My girlfriend at the time was going to Rutgers University in the late 70’s and I would go to see her almost every weekend. This would be our go to theater when we wanted to see a movie. Some of the movies we saw were My Bodyguard, Caddyshack, The Spy Who Loved Me, Rich Kids and The Kids are Alright. We also went to see The Lord of the Rings (animated) and walked out after about an hour. (first time we ever walked out of a movie). The mall also had a Farrell’s ice cream parlor that we went to very often.
Our ‘go to’ theater when we vacation on Hilton Head in July. A summer blockbuster is always playing there during our stay. Very nice, well maintained. We would go on a rainy day or for an early evening show.
Our family has been vacationing on Hilton Head Island for about 30 years. In all those years, we’ve never been to the Coligny Theatre. Whenever we were on vacation, the movie that was playing was one of the art house types that our kids weren’t interested in seeing. So we would go to Northridge or the Park Plaza theaters for the mainstream movies. (superhero, animated, comedy, etc.) I always thought the Coligny Theatre would have been a good place to ‘drop the kids off’. They could have shown a kids film in the afternoon (perhaps an older Disney movie or another animated type film) while mom and dad went shopping at Coligny. One question, how many seats are there? Please post some interior pictures.
I remember seeing one movie here, The Music Man. My family would go on vacation for two weeks in the Noyak section of Southampton where we had a summer home. It was raining one day, so my parents took us to the movies here.
I saw ‘Heroes’ here in 1977. Henry Winkler, Sally Field and Harrison Ford (in a small supporting role). My girlfriend and I saw ‘Close Encounters’ at the Ziegfeld theater in NY in the afternoon and this movie at night.
This theater was within walking distance of my home when I was young. During the mid to late 60’s, we saw many movies there, Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, The Dirty Dozen, You Only Live Twice, 2001 A Space Odyssey to name a few. Then in the seventies I worked there as an usher/porter. Some of the big pictures featured were Towering Inferno, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Way We Were, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Superman and Grease. When I started, it was a single theater with a balcony, the second theater under construction. The new theater seated about 600. It was a perfect set up for a twin because the theaters were far enough apart to keep patrons (or sneaky kids) from wandering from one to the other. I seem to recall the manager once saying that the big theater had 1000 seats, so the 1250 seats noted may be incorrect. I know they took out some seats when they split the two theaters but I don’t think they removed 250. (who knows, maybe they did) Once the theaters were split in the late seventies and early eighties, the ‘large screen’ experience was gone.
My dad took us to see Fantasia here in the late 1960’s. In 1977, I went with a few friends to see Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Beautiful theater.
I saw a sneak preview (remember those?) of Raiders of the Lost Ark here. The theater was only about 25% full, this may be due to the fact that Nightwing was the featured movie and maybe no one had heard of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Needless to say, once Raiders opened, sell out crowds followed for a several weeks.
I saw the very strange Eraserhead here in the late 1970’s. I seem to recall that the theater had two balconies, one over the other, the top one being very steep. Not a very good environment for someone with a problem with heights.
My wife and I lived at an apartment complex nearby in the early 1980’s and went to these theaters a few times. The price was cheap but the screens weren’t very large. I preferred going to Menlo Park or the Woodbridge theaters for the first run movies we wanted to see even though the price was more. We would go here for the movies that were not on our ‘must see’ list.
My mom grew up a couple of blocks away on 38th street and went to this theater with friends almost every weekend. She probably saw the movies showing on the marquee in the picture. She told us that she could pay for the movie and get a Milky Way bar with the change. Frozen Milky Way bars were a penny or two more. One of her friends used to get upset at the end of the serial chapter because she always thought the hero/heroine was killed. My mom had the good sense to know they weren’t dead because the serial had many chapters left.
Our family had a summer house in the Noyak section of Southampton where we would go for vacation on the 4th of July and 2 weeks in August. Every year my dad would take us to this drive in, sort of a family tradition. We saw many movies over the years, The Guns of Navarone, The Undefeated, Where Eagles Dare to name a few. We stopped going in the early 70’s because we were getting ‘to old’ to go to a drive in with our parents. Lots of good memories.
I remember seeing 101 Dalmatians and Mary Poppins here. We had to stand in line for Mary Poppins for about an hour. My sister, mother and a friend saw West Side Story here. I don’t remember a lot about the inside of the theater. I was in grade school back then and didn’t pay much attention to that type of thing, I just wanted to see the movie. The one thing I remember the most about my early movie going years was the smell of the popcorn. (sometimes mixed with the faint smell of cigarette smoke)
My brother and I used to walk to this theater in the early 1960’s. We saw many movies there, mostly in the summer. The last movie I remember seeing there was Father Goose in 1964. I also remember one time being told to leave by the matron after our movie was over. I think a ‘mature audiences’ movie (not an adult movie, just one not suitable for kids) was going to start and we had to leave.
My girlfriend at the time was going to Rutgers University in the late 70’s and I would go to see her almost every weekend. This would be our go to theater when we wanted to see a movie. Some of the movies we saw were My Bodyguard, Caddyshack, The Spy Who Loved Me, Rich Kids and The Kids are Alright. We also went to see The Lord of the Rings (animated) and walked out after about an hour. (first time we ever walked out of a movie). The mall also had a Farrell’s ice cream parlor that we went to very often.
I saw The Buddy Holly Story here when it was first released.
