The photograph showing a theatre on Rockwell Place shows the Strand Theater, located at 647 Fulton Street and Rockwell Place. It’s most interesting feature, still to be seen today is the Romanesque exterior facade. See… /theaters/1407/
The 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook lists the Valencia Theatre with a seating capacity of 684 and operated by Fox Intermountain Theaters Inc. In the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it has been re-named Fox Theatre with a seating capacity of 669. Same details apply in 1950 but with a seating capacity given as 616 and still operated by Fox Intermountain Theaters Inc.
J.F.Lundy….The Mardi Gras Theatre was never the Century/Linden Theater. That was located at 1260 Nostrand Avenue, had a seating capacity of 1,447 and has now been demolished. It has its own listing here on CinemaTreasures… /theaters/6322/
Perhaps you would care to re-post your most interesting comments above onto the Century/Linden Theater page and so help to build up a history of that theatre.
Listed in the 1926 and 1927 editions of Film Daily Yearbook as the Reo Theatre with a seating capacity of 600. In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed as the 600 seat Reo and is (Closed).
There is no theatre listed as operating at this address in the 1941 F.D.Y. (I don’t have edition between 1931-1940 to verify if it was open during those years). However in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed as the Wagner Theatre with a seating capacity of 510. Still listed as operating as the wagner Theatre in 1950 with 550 seats. By 1957 it has gone from listings in Film Daily Yearbook, but must have re-opened as a porn cinema which went into the late 1960’s.
The auditorium remains pretty well intact within the building in its current use as a TLA video store and orininal film posters and calendars from its movie theatre days adorn the walls of the former foyer lobby area.
A photograph I took in May 2006 of the Parkside Theatre (now a GEM Super Saver store), close to the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Parkside Avenue: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/216837696/
In the new book by Konrad Schiecke “Historic Movie Theatres in Illinois 1883-1960 it states the Orpheum Theatre closed in 1937, operated by Warner Bros.
However it is still listed in the 1941 & 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook under Chicago, but it’s not listed in the Circuit’s section under Warner Bros.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915 as the New Theatre. The 1926 & 1927 editions of Film Daily Yearbook list it as the 79th Street Theatre with a seating capacity of 666. In the 1930 F.D.Y. it is the Seventy-Ninth Street Theatre with a seating capacity of 1,026.
By the 1941 edition of F.D.Y it has been re-named Colony Theatre and the seating capacity is given as 1,000. In 1943, still the colony, but seating is given as 875. In 1950 it is named as the Colony 79th Street Theatre with seating given as 886. In the 1957 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed, but no seating capacity is given, which usually means it has closed.
The photograph showing a theatre on Rockwell Place shows the Strand Theater, located at 647 Fulton Street and Rockwell Place. It’s most interesting feature, still to be seen today is the Romanesque exterior facade. See… /theaters/1407/
The 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook lists the Valencia Theatre with a seating capacity of 684 and operated by Fox Intermountain Theaters Inc. In the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it has been re-named Fox Theatre with a seating capacity of 669. Same details apply in 1950 but with a seating capacity given as 616 and still operated by Fox Intermountain Theaters Inc.
J.F.Lundy….The Mardi Gras Theatre was never the Century/Linden Theater. That was located at 1260 Nostrand Avenue, had a seating capacity of 1,447 and has now been demolished. It has its own listing here on CinemaTreasures… /theaters/6322/
Perhaps you would care to re-post your most interesting comments above onto the Century/Linden Theater page and so help to build up a history of that theatre.
AlAlvarez…Thanks for the clarification. I don’t have a job….but I have a hell of a job getting off this site!
Listed in the 1926 and 1927 editions of Film Daily Yearbook as the Reo Theatre with a seating capacity of 600. In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed as the 600 seat Reo and is (Closed).
There is no theatre listed as operating at this address in the 1941 F.D.Y. (I don’t have edition between 1931-1940 to verify if it was open during those years). However in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed as the Wagner Theatre with a seating capacity of 510. Still listed as operating as the wagner Theatre in 1950 with 550 seats. By 1957 it has gone from listings in Film Daily Yearbook, but must have re-opened as a porn cinema which went into the late 1960’s.
EdSolero…Many thanks for you input. I will make the neccessary corrections to my caption, and hope we are both correct! LOL
A play by David Barth ‘Hard Right’ was being staged at the Players Theatre when I took this photograph in May 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/217086443/
Two photographs I took of the IFC Center in May 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/217059922/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/217072128/
A photograph I took of the Anthology Film Archives in May 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216993575/
A photograph I took of the Angelika Film Center in May 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216954133/
A photograph I took of the 8th Street Playhouse in May 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216865155/
The auditorium remains pretty well intact within the building in its current use as a TLA video store and orininal film posters and calendars from its movie theatre days adorn the walls of the former foyer lobby area.
A photograph I took in May 2006 of the Parkside Theatre (now a GEM Super Saver store), close to the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Parkside Avenue:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/216837696/
A photograph of the Mardi Gras Theatre taken in the 1990’s:
http://www.disassociate.com/portland_mart.jpg
Here are some current May 2006 photographs I took of the building:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216732576/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216732846/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216733003/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216733264/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216733529/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216733739/
Another photograph I took, this one is from July 2003:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216089159/
A photograph I took of the Village East Cinemas in May 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/216027595/
A photograph of the Public Palace I took in June 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/215838154/
The New York Post – online edition, lists it as ‘The Pavilion’
The Big Screen Cinema Guide (online), lists it as ‘Access Digital Theatres-Pavilion Cinema’
Some photographs I took of the Pavilion Theatre in May/June 2006:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/214949396/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/214950137/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/214950935/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/214952153/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/214956030/
A recent (August 2006) photograph:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zonca/214891039/
Photographed at night in August 2006:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zonca/214891038/
A close-up of the front and sign of the Electric Cinema in August 2006:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zonca/214889425/
A recent (August 2006) photograph of the Cineworld Chelsea:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zonca/214889424/
Two photographs I took of the Brooklyn Heights Cinemas I & II in June 2006:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/214330227/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/214343339/
In the new book by Konrad Schiecke “Historic Movie Theatres in Illinois 1883-1960 it states the Orpheum Theatre closed in 1937, operated by Warner Bros.
However it is still listed in the 1941 & 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook under Chicago, but it’s not listed in the Circuit’s section under Warner Bros.
Listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915 as the New Theatre. The 1926 & 1927 editions of Film Daily Yearbook list it as the 79th Street Theatre with a seating capacity of 666. In the 1930 F.D.Y. it is the Seventy-Ninth Street Theatre with a seating capacity of 1,026.
By the 1941 edition of F.D.Y it has been re-named Colony Theatre and the seating capacity is given as 1,000. In 1943, still the colony, but seating is given as 875. In 1950 it is named as the Colony 79th Street Theatre with seating given as 886. In the 1957 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed, but no seating capacity is given, which usually means it has closed.