Morningside Theatre
2135 8th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10026
2135 8th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10026
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Consolidated Amusement Company, Liggett-Florin Booking Service
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News About This Theater
- Jul 1, 2009 — Morningside Theatre info
The Morningside Theatre was licensed to screen motion pictures by May 28, 1913. By 1929 it was operated by the Consolidated Amusement Company chain. By 1950 it was operated by Liggett-Florin Booking Service. After closing in the late-1960’s it was used as a church.
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Located at 2135 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. There is a quick shot of the marquee in the 1970 film “Cotton Comes to Harlem”. It appeared to be a church at the time.
A motion picture theatre was already at this location in 1917 according to the NYT.
The Morningside appears in a NYT ad for the wide release of “YOUNG DILLINGER” in May 1965. It was apparently still open or re-opened then.
“According to the 1925 New York City directory, the Morningside Theatre (a neighborhood theatre owned by Trocadero Amusements) was located 2139 8th Avenue.”
from BLUES OF A LIFETIME: The autobiography of Cornell Woolrich
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Does anyone know if this operated as the Spanish language Santurce in the early sixties?
I just noticed that the NEWS ABOUT THIS THEATRE link on the right of this page has a link from 2009 with a photo and information that dates this theatre back to at least 1908.
The intro has also gone missing.
Seems to have happened on more than a couple of theaters, Al. I wonder if there’s a fix available for that? Perhaps data stored somewhere than can somehow be retrieved. Of course, in a lot of cases, it wouldn’t be such a bad thing to start anew with the introductory comments.
Fixed the street view above. Looks like the theater building has been replaced by entirely new construction. I think we can call this one demolished.
Hi, Me again-author of the original post seeking information about my family’s theatre (early 1900s). Why did the photos disappear? I have a copy of the license and would love help tracking down information about their ownership and finding more. I am piecing together the family’s connection to Coney Island where a cousin ran the penny arcade at Ravenhall. This is a great shot, is the earlier one supposed to be the same theatre? What is the source? Do you need me to re-send the materials that have disappeared from the site?
Was it always called the Morningside. Rare for a venue that old to have retained its “given” name.