Saps, the twain SHALL meet! I saw “Poseidon” upon it’s Spring 1974 re-release at Northport too (a matinee)! I think I have the ad in my collection.In the meantime: here, is a typical cheapie UA Northport ad from when the year was in sync with the price (77 cents in 1977, etc.—even though this is is from 1979!) View link
You are being very, very,very kind, Saps. You forgot about the built-into-the-wall phone booth next to the ticket booth, and it had a balcony too. The Larkfield actually looked like it should have turned into an “adult” theater at some point. Imagine that!? LOL! (SEE my pic; 7th post down from the top).
You see, BobT, that’s what I miss about going to the movies—the MYSTERY of not knowing what you are gonna see! The York and Whitman were a “barrel of suprises” back in the day! LOL. Although I do not condone animal killing on film, I do support bringing the Grind House out here—to Long Island! When I look back at it, from where we are now, it will never ever ever happen again. Imagine a cheap, exploitive, unpromoted, film from a small company playing at a Multi Plex today? I appreciate those theaters so much more now, than I did then. One of my best so-bad-that-it’s-hilarious movies experiences was when we went to the Smithtown Indoor, to see a movie called “Night Train to Terror” ! Laughed our asses off, more so than at any current Chevy Chase comedy! I guess I’m just low-brow at heart!
It was kinda creepy, but it was so small, and no DOOR on the “theater” just an open door frame with the light coming through. I believe the beauty salon was right next door. Remember the conveyor belt in the supermarket that would send the bags of groceries outside? We always wanted to ride on it! LOL. I imagined most kids did. There was an arcade, with a few kiddie rides, like the standard horse you put the quarter in and it rocks back n' fourth. I’m glad you remember it Saps. Imagine finding a photo of it? I do have a GREAT AD for the cheezy little theater….
Also saw “Tunnelvision” at Larkfield. Played with some other cheap R rated “comedy”. I think it was the first time I smelled pot being smoked in a movie theater. A little later, that was a common practice when Cheech & Chong’s “Up In Smoke” played at midnight shows! Imagine that happening today.
Oops* Saw “Delores…” at the OTHER Syosset across the street. Actually, BobT, we got turned away on “Little Shop…” that night! I remember that well. Last movie I saw at the 150 was “Ransom”. And ironically, I now live 5 minutes from the site of the 150!
Oh my gosh! If the place was still open and “Scarface” played there; it would be like the Watts riots, the Rodney King verdict, the O.J. verdict and Tickle Me Elmo/ Cabbage Patch Doll frenzy all mashed together times 10! LOL.
Oh, one more LOCAL Cinema “Treasure” from the East Northport / Commack area: Modells Dept. store circa 1970 was it’s own universe if you recall; not only did they have a supermarket, a beauty parlor and a barber shop; they had a small Children’s Movie Theater! It was a 40 x 40 foot plywood “box” with a 16 mm projector, and an unfriendly “matron” running it. The seats , seemed like smallish generic church pews, with the vinyl coverings torn and the foam cushions popping out, and To make matters worse; all they showed was Three Stooges shorts and Woody Woodpecker cartoons! Does anybody actually like Woody Woodpecker? LOL. The theater was gone by, 1972/73? Just wondering if anyone else remembers this nightmarish lil Cinema “Treasure”.
longislandmovies! That’s the first time you used CAPS on here! But as for the bookings —yeah; like I said , I saw Lucio Fluci’s “Zombie” at the York…and a re-issue of “Last House on the Left”. Once I remember driving by, and seeing the pylon/marquee reading “Richard Pryor in Dynamite Chicken” (an earlier very obscure Richard Pryor movie that I’m certain he forgot about—from 1972!). This was all early to mid 1980’s.
Another great story, Saps! “Jessica…” is a classic (if you are into 1970’s horror movies). The star is the woman who used to do the “…Got a can of Goya beans in the house?” TV commercials, who I thought was Tyne Daley for years (but is not). I believe I have the ad/listings for it as well. If I find it, I will post it. I remember Mayfair being big and boxy…but for an movie theater that made it into the 80’s,it was a good thing. I approximated that most Suffolk County theaters and drive ins closed between 1984 and 1988—mainly because of the evil Commack Multi-Plex.