Nice theater. I took my son to see a couple of Disney movies there. We also saw the ‘updated’ version of Star Wars, A New Hope.
I saw ‘The Kids Are Alright’ here. (The Who documentary)
markp, OK, that was probably the reason why we went to Cinema 23. Thanks-
markp, I’m trying to figure out why we went to Cinema 23. Maybe for the 70mm experience? Did Menlo have 70mm?
I see in the overview notes where the theater opened in 2005, however I could swear I saw Fantasia 2000 there when it first opened.
Our ‘go to’ theater when we vacation on Hilton Head in July. A summer blockbuster is always playing there during our stay. Very nice, well maintained. We would go on a rainy day or for an early evening show.
Our family has been vacationing on Hilton Head Island for about 30 years. In all those years, we’ve never been to the Coligny Theatre. Whenever we were on vacation, the movie that was playing was one of the art house types that our kids weren’t interested in seeing. So we would go to Northridge or the Park Plaza theaters for the mainstream movies. (superhero, animated, comedy, etc.) I always thought the Coligny Theatre would have been a good place to ‘drop the kids off’. They could have shown a kids film in the afternoon (perhaps an older Disney movie or another animated type film) while mom and dad went shopping at Coligny. One question, how many seats are there? Please post some interior pictures.
I saw Patton here in the summer of 1970 and Chinatown in the summer of 1974. I posted a picture of the marquee when they were showing Jaws in 1975.
I remember seeing one movie here, The Music Man. My family would go on vacation for two weeks in the Noyak section of Southampton where we had a summer home. It was raining one day, so my parents took us to the movies here.
I took my parents to see Star Wars here in the fall of 1977 as it was no longer playing close to where we lived. Nice theater as I remember.
I saw ‘Heroes’ here in 1977. Henry Winkler, Sally Field and Harrison Ford (in a small supporting role). My girlfriend and I saw ‘Close Encounters’ at the Ziegfeld theater in NY in the afternoon and this movie at night.
I saw Monty Python’s ‘And Now For Something Completely Different’ here on the mid 1970’s. Nice theater.
This theater was within walking distance of my home when I was young. During the mid to late 60’s, we saw many movies there, Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, The Dirty Dozen, You Only Live Twice, 2001 A Space Odyssey to name a few. Then in the seventies I worked there as an usher/porter. Some of the big pictures featured were Towering Inferno, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Way We Were, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Superman and Grease. When I started, it was a single theater with a balcony, the second theater under construction. The new theater seated about 600. It was a perfect set up for a twin because the theaters were far enough apart to keep patrons (or sneaky kids) from wandering from one to the other. I seem to recall the manager once saying that the big theater had 1000 seats, so the 1250 seats noted may be incorrect. I know they took out some seats when they split the two theaters but I don’t think they removed 250. (who knows, maybe they did) Once the theaters were split in the late seventies and early eighties, the ‘large screen’ experience was gone.
My dad took us to see Fantasia here in the late 1960’s. In 1977, I went with a few friends to see Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Beautiful theater.
I saw a sneak preview (remember those?) of Raiders of the Lost Ark here. The theater was only about 25% full, this may be due to the fact that Nightwing was the featured movie and maybe no one had heard of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Needless to say, once Raiders opened, sell out crowds followed for a several weeks.
I saw the very strange Eraserhead here in the late 1970’s. I seem to recall that the theater had two balconies, one over the other, the top one being very steep. Not a very good environment for someone with a problem with heights.
I went to one movie here, the re-release of American Graffiti around 1978.
My wife and I lived at an apartment complex nearby in the early 1980’s and went to these theaters a few times. The price was cheap but the screens weren’t very large. I preferred going to Menlo Park or the Woodbridge theaters for the first run movies we wanted to see even though the price was more. We would go here for the movies that were not on our ‘must see’ list.
My mom grew up a couple of blocks away on 38th street and went to this theater with friends almost every weekend. She probably saw the movies showing on the marquee in the picture. She told us that she could pay for the movie and get a Milky Way bar with the change. Frozen Milky Way bars were a penny or two more. One of her friends used to get upset at the end of the serial chapter because she always thought the hero/heroine was killed. My mom had the good sense to know they weren’t dead because the serial had many chapters left.
I remember going to the Marine only once, we saw Bonnie and Clyde in 1967.
Our family had a summer house in the Noyak section of Southampton where we would go for vacation on the 4th of July and 2 weeks in August. Every year my dad would take us to this drive in, sort of a family tradition. We saw many movies over the years, The Guns of Navarone, The Undefeated, Where Eagles Dare to name a few. We stopped going in the early 70’s because we were getting ‘to old’ to go to a drive in with our parents. Lots of good memories.
I remember seeing 101 Dalmatians and Mary Poppins here. We had to stand in line for Mary Poppins for about an hour. My sister, mother and a friend saw West Side Story here. I don’t remember a lot about the inside of the theater. I was in grade school back then and didn’t pay much attention to that type of thing, I just wanted to see the movie. The one thing I remember the most about my early movie going years was the smell of the popcorn. (sometimes mixed with the faint smell of cigarette smoke)
My brother and I used to walk to this theater in the early 1960’s. We saw many movies there, mostly in the summer. The last movie I remember seeing there was Father Goose in 1964. I also remember one time being told to leave by the matron after our movie was over. I think a ‘mature audiences’ movie (not an adult movie, just one not suitable for kids) was going to start and we had to leave.