Don’t think so. But while perusing through the Greenwich City Directory, it was Pickwick Bowling Alley for about 25 or 28 years, way longer than it was a theatre!
According to the Milford/Orange City Directory, the Orange 1-2-3 opened under General Cinema in 1966, then became 1-2-3-4-5 in 1975 and became Showcase, then 6 screens in 1980 and 7 in 1983.
According to the Milford/Orange City Directory, the Colonial appears in the 1924 edition, the 1939 edition (at 2-4-6 Broadway) and makes its last appearance in the 1960 edition.
I meant to post this in the spring but forgot. I found this theater and it’s quite huge and angled away from the road. It was for sale through CBRE and you can see through the upstairs windows at the rafters. I doubt if I called them up, that I could get a tour of the place without honestly wanting to buy it, but maybe they can answer questions regarding any architectural imprints still left?
According to the Milford/Orange City Directory, 1924 lists the Capitol on 8 Daniel Street. 1939 it’s on 26 Daniel and it appears on all directories until the last one on their file in 1991.
I was leafing through the Milford/Orange City Directory the other day. The article above was from 1984, but the cinema isn’t in the directory until 1991 and only that year. Hmmmm.
The Milford/Orange City Directory from 1939 shows the drive-in as “Drive-In Auto Theatres Corp” on Boston Post Road. In 1942 it becomes “Loew’s EM Theatre”. In 1956 it changes again to “Milford Drive-In”. In 1963 it’s “Northeast Drive-In” and disappears from the 1972 directory.
Regarding my last post…“No Applause – Just Throw Money”, the book that made vaudeville famous by Trav S.D. has on the first pictures section, 2nd page on the bottom, a photo of Tammany Hall with the caption, “New York’s Tammany Hall was home base to no less than two major vaudeville managers. Tony Pastor’s theater was located right in the building. Tammany politician "Big Tim” Sullivan was to start one of the premier circuits of the Pacific Northwest with his partner John Considine."
I finally made it inside. Too many times I was in New Haven at a time when it was closed. First off, I went in the original front doors of “The Rice Tower” and there was a nice chandelier and nice banisters. Downstairs is nothing but a hospital clinic. Upstairs, on the right is a glass tile wall and if you look through it, you can make out theater doors and ornate tiles where the wall meets the ceiling. Almost like looking through blurry windows to another reality.
Then I went inside Hula Hanks where they were hanging Halloween decorations and I told them why I was there. They were receptive. Pretty lively joint inside. Lots of islandy aesthetics. The proscenium is quite clear as a bar is below it. The paint scheme is all blue skies and white clouds. This place was quite small, smaller than the Whalley Avenue Theater by 500 seats. The balcony behind has one large window and a few to the right and that seems kind of small. No door on the upstairs leads to it but fronm the ground floor near the entrance. There is a catwalk/stairwell on both sides wrapping around the orchesra with a DJ booth/tent in the far right corner at the stage. There’s a bar on the left and on the right is booths with a tv in the wall at each booth. Not a bad scheme, but it definitely feels narrow and I’m sure it did in those days, too.
It was built by Emily Wakeman Hartley in 1914 to encourage pre-broadway tryouts for plays. This was according to “Stamford: An Illustrated History” by Feinstein.
I picked up a new publication at Bethel Cinema called “TheatreCT” but it’s mostly for acting theater, but they do mention new things going on with the Palace in Stamford and Waterbury and the Warner Theater in Torrington.
There’s a spread on the Palace in Stamford on pages 24-27 and some nice pictures of the marquee and of the inside looking at the balconies.
They use the nice plug title of “Stamford, a Rich Forum for Connecticut Culture” and it’s about how it’s quickly becoming a mecca for film and theater.
“Partly due to its proximity to Broadway, its theater community serves as both a training ground for budding artists and as a professional theater hub in its own right. Stamford Theatre Works and the Stamford Center for the Arts…incorporates the Rich Forum and the Stamford Palace Theatre, which recently enjoyed a renovation. In 2008, Stamford Theatre Works, an equity theater…will move into the Palace…making SCA a major theater center.
I picked up a new publication called “TheatreCT” at Bethel Cinema and it focuses mostly on acting with some tidbits on other theaters. There’s a spread on pages 20-22 on the Warner’s full service 8,000 sq. ft costume rental business. All the money goes into the theater’s general fund. Prices are $30 a week per item and for the public it’s $50 per costume per week. Organizations, theaters and high schools that rent 10 or more costumes get 15 percent discounts on the whole rental.
From a new publication called “Theatre CT” that I picked up at Bethel Cinema. It’s mostly for acting but they mentioned that Seven Angels and the Palace, both in Waterbury will have plans to bring community theater in, a first for the Palace, in late 2007 or 2008.
From the Waterbury Observer October 2007 – Phoenix Records in Litchfield and Waterbury will now serve as Palace Theater ticket outlets for select events.
The Palace also just received a $31,000 grant from the American Savings Bank Foundation to support the after-school arts and education program, Spotlight on Movement: Setting the Stage for Change. “It is a theater and academic program with integrated curriculum that incorporates elements of the Civil Rights Movement and current civil rights issues with the theatrical practices and applications of public speaking and the groundbreaking dance movement of the 1960s.”
50 high school students from Danbury and Waterbury will participate in 5 workshops in dance, theater and academic subjects and 80 middle school students will participate in a 10-week program on popular dances of the 60s.
Salvage. Aah. I just picked up a copy of a nice publication from my friend’s storefront in NYC called “Architectural Salvage News” out of Virginia. They talk about this kind of preservation in all buildings.
And the public transit is great and the bike path goes directly there. But still, it’s known for being a college town and most of its foot traffic are students and passersby. I’m glad I got to go there once.
Mentioned in Images of America: New Britain, Volume I. Page 128, picture showing 3-sided marquee and a worker under a ladder removing letters for the last time. “As strains of Auld Lang Syne played, movie-goers exited the Embassy Theatre for the last time in the summer of 1964.”
It contained 1300 seats. The owner was John Dabrowski.
Images of America: New Britain, Volume II. Page 110 shows the low marquee and entrance with “Hermie Dressel – Alan Freed” and “Rock, Rock, Rock” on the marquee.
John D. Amato was the assistant manager.
Images of America: New Britain, Volume III. Page 2, long marquee showing “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Page 13, showing “Small Town Girl” (1936 version) with Robert Taylor.
I love your organistic validations, Lost Memory.
Bryan, please add also known as Strand.
Don’t think so. But while perusing through the Greenwich City Directory, it was Pickwick Bowling Alley for about 25 or 28 years, way longer than it was a theatre!
According to the Milford/Orange City Directory, the Orange 1-2-3 opened under General Cinema in 1966, then became 1-2-3-4-5 in 1975 and became Showcase, then 6 screens in 1980 and 7 in 1983.
Oops. Forgot to add that the 1963 address is on 230 Cherry Street.
According to the Milford/Orange City Directory, the Tower is first listed in 1924 but makes its last appearance in the 1932 edition.
According to the Milford/Orange City Directory, the Colonial appears in the 1924 edition, the 1939 edition (at 2-4-6 Broadway) and makes its last appearance in the 1960 edition.
I meant to post this in the spring but forgot. I found this theater and it’s quite huge and angled away from the road. It was for sale through CBRE and you can see through the upstairs windows at the rafters. I doubt if I called them up, that I could get a tour of the place without honestly wanting to buy it, but maybe they can answer questions regarding any architectural imprints still left?
According to the Milford/Orange City Directory, 1924 lists the Capitol on 8 Daniel Street. 1939 it’s on 26 Daniel and it appears on all directories until the last one on their file in 1991.
I was leafing through the Milford/Orange City Directory the other day. The article above was from 1984, but the cinema isn’t in the directory until 1991 and only that year. Hmmmm.
The Milford/Orange City Directory from 1939 shows the drive-in as “Drive-In Auto Theatres Corp” on Boston Post Road. In 1942 it becomes “Loew’s EM Theatre”. In 1956 it changes again to “Milford Drive-In”. In 1963 it’s “Northeast Drive-In” and disappears from the 1972 directory.
Regarding my last post…“No Applause – Just Throw Money”, the book that made vaudeville famous by Trav S.D. has on the first pictures section, 2nd page on the bottom, a photo of Tammany Hall with the caption, “New York’s Tammany Hall was home base to no less than two major vaudeville managers. Tony Pastor’s theater was located right in the building. Tammany politician "Big Tim” Sullivan was to start one of the premier circuits of the Pacific Northwest with his partner John Considine."
There you have it.
I finally made it inside. Too many times I was in New Haven at a time when it was closed. First off, I went in the original front doors of “The Rice Tower” and there was a nice chandelier and nice banisters. Downstairs is nothing but a hospital clinic. Upstairs, on the right is a glass tile wall and if you look through it, you can make out theater doors and ornate tiles where the wall meets the ceiling. Almost like looking through blurry windows to another reality.
Then I went inside Hula Hanks where they were hanging Halloween decorations and I told them why I was there. They were receptive. Pretty lively joint inside. Lots of islandy aesthetics. The proscenium is quite clear as a bar is below it. The paint scheme is all blue skies and white clouds. This place was quite small, smaller than the Whalley Avenue Theater by 500 seats. The balcony behind has one large window and a few to the right and that seems kind of small. No door on the upstairs leads to it but fronm the ground floor near the entrance. There is a catwalk/stairwell on both sides wrapping around the orchesra with a DJ booth/tent in the far right corner at the stage. There’s a bar on the left and on the right is booths with a tv in the wall at each booth. Not a bad scheme, but it definitely feels narrow and I’m sure it did in those days, too.
It was built by Emily Wakeman Hartley in 1914 to encourage pre-broadway tryouts for plays. This was according to “Stamford: An Illustrated History” by Feinstein.
I picked up a new publication at Bethel Cinema called “TheatreCT” but it’s mostly for acting theater, but they do mention new things going on with the Palace in Stamford and Waterbury and the Warner Theater in Torrington.
There’s a spread on the Palace in Stamford on pages 24-27 and some nice pictures of the marquee and of the inside looking at the balconies.
They use the nice plug title of “Stamford, a Rich Forum for Connecticut Culture” and it’s about how it’s quickly becoming a mecca for film and theater.
“Partly due to its proximity to Broadway, its theater community serves as both a training ground for budding artists and as a professional theater hub in its own right. Stamford Theatre Works and the Stamford Center for the Arts…incorporates the Rich Forum and the Stamford Palace Theatre, which recently enjoyed a renovation. In 2008, Stamford Theatre Works, an equity theater…will move into the Palace…making SCA a major theater center.
They also mention the other cinemas in town.
I picked up a new publication called “TheatreCT” at Bethel Cinema and it focuses mostly on acting with some tidbits on other theaters. There’s a spread on pages 20-22 on the Warner’s full service 8,000 sq. ft costume rental business. All the money goes into the theater’s general fund. Prices are $30 a week per item and for the public it’s $50 per costume per week. Organizations, theaters and high schools that rent 10 or more costumes get 15 percent discounts on the whole rental.
From a new publication called “Theatre CT” that I picked up at Bethel Cinema. It’s mostly for acting but they mentioned that Seven Angels and the Palace, both in Waterbury will have plans to bring community theater in, a first for the Palace, in late 2007 or 2008.
From the Waterbury Observer October 2007 – Phoenix Records in Litchfield and Waterbury will now serve as Palace Theater ticket outlets for select events.
The Palace also just received a $31,000 grant from the American Savings Bank Foundation to support the after-school arts and education program, Spotlight on Movement: Setting the Stage for Change. “It is a theater and academic program with integrated curriculum that incorporates elements of the Civil Rights Movement and current civil rights issues with the theatrical practices and applications of public speaking and the groundbreaking dance movement of the 1960s.”
50 high school students from Danbury and Waterbury will participate in 5 workshops in dance, theater and academic subjects and 80 middle school students will participate in a 10-week program on popular dances of the 60s.
Salvage. Aah. I just picked up a copy of a nice publication from my friend’s storefront in NYC called “Architectural Salvage News” out of Virginia. They talk about this kind of preservation in all buildings.
The only Park 11 I could find is in Winter Park.
And the public transit is great and the bike path goes directly there. But still, it’s known for being a college town and most of its foot traffic are students and passersby. I’m glad I got to go there once.
Right. There’s a mention of this in Trav S.D.’s “No Applause, Just Throw Money”, book on vaudeville.
It also mentions that Tammany Hall presented vaudeville as well.
Right. Not a wise choice, since there are like 5 colleges in that area and a few downtown. It’s mostly neighborhood folks, tourists and students.
Was originally built in 1893 as The Russwin Lyceum.
See http://www.biblestudents.com/htdbv5/zwt0289.htm at the bottom at 277 Main Street as Russwin Lyceum.
Mentioned in Images of America: New Britain, Volume I. Page 128, picture showing 3-sided marquee and a worker under a ladder removing letters for the last time. “As strains of Auld Lang Syne played, movie-goers exited the Embassy Theatre for the last time in the summer of 1964.”
It contained 1300 seats. The owner was John Dabrowski.
Images of America: New Britain, Volume II. Page 110 shows the low marquee and entrance with “Hermie Dressel – Alan Freed” and “Rock, Rock, Rock” on the marquee.
John D. Amato was the assistant manager.
Images of America: New Britain, Volume III. Page 2, long marquee showing “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Page 13, showing “Small Town Girl” (1936 version) with Robert Taylor.