The address of the State Theater is 213 W. Federal Street. The seating capacity given in the Film Daily Yearbook’s , 1941 and 1943 is 1,500. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y.B. it is listed as having 2,000 seats.
TJ and RobertR;
A search on IMDB reveals Jack Wrangler is still around, born 11th July 1946 (son of television producer Robert Stillman). Wrangler and Margaret Whiting were married in 1994, still married!
MagicLantern:
When you go and take ‘tea’ there next weekend, can you count the seating capacity for us please, projection facilities, and other features not covered in the above postings(ok>>>well check them out too, just make sure we have all our facts right)!
On my recent visit to the city I only had time to photo the exterior (too many theatres, too little time).
moviemanforever;
A correction to your first posting on here(17th Feb).
The name ‘tea room’ is a gay slang term used in the USA since the 1960’s(that I know of) for public restrooms where gay men have annonimous sex (ie tea room trade)
In the UK, gay slang for a public convenience is a ‘cottage’(in use since the 1950’s). So named after the many public loos built in parks etc in the Edwardian era and 1920’s that were designed to look like mini cottages, so that they didn’t look so offensive and hid their real purpose. Some of them are now Listed Grade II buildings!
As for the rest of Europe, I don’t know what words would be used in French, Spanish, German, Italian etc.
Manwithnoname;
I have a twin set up here, the living room screen 1 has a 32inch widescreen LCD flat panel monitor screen (all aspect ratio’s are available), THX and Dolby Pro-Logic surround, and a 3 seater black leather sofa (kinky). The bedroom screen 2 has a small tv and bog standard mono sound and at least room for 3 but who cares once the lights go out.
A Night at the Adonis (1977) is listed on The Internet Movie Database (you have to add your preference to do an ‘adult’ search to view it and the review).
Being the person who added this theatre to the site, I have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of in the context of the aims and goals of this site, which is to document and discuss buildings that are used for showing movies, commonly known as theatres/theaters or cinemas. I simply report and add a theatre because it is a theatre, not shying away because the morals of the patrons of a particular building offend me.
The Aquarius/Tea Room Theatre has been in operation as a movie theatre for over 30 years, which is longer than some ‘regular’ theatres on the site.
Are we to have a form of censorship that bans certain types of theatres from qualifying for the site because they don’t ‘fit’ into the general idea of what a theatre is? or the types of people who attend them offend certain members of society?
To be banned???;
Storefront theatres; most early nickelodeons were these.
Non purpose built theatres; because they are not proper theatres, just conversions.
Negro theatres: because they were exclusive to a certain race of people.
3rd run flea-pit dumps; because they deserved to close down and were an embaressment to the nearby movie palaces.
Theatres that had been used for porn; this would mean most of 42nd St and 8th Ave NYC theatres would be taken off not to mention theatres such as the Vista, E. Hollywood, CA which actually showed hard core gay movies for a while, but has now been lovingly restored back to its 1926 Egyptian style and sceens general release movies again.
To be banned?? I don’t think so!
I personally have spent over 35 years in cinema and ‘legit’ theatre management here in the UK and have worked in buildings contrasting from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to West End Theatres, to circuit general release movie theatres, to straight porn XXX cinemas (not all in that order) LOL So I can speak from much experience in working in all types of ‘theatre’ buildings.
Also being a founder member of the Cinema Theatre Association (founded 1967) and being their Visit Co-ordinator for eight years (organising over 80 visits for members, 5 of them International) and made a Life Member a couple of years ago for my services to the Association, I can vouch my sincerity in my detailed research of theatre and cinema buildings which I have been sharing with this site in the over 600 postings I have made about the buildings, data and history.
Now let us all get off our moralistic ‘high horse’ and get back to giving the Cinema Treasures site an input into the theatre buildings whatever their condition, operational woes/needs, style, size etc.
They ALL deserve our attention,and research so others can share them with us for generations to come.
Jeff;
Thanks I will mail you. I have a couple of photos in the book ‘American Theatres of Today’ Vol 1 which shows the exterior facade and an auditorium shot taken in c.1926. I can scan and send to you.
To my knowledge there were no other theatres close by.
The marquee of the RKO Keith’s, Richmond Hill was restored by the filmakers of the 2002 comedy movie “The Guru”. It can be seen several times in the movie and also what appears to be what could have been the former manager’s office above the lobby which in the movie serves as the appartment Jimi Mistry moves into on his arrival in New York.
Later in the movie, you can see scenes that were shot in the lobby and auditorium of Loew’s 175th St.Theatre, Manhattan, NYC.
Joe;
We need that address to track down the Admiral Theatre. I have run out of options in my collection here. Anyone out there with any past Los Angeles newspaper with theatre listings over the years which has the S. Main St. Admiral Theatre, please let us know. Thanks
I have just posted up all missing theatres downtown on Main, Spring, Broadway and Hill Streets on this site that I know about.
Good detective work there Jeff. Looking at the building you would never belive it had ever been a theatre. I have passed it many times, knowing that it was the location of the Oriental/Granada, but never thought to go inside.
The header needs to be up-dated to : Status: Closed. Function: Retail
Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 have a seating capacity of 1,033. The F.D.Y. 1951 gives a seating capacity of 873 with the address at 720 Mattison Ave