Miami Beach is basically made up of reclaimed swamp land and dredging and pumping is often still needed during heavy rains. I worked at the Sunny Isles theatre which was built on stilts upon dredged up swamp land. Although the theatre never flooded, the parking lot was sinking and we sometimes had to removed crabs and walking catfish out of the auditoria before opening for the day.
If you look at the photo on page 225 of the recent book “The Story of 42nd Street” you will see a demolition photo that shows what was salvaged. They were really insignificant small sections of wall.
I don’t see where it says Harlem Casino Theatre here. It was indeed a nightclub before Loews took it over.
The photo is of the Loews movie theatre playing “CAMILLE”. At times during its movie years it would stop showing movies and play legitimate plays. No other Loews house did that.
I found evidence in the NYT that the M & S Delancey and the New Delancey are the same theatre.
This entry is therefore redundant.
“Fist of Fury” ad for the Pagoda in 1972.
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So was it ever BLEEKER instead of BLEECKER?
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The Essex building today.
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I never understood why some movies would open at two Miami Beach locations and not in Miami itself. Some would do the opposite.
Were they such distinct markets then even with common newspapers?
Miami Beach is basically made up of reclaimed swamp land and dredging and pumping is often still needed during heavy rains. I worked at the Sunny Isles theatre which was built on stilts upon dredged up swamp land. Although the theatre never flooded, the parking lot was sinking and we sometimes had to removed crabs and walking catfish out of the auditoria before opening for the day.
This appears to have operated from 1980 to 1989. The 88th street location was open from 1970 to 1980.
This place is open and screening films weekly but apparently they are trying to keep it a secret, so don’t tell anyone.
http://www.tribecacinemas.com/TC_Home/
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This ad (bottom left) shows the Jefferson still open and showing porn in 1975.
The Film Daily Yearbooks list this as the Park Row in 1945 and the Silver Star in 1946.
At the bottom of this page is a mention of the “THE BLUE PEARL” being cancelled when the star had an accident.
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If you look at the photo on page 225 of the recent book “The Story of 42nd Street” you will see a demolition photo that shows what was salvaged. They were really insignificant small sections of wall.
Opening shortly at the Windsor…
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The American Musical at the Plaza.
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Some posters who were regular Apollo patrons found my previous suggestion that the theatre played art but sold sleaze, was offensive.
That photo is a perfect example. “THREE FORBIDDEN STORIES” was never advertised this way anywhere else except perhaps drive-ins.
To clarify,
I don’t see where it says Harlem Casino Theatre here. It was indeed a nightclub before Loews took it over.
The photo is of the Loews movie theatre playing “CAMILLE”. At times during its movie years it would stop showing movies and play legitimate plays. No other Loews house did that.
The New Amsterdam was a full time movie house from 1937 to 1982.
http://www.fromthesquare.org/?p=370
aka Harlem Casino
http://gotham.fromthesquare.org/?p=79
The Seventh Avenue, the only Loews house to sometimes play legitimate theatre.
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The Savoy stopped operating in early September 1952.
This disappears from the New York Times movie ad pages around March 16, 1952.
This was still listed as open in the Film Daily Yearbook for 1946. It is listed as closed in the 1947 edition.
This closed around May 17, 1956 when it disappeared from the New York Times movie pages after a run of “DIABOLIQUE”.