plaza Theatre on Jul 11, 2015 at 2:59 am

The map is wrong. It was at the SE corner of University and Tremont.

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MarcFurstenberg commented about Park Plaza Theatre on Jul 11, 2015 at 2:58 am

That was JHS 82. Later became the auditorium for the school. Around the side was a deli which made the only great bologna sandwich in the world. I don’t know how they did it, but they did. It was a nice theater, a cut above the smaller theaters off the Concourse (except for the Loews 167th St. which was a bit grander. It played double features in the 50s.

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MarcFurstenberg commented about 55th Street Playhouse on Jul 11, 2012 at 2:04 am

The David was the name of the 55th St. Playhouse when it went porno.

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MarcFurstenberg commented about 55th Street Playhouse on Jul 9, 2012 at 2:41 am

You’re all crazy. It was located between 8th Ave. & Broadway, on the south side of the street, closer to B'way. I can take you to the site today if you wish.

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MarcFurstenberg commented about 55th Street Playhouse on Apr 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm

My dad worked at DuArt and he’d take me to work on a given Saturday and park me at the 55th St. Playhouse. I remember they had marathons of UPA cartoons and the first Chaplin’s I’d ever seen. This must have been when he reissued compilations of his early shorts in the early 50s. I just remember being disappointed at first because I thought they were going to be Charlie Chase films, an artist I became very familiar with because parts of his films were used as filler in Howdy Doody. I sat through the marathons twice. I have seen the Chaplin’s many times since then but the UPA cartoons are never revived, perhaps because of the crappy Mr. Magoo cartoons that were made for TV.