I’m pretty sure; the movie opened in 1979. It played as a “midnight movie” on and off through the 80’s—but I don’t think they would have gone out of their way with a van and masks and stuff for that?? Please ask your son if he remembers! Thanks!
…one more serious film playing at the never-so-serious Commack Drive In as well as the Commack RKO, and a JUICY Wetsons ad (that was across from the Mayfair in Commack, from what some say,that turned into HARDEES in the 1970’s—– although most Wetsons morphed into Nathans in some areas). View link
…they should actually have a REAL grind house night with some “roughies” like “Olga’s House of Shame” (a perfect example of a movie that EVERYONE has heard about—but few have actually seen it) or the Coffin Joe movies (from Brazil) that don’t get seen very much at all. Oh yeah; they should let you smoke in the theater as well; just like the old days!——————————-
**So if anyone at Cinema Arts is reading this NOW, please send Dylan this link and a nudge. Do a little more exploring into rarely seen BUT often noted movies.
I’m happy that this place is still around. I remember the “old days” when it was just a run down school auditorium. They do a good job with booking classics, neo-art films, and newly neglected ones (like David Lynch’s “Inland Empire”). ______HOWEVER, I have a problem with their bookings of so called “Cinema of the Wild”, and other “psychotronic” movies. Dylan (the owner’s son; and a very pleasant fellow), tends to over-shoot and under-shoot his bookings. Often the “Wild” titles are movies you are all too familiar with (“Blue Velvet”) or too-obscure Asian movies that, aren’t that are not “wild” at all. A recent “grind house” summer film festival featured “Streets of Fire” and “Xanadu” (!?). I was baffled and disappointed.
Saps, the twain SHALL meet! I saw “Poseidon” upon it’s Spring 1974 re-release at Northport too (a matinee)! I think I have the ad in my collection.In the meantime: here, is a typical cheapie UA Northport ad from when the year was in sync with the price (77 cents in 1977, etc.—even though this is is from 1979!)
View link
…you wasted 70 MM film, a huge curved screen,comfy seats and a six-track sound system on WHAT….?????!!!!!!!
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*How come no listings/postings for the Hauppauge Theater ??
How come no postings for the Hauppauge Theater on here???????
Can we get the Modell’s Childrens Theater listed as a page on here!? LOL.
You are being very, very,very kind, Saps. You forgot about the built-into-the-wall phone booth next to the ticket booth, and it had a balcony too. The Larkfield actually looked like it should have turned into an “adult” theater at some point. Imagine that!? LOL! (SEE my pic; 7th post down from the top).
You see, BobT, that’s what I miss about going to the movies—the MYSTERY of not knowing what you are gonna see! The York and Whitman were a “barrel of suprises” back in the day! LOL. Although I do not condone animal killing on film, I do support bringing the Grind House out here—to Long Island! When I look back at it, from where we are now, it will never ever ever happen again. Imagine a cheap, exploitive, unpromoted, film from a small company playing at a Multi Plex today? I appreciate those theaters so much more now, than I did then. One of my best so-bad-that-it’s-hilarious movies experiences was when we went to the Smithtown Indoor, to see a movie called “Night Train to Terror” ! Laughed our asses off, more so than at any current Chevy Chase comedy! I guess I’m just low-brow at heart!
It was kinda creepy, but it was so small, and no DOOR on the “theater” just an open door frame with the light coming through. I believe the beauty salon was right next door. Remember the conveyor belt in the supermarket that would send the bags of groceries outside? We always wanted to ride on it! LOL. I imagined most kids did. There was an arcade, with a few kiddie rides, like the standard horse you put the quarter in and it rocks back n' fourth. I’m glad you remember it Saps. Imagine finding a photo of it? I do have a GREAT AD for the cheezy little theater….
Also saw “Tunnelvision” at Larkfield. Played with some other cheap R rated “comedy”. I think it was the first time I smelled pot being smoked in a movie theater. A little later, that was a common practice when Cheech & Chong’s “Up In Smoke” played at midnight shows! Imagine that happening today.
