Lafayette Theatre
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
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I’ve never seen that before. It makes a certain amount of sense.
Yes, NYTOS placed it in the first one on the right-hand side.
The organ console is in one of the boxes?
Quick updates – the ceiling painting is going very well – view a slideshow at the top of our photo gallery page:
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Also – the Big Screen Classics fall season opens on October 23 with the new restored print of David Lean’s epic BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI.
Saturday, November 6, will be the “Salute to Universal Horror” during the Horror-Thon, featuring the films: DRACULA, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943), HOUSE OF DRACULA, and the 75th Anniversary presentation of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
Although I’m not a NY area resident, I’m glad to hear that this great-looking theatre was not only saved, but undergoing some necessary renovations. All the best.
I posted the following good news last night on our website:
Nelson Page is proud to announce that the Lafayette Theatre’s long-overdue ceiling cleaning and repair â€" which includes scraping, refinishing, and repainting as well as replacement of plasterwork that has been damaged over the years â€" will be taking place from August through October.
We are thrilled that the Benmosche family is making the long-term future of the Lafayette Theatre a reality by their commitment of $250,000 to this project. As the landlords of the building, the Benmosche’s have long been dedicated to keeping the Lafayette Theatre and downtown Suffern a vital place to visit.
The Lafayette Theatre will be closed from August 16 through October 21 for this work to take place. Please keep your eye on our website and your e-mail for details on upcoming films and live events at the Lafayette. We’re happy that our world-famous Horror-Thon will return on the weekend of November 5 â€" 7; the Big Screen Classics Saturday matinee series returns on October 23; and Sunday morning movies from our friends at the Rivertown Film Society will be back starting on October 24.
We hope to install a live webcam so that you can log on and see the work in progress â€" watch your e-mail for details on how to view it once it’s hooked up and ready.
Thanks, and see you at the movies!
The Marquee looks very much the same style as the marquee of the former Loews State in L.A.Same type lettering and curved sighboards.
Very worthwhile “indie” film program brought into the Lafayette Theatre this spring and summer by the folks at Rivertown. (I saw some great films this year that might only have been available in NYC- I’d enjoy seeing the film, “Agora” that’s apparently only being screened in one theater in the Village.)
I hope that their endevours proved profitable so that they might consider returning next spring. (I understand they have one more film to go in this current season.)
Thanks bolorkay. Yes, the Horror-Thon will be returning this October.
It’s been a great Spring Season. Looking forward to the last two film weekends, especially the Stooges and Looney Tunes.
Here’s hoping the “Horror-thon” returns in the fall.
I saw “The Graduate” as a high school Sophomore, at the height of its popularity, and loved it! Although “The Graduate” doesn’t hold the same kind of special place in my heart regarding movies as “West Side Story”, it, too is one of those irreplaceable golden-oldie-but-keeper movies.
It’s always interesting to be proven wrong, especially about something that has been praised by critics and fans alike. That certainly was the case with Saturday’s presentation of “The Red Shoes”. Having been brought up as a Richard Widmark, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas fan, a film about ballet…. NO WAY !!!! Well, what an eye-opener!
Please, Lafayette folk, more Michael Powell films. (how about re-scheduling “The Thief of Bagdad” from a couple of seasons ago.)
Your presentation of “Stairway To Heaven” was quite a treat to see on the big screen.
My parents saw “The Graduate” in 1968 when they were 39 years old. I remember them telling me how funny it was, and that the whole audience was laughing all through it. My mom thought it was too short and she didn’t want it to end. I didn’t get to see it till 3 years later but I agreed with them – it’s definitely a great comedy.
It’s A Gift was far funnier than I remembered it, and it was a treat seeing a stunning newly restored print on the big Lafayette screen. As always, Pete put on a stupendous show. Looking forward to the remaining shows.
Glad everyone enjoyed “It’s a Gift” yesterday – a true comedy classic. The next four shows (as was It’s a Gift) are all going to be showing in pristine studio prints: Gilda, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Lady Eve, and The Red Shoes (new restoration) so I hope to see some of you there.
Very nice marquee on the LAFAYETTE.
“The Graduate” was labeled a comedy by its studio in 1968 when it won the Golden Globe in that category.
It is silly to argue the point based on 2010 values. “The Graduate” is a satire of the ridiculous values of the ‘older’ generation made for 17 year old movie-goers who thought that being seduced by your girlfriend’s mother and being told to dedicate your life to making “plastics” was the height of absurdity.
The Graduate will be playing in 2 weeks on Saturday April 24th at the Landmark Loews Jersey in Jersey City. The Lafayette and the Landmark Loews Jersey tries not to run the same film in the same season. While it does not always work out that way, that is the goal.
In addition, I don’t think Nelson is down on The Graduate. His issue, as is mine, is with the AFI which considers it a comedy. While it has comic moments, I would not consider The Graduate a comedy.
good idea!
“It’s a Gift” truly one of the funniest films I ever saw, great presentation at the Lafayette but why is Nelson so down on “The Graduate”? Does that mean the Lafayette will never screen it. It IS one of the great movies and a definite comedy. BTW…Nelson needs to be corrected as he was yesterday in the theater when he asked what was ranked #1 as a comedy by the AFI. A member of the audience said “Some Like it Hot” and he was right but Nelson said it was “The Graduate” which was ranked #9. Actually my opinion of one of the most overrated comedies of all time is what came in at #2: “Tootsie”
But how bout a future screening of “The Graduate” at the Lafayette and let someone else introduce it?
Gosh, it sounds like you guys had lots of fun! Sure wish I could’ve been there!!
We just posted a video on YouTube of a brief excerpt form a 1926 newsreel showing the front & marquee of the Lafayette Theatre and the crowd coming out of a show. View it here:
Lafayette Newsreel
I had wanted to see the blown-up version in 1989 (billed as Super VistaVision, and done very well, by the way), but it never played in the New York City area. So Saturday’s excellent show filled a definite void in my history with “The Ten Commandments”.
I love this movie so much I watched it again on ABC Saturday night, even with a full hour of commercials. I spent nine full hours that day with “The Ten Commandments”.
The print I ran at the Lafayette yesterday (the only currently available studio print) was from Paramount’s 1989 re-issue, where they blew up the VV image to fill CinemaScope proportions. The aspect was a little closer to 2.2:1. The sound on the film was Dolby “A” stereo with very little surround activity, none of the sound effects or dialogue are in stereo, only the music. Glad you enjoyed the show!
The LJ ran a local collector’s print, which was nice to see though the print itself was in varying degrees of condition and completeness. Sound, of course, was mono on that one.
Glad y
4 years ago, at the Loews Jersey, I saw their presentation in flat (1.85), not cropped. I think it was a collector’s print from the original issue.