Various Film Daily Yearbooks give a seating capacity of 400 for the El Rancho Theatre.
The El Rancho was built in 1928 to replace a wooden structure that housed a silent movie theatre. It closed in the mid-1950’s and then had various uses from school and community productions, a Spanish theatre, a church a junk shop and re-opened as a live theatre in 1982.
It is now known as Theatre on High St, presenting a mix of plays and movie screenings.
The auditorium (all seating was on one floor) has been stripped out and is now office for a medical center. The marquee and some neon (no longer lit) is still there.
I am presuming the ‘fake wall’ mentioned in the opening text to this theatre is a cinder brick wall which now divides the foyer area from the main auditorium.
I have just found a ‘Where It’s At’ gay guide for New York, November 1976 (my first visit to the USA). It lists the following ‘skin flicks’;
Adonis Cinema, The Big Top, David Cinema, Eros 1, 55th St Playhouse, Gaiety Burlesk, Kings Cinema, another Kings Cinema, Metropolitan Theater, Jewel, Ramrod.
I have the full addresses and will search on Cinema Treasures and post up new listings for those that don’t have one on the site.
Paul;
The Gate Theatre, located at 11 Pembridge Road, Notting Hill Gate is what is called in the UK a Fringe Theatre (in the USA/New York an Off Broadway Theatre).
It is a small space seating 120 in an upstairs room of the Prince Albert pub. I have just looked in the current listings magazine and it is not listed. Whether it is closed temporary or permanently, I don’t know? I just find it strange for a theatre not to have a show on around Christmas time.
Anyay, regarding your query about a ‘nice wood bar’ It will have a bar, beings it is basically a pub, but most likely its a ‘new one’ and not the original from the 1890’s when the pub was built, as these are pretty rare to find these days.
Cinema Treasures Webmasters;
Please make adjustments to the heading of the Gate Cinema, as per my posting May 20th 2004. This was never called the Imperial Playhouse.
The Gate Cinema has been named previously;
Electric Palace
Embassy
Classic Cinema
The Jackson Theatre is given as having a seating capacity of 1,839 in Film Daily Yearbook for 1941, and 1,821 in the F.D.Y for 1950.
I have photographs of the auditorium and foyer taken at its opening which illustrate an article by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of the magazine “The Architectural Forum”.
Charles A. Sandblom is credited as the architect of the Jackson Theatre.
Film Daily Yearbooks for 1930 and 1941 give a seating capacity of the Stadium Theatre as 1,761. In the 1950 and 1957 F.D.Y’s seating is given as 1,756.
I have a couple of photographs of the auditorium taken in 1923 that accompany an article written by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of The Architectural Forum magazine.
The original opening date of the Tivoli Theater was 5th April 1924 with the movie “Painted People” starring Colleen Moore on the screen and Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians on stage.
The opening seating capacity claimed to be 2,500, later reduced to 1,975.
It closed in 1976 and has remained empty and boarded up…….until now, December 2004.
Opened as Bard’s Hollywood Theatre on 9th October 1923, the opening movie was “Tips” starring Baby Peggy plus vaudeville on the stage.
The original seating capacity was given as 838, which today has been much reduced due to larger seats and the removal of alternate rows of seats throughout the length of the auditorium.
The exterior of the building is in a pretty Spanish Revival style of architecture, which was to be the theme for the entire building. However during its 1922 construction, King Tutankhamen’s Tomb was discovered in Egypt and from the entrance lobby into the auditorium the building is decorated in an Egyptian style, that became the ‘in’ style of the time.
The theatre was re-named Vista in the late 1920’s.
The architect of the Holland Theatre was a Dutch architect Peter M. Hulsken. It opened on 12th February 1931.
It was built by the Schine Brothers and also housed their regional corporate offices. It was owned and operated by them until 1966.
Various Film Daily Yearbooks give a seating capacity of 400 for the El Rancho Theatre.
The El Rancho was built in 1928 to replace a wooden structure that housed a silent movie theatre. It closed in the mid-1950’s and then had various uses from school and community productions, a Spanish theatre, a church a junk shop and re-opened as a live theatre in 1982.
It is now known as Theatre on High St, presenting a mix of plays and movie screenings.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1940 gives a seating capacity for the El Presidio Theatre as 828.
The auditorium (all seating was on one floor) has been stripped out and is now office for a medical center. The marquee and some neon (no longer lit) is still there.
I am presuming the ‘fake wall’ mentioned in the opening text to this theatre is a cinder brick wall which now divides the foyer area from the main auditorium.
