A vintage photograph of the New Victoria Cinema playing the Gaumont release programme in September 1949: View link
A vintage photograph of the Odeon playing the Rank release in April 1971: View link
Nicky; You must have explored down into the original single screen. I never went to the Odeon Queensway, so can’t be sure whether the two extra screens that were formed out of the former Cinecenta Cinemas next door still kept their original seperate street entrance or if an opening was made in the walls at foyer level (or lower down) to allow access to all three screens.
Thanks Lost Memory;Looks like the Embassy has closed, it is mentioned on a couple of websites as a location to other buildings (next to Embassy Cinema, etc) so I presumed it was still open. I will amend the Status above.
The Litchfield Opera House opened on November 8, 1900 with the drama “The Marble Heart”. Seating in the U-shaped auditorium was provided for 400 on the main level and 200 upstairs.
Thanks for the complements Ed. I never saw the original colour scheme when it was operating as a movie theatre, but I would imagine it was darker and that the current Brooklyn Tabernacle prefered a lighter scheme.
On our tour of the building last week, I was amazed at the huge amount of foyer and circulation spaces that are inside the building. All areas have been renovated to the highest standards.
There is a New Singer Theatre listed in the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook, located at 375 Stone Avenue, Brooklyn (600 seats). It is listed until at least 1930.
A vast collection of vintage and current photographs with some more history can be found here:
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A vintage photograph of the New Victoria Cinema playing the Gaumont release programme in September 1949:
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A vintage photograph of the Odeon playing the Rank release in April 1971:
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Nicky; You must have explored down into the original single screen. I never went to the Odeon Queensway, so can’t be sure whether the two extra screens that were formed out of the former Cinecenta Cinemas next door still kept their original seperate street entrance or if an opening was made in the walls at foyer level (or lower down) to allow access to all three screens.
A photograph I took of the Odeon Queensway in May 2005:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/2037629864/
Nicky; I have now added the two buildings which became the Odeon Queensway:
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Thanks Lost Memory;Looks like the Embassy has closed, it is mentioned on a couple of websites as a location to other buildings (next to Embassy Cinema, etc) so I presumed it was still open. I will amend the Status above.
A January 2007 early evening view of the Kino Cinema:
http://flickr.com/photos/go/353064768/
An April 2006 photograph of the Kino Sfinks:
http://flickr.com/photos/andyproctor/146538541/
The Morningside Theatre is listed as operating in editions of Film Daily Yearbook from at least 1926 though to 1957 and possibly beyond.
A set of photographs of the Granada Tooting here:
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A set of photographs of the Granada Clapham Junction here:
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A set of photographs of the Gala Bingo Club (former Regal Cinema):
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The Litchfield Opera House opened on November 8, 1900 with the drama “The Marble Heart”. Seating in the U-shaped auditorium was provided for 400 on the main level and 200 upstairs.
Here are a few photographs I took on the Cinema Theatre Association(UK) visit to NYC’s movie theatres that I organised in November 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936118091/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936972624/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936143135/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936987238/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1936987682/
Some photographs that I took on the Cinema Theatre Association(UK) visit to New York theatres that I organised in November 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1935940084/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1935110199/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1935121753/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1935970666/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1935976860/
Views of the long-closed roof theatre:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1935985744/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1935990684/
Some vintage photographs and history here:
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and here:
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Thanks for the complements Ed. I never saw the original colour scheme when it was operating as a movie theatre, but I would imagine it was darker and that the current Brooklyn Tabernacle prefered a lighter scheme.
On our tour of the building last week, I was amazed at the huge amount of foyer and circulation spaces that are inside the building. All areas have been renovated to the highest standards.
A set of photographs that I took in October 2007 during the Cinema Theatre Association(UK) visit to the theatres of New York that I organised:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1918472381/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1918492067/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1918503201/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1918525225/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1919362928/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1919374634/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1918558781/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1918569279/
A scan of a photograph I took in 1998 of the closed down Cineplex Odeon quad, showing the original facade on the main Fulton Street entrance:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1906346199/
The same view, taken in June 2006 of the altered facade. This is now a secondary entrance to the Brooklyn Tabernacle:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1907338159/
A set of interior photographs I took on the November 2007 Cinema Theatre Association(UK) visit that I organised to New York’s theatres:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1908266196/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1908282018/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1908292788/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1908303322/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1907496833/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1907507815/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1907522167/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1908369334/
Here are two photographs of the building which I took in October 2007 during the Cinema Theatre Association(UK) visit to New York that I organised:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1906011896/
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1906019928/
The American Motion Picture Directory;1914-1915 edition lists a Royal Theatre at 235 Avenue A.
Opened by the year 1926 and operating as the New Singer Theater until about 1930.
A photograph of the former American Movies building which I took in October 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1893857575/
There is a New Singer Theatre listed in the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook, located at 375 Stone Avenue, Brooklyn (600 seats). It is listed until at least 1930.
I don’t have any records in my documents for a New Singer (or Singer) Theatre operating in Manhattan as a movie theatre.