Oops* Saw “Delores…” at the OTHER Syosset across the street. Actually, BobT, we got turned away on “Little Shop…” that night! I remember that well. Last movie I saw at the 150 was “Ransom”. And ironically, I now live 5 minutes from the site of the 150!
Last movie I saw here was “Delores Claiborne”. 1994??
But I’m glad you did not get hurt, longislandmovies.
Oh my gosh! If the place was still open and “Scarface” played there; it would be like the Watts riots, the Rodney King verdict, the O.J. verdict and Tickle Me Elmo/ Cabbage Patch Doll frenzy all mashed together times 10! LOL.
Oh, one more LOCAL Cinema “Treasure” from the East Northport / Commack area: Modells Dept. store circa 1970 was it’s own universe if you recall; not only did they have a supermarket, a beauty parlor and a barber shop; they had a small Children’s Movie Theater! It was a 40 x 40 foot plywood “box” with a 16 mm projector, and an unfriendly “matron” running it. The seats , seemed like smallish generic church pews, with the vinyl coverings torn and the foam cushions popping out, and To make matters worse; all they showed was Three Stooges shorts and Woody Woodpecker cartoons! Does anybody actually like Woody Woodpecker? LOL. The theater was gone by, 1972/73? Just wondering if anyone else remembers this nightmarish lil Cinema “Treasure”.
…and FIGHT PAY T.V. !
longislandmovies! That’s the first time you used CAPS on here! But as for the bookings —yeah; like I said , I saw Lucio Fluci’s “Zombie” at the York…and a re-issue of “Last House on the Left”. Once I remember driving by, and seeing the pylon/marquee reading “Richard Pryor in Dynamite Chicken” (an earlier very obscure Richard Pryor movie that I’m certain he forgot about—from 1972!). This was all early to mid 1980’s.
Another great story, Saps! “Jessica…” is a classic (if you are into 1970’s horror movies). The star is the woman who used to do the “…Got a can of Goya beans in the house?” TV commercials, who I thought was Tyne Daley for years (but is not). I believe I have the ad/listings for it as well. If I find it, I will post it. I remember Mayfair being big and boxy…but for an movie theater that made it into the 80’s,it was a good thing. I approximated that most Suffolk County theaters and drive ins closed between 1984 and 1988—mainly because of the evil Commack Multi-Plex.
I’m pretty sure; the movie opened in 1979. It played as a “midnight movie” on and off through the 80’s—but I don’t think they would have gone out of their way with a van and masks and stuff for that?? Please ask your son if he remembers! Thanks!
One of my best childhood viewings at the Commack RKO:
View link
…and a lousy booking at Larkfield (which was very common!).
…one more serious film playing at the never-so-serious Commack Drive In as well as the Commack RKO, and a JUICY Wetsons ad (that was across from the Mayfair in Commack, from what some say,that turned into HARDEES in the 1970’s—– although most Wetsons morphed into Nathans in some areas).
View link
Sethkino; I was in Joan Seman’s art class in high school. Have not seen her in years…
…they should actually have a REAL grind house night with some “roughies” like “Olga’s House of Shame” (a perfect example of a movie that EVERYONE has heard about—but few have actually seen it) or the Coffin Joe movies (from Brazil) that don’t get seen very much at all. Oh yeah; they should let you smoke in the theater as well; just like the old days!——————————-
**So if anyone at Cinema Arts is reading this NOW, please send Dylan this link and a nudge. Do a little more exploring into rarely seen BUT often noted movies.
I’m happy that this place is still around. I remember the “old days” when it was just a run down school auditorium. They do a good job with booking classics, neo-art films, and newly neglected ones (like David Lynch’s “Inland Empire”). ______HOWEVER, I have a problem with their bookings of so called “Cinema of the Wild”, and other “psychotronic” movies. Dylan (the owner’s son; and a very pleasant fellow), tends to over-shoot and under-shoot his bookings. Often the “Wild” titles are movies you are all too familiar with (“Blue Velvet”) or too-obscure Asian movies that, aren’t that are not “wild” at all. A recent “grind house” summer film festival featured “Streets of Fire” and “Xanadu” (!?). I was baffled and disappointed.
Longislandmovies: The neighborhood behind the York is/was dubious; bet you PRAYED for movies like “Agnes of God” or “Passage to India” to play there!