The Film Daily Yearbook 1941 gives a seating capacity for the Tower Theatre as 1,132. The F.D.Y, 1950 gives a seating capacity of 1,117.
The address needs to be changed to 1201 Westheimer Road, Houston TX.
I have just found a ‘Where It’s At’ gay guide for New York, November 1976 (my first visit to the USA). It lists the following ‘skin flicks’;
Adonis Cinema, The Big Top, David Cinema, Eros 1, 55th St Playhouse, Gaiety Burlesk, Kings Cinema, another Kings Cinema, Metropolitan Theater, Jewel, Ramrod.
I have the full addresses and will search on Cinema Treasures and post up new listings for those that don’t have one on the site.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 gives a seating capacity of the Pilgrim Theatre as 1,500.
In the Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 the seating capacity given is 885.
The Film Daily Yearbook for 1941 gives a seating capacity of 1,600. The F.D.Y 1950 gives a seating capacity of 752.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1930 gives a seating capacity for the Ideal Theatre as 598.
The Function of this theatre (now the Playpen) should be ‘Adult fare’
The Film Daily Yearbook 1941 gives a seating capacity of 1,000. The F.D.Y. 1950 gives a seating capacity of 1,280.
Paul;
The Gate Theatre, located at 11 Pembridge Road, Notting Hill Gate is what is called in the UK a Fringe Theatre (in the USA/New York an Off Broadway Theatre).
It is a small space seating 120 in an upstairs room of the Prince Albert pub. I have just looked in the current listings magazine and it is not listed. Whether it is closed temporary or permanently, I don’t know? I just find it strange for a theatre not to have a show on around Christmas time.
Anyay, regarding your query about a ‘nice wood bar’ It will have a bar, beings it is basically a pub, but most likely its a ‘new one’ and not the original from the 1890’s when the pub was built, as these are pretty rare to find these days.
Cinema Treasures Webmasters;
Please make adjustments to the heading of the Gate Cinema, as per my posting May 20th 2004. This was never called the Imperial Playhouse.
The Gate Cinema has been named previously;
Electric Palace
Embassy
Classic Cinema
Thanks
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 gives a seating capacity of the Rex Theater as 350. The F.D.Y 1950 gives a seating capacity of 550.
The Film Daily Yearsbook 1940 gives a seating capacity of the Uptown Theater as 435. In the 1951 F.D.Y it is given as 850.
The Film Daily Yearbook 1941 and 1950 give a seating capacity of what was known as then as the Fox Globe Theatre as 648.
The Jackson Theatre is given as having a seating capacity of 1,839 in Film Daily Yearbook for 1941, and 1,821 in the F.D.Y for 1950.
I have photographs of the auditorium and foyer taken at its opening which illustrate an article by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of the magazine “The Architectural Forum”.
Charles A. Sandblom is credited as the architect of the Jackson Theatre.
Film Daily Yearbooks for 1930 and 1941 give a seating capacity of the Stadium Theatre as 1,761. In the 1950 and 1957 F.D.Y’s seating is given as 1,756.
I have a couple of photographs of the auditorium taken in 1923 that accompany an article written by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of The Architectural Forum magazine.
The original opening date of the Tivoli Theater was 5th April 1924 with the movie “Painted People” starring Colleen Moore on the screen and Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians on stage.
The opening seating capacity claimed to be 2,500, later reduced to 1,975.
It closed in 1976 and has remained empty and boarded up…….until now, December 2004.
Opened as Bard’s Hollywood Theatre on 9th October 1923, the opening movie was “Tips” starring Baby Peggy plus vaudeville on the stage.
The original seating capacity was given as 838, which today has been much reduced due to larger seats and the removal of alternate rows of seats throughout the length of the auditorium.
The exterior of the building is in a pretty Spanish Revival style of architecture, which was to be the theme for the entire building. However during its 1922 construction, King Tutankhamen’s Tomb was discovered in Egypt and from the entrance lobby into the auditorium the building is decorated in an Egyptian style, that became the ‘in’ style of the time.
The theatre was re-named Vista in the late 1920’s.
The seating capacity of the Gateway Theatre is given as 912 in Film Daily Yearbooks.
The opening date of the Shattuck Cinemas was 25th May 1988.
The Architectural Firm; Hodgson and McClenahan are given as the designers of the Egyptian Theatre.
Jack Liebenberg was the architect of the Egyptian Theatre and it had a seating capacity of 825.
The Egyptian Theatre opened on 25th December 1925.