Lafayette Theatre
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
97 Lafayette Avenue,
Suffern,
NY
10901
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Doesn’t seem that early to me, bolorkay. It’s almost February already.
Perhaps a bit early, but I’m certainly looking forward to the Spring season opener, “Dr. No” !
With the large crowd that showed up for “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” last season, perhaps a Bond film per year might be within the “realm of possibility”?
Hi, Bill Huelbig. You might well be right, depending whether or not West Side Story is playing closer to me at the time, although I’d love to also view “West Side Story” in a theatre such as the Lafayette Theatre.
MPol: I bet you’d make the trip for “West Side Story”! Unfortunately the Lafayette just showed it in April 2009 (and I missed it myself), but it may come back again someday.
Thanks, PeterApruzzese. During the week is kind of hard for me to make the six-hour drive down there, but, hey…maybe, possibly, during the warmer weather, if there’s a good Saturday morning classic, I might. Who knows??
MPol – Thank you; I hope you make it to a show some time. In addition to our Saturday morning Big Screen Classics shows, the Lafayette is open every day for first-run films.
Jodar – Just to update, the opera boxes are available for seating on Saturday nights (I don’t recall the price). We opened them up by popular demand – people had been asking for a couple of years to be able to sit up there.
Thanks for the exciting info, PeterApruzzese. I learn something every time I post here on this site.
Jodar -
The opera boxes are not normally open for seating at films. We do open them for special events such as the It’s a Wonderful Life showing. In my opinion, they are not great for movie watching because of their angle to the screen. Since we use a silver screen, the viewing angle is optimized for the seats on the floor and loge; the opera boxes are a bit out of the reflectivity range, so you get a dimmer picture in them.
Very nice pictures. I am wondering what it is like to watch a movie from one of the ‘opera boxes.’ Do they charge more for those seats? Are there additional amenities for those who sit on those seats? Individualized speakers maybe?
Thanks for posting links to my photos.
Pete, I still have to email these to you. Sorry, it’s been busy.
Here’s the link to the set so you can view them in order:
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Wow!! The Lafayette Theatre certainly is a fantastic-looking theatre, both inside and out. The auditorium, as well as the lobby and the outside, with the round marquee, especially full of people waiting to get into the movie, all made it look like a real old-fashioned, retro-type theatre, just perfect for showing some of those wonderful old classics. Would love to drive out there and take in a classic film there, particularly if it be that goilden oldie-but-goody keeper of a classic film, West Side Story!
Thanks for the photos! They’re great!
Thanks to everyone who came out to yesterday’s show of “It’s a Wonderful Life”, the closing film in the fall 2009 season. We packed in over 900 folks for the movie and pre-show holiday festivities and it was a great event. We’ll be back on March 13 for another full season of Big Screen Classics.
Sounds as it you guys had fun!!
Great print of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service this past Saturday! The special guest who gave a history and interesting facts about the movie was very nice!
Pete an excellent job with the change overs as ALWAYS!!
Great piece of showmanship at “San Francisco” screening by turning up the subwoofer during the earthquake scene…nicely done Pete!!
I never saw the original “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, but I did see the remake of it, and, when we were waiting to get into the screening we’d come for, we noticed that a number of people coming out of the previous screening of “Invaders of the Body Snatchers” remake seemed scared out of their minds. I wasn’t crazy about the “Body Snatchers” remake myself. I’m sure the original was better. That’s almost always the case.
As remakes go, that was an extremely good one – one of the best ever, actually. But nothing beats the original.
Although I never saw the movie “House on Haunted Hill”, I have seen “Rebel Without a Cause”, “Sunset Boulevard” and a re-make of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (not the original).
I love the photobucket photograph you posted, btw. Thanks.
It is exciting. It’s also strange because the locations never look exactly like they did in the movie. Take the “House on Haunted Hill”, for example. It looks not at all threatening in the daytime -it’s actually quite beautiful:
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How exciting it must be to visit various locations where famous movies were made!
Before the show Nelson spoke about visiting many of the “Vertigo” locations when he was in San Francisco. He said some people may think it was a crazy thing to do, but I know exactly how he feels. When a movie is that good …
Besides, I’ve done it myself. Last year, on a trip to LA, I visited locations for the ‘50s classics “Sunset Boulevard”, “Rebel Without a Cause”, “House on Haunted Hill” and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. I hope to visit the “Vertigo” locations one day.
Boy, it’s amazing the liberties that were taken with that “restoration!”
Pete: I had a strong feeling that was your decision! After all, that was the way Hitchcock intended it to end. I can still remember the first time I saw “Vertigo” on network TV (NBC?) in the ‘60’s. I must’ve been about 12 or 13. That unbelievable final shot, followed immediately by the Paramount logo, and that’s the end. I think I said to myself in amazement, “What did I just see?!”
Glad you enjoyed the show, Bill. Sorry I didn’t get to see you, I was dealing with a mechanical problem upstairs prior to the show. Regarding the opening logo, the print came in without it, it started on the fade-up to the Paramount mountain. The restoration credits at the end, I made a decision to not show them. No disrespect intended to Robert Harris' restoration effort, but Vertigo ends with Herrmann’s crashing, resolved music chord over the Paramount logo. There is not supposed to be any end title music (especially a simple reprise of the main title) nor end credits. We’re still hoping to show Thief someday – the current rights holder is trying to get new prints made.
Yea, I remember that. Then the license terms on Thief of Baghdad changed and they couldn’t get it back again for a reschedule. What are the chances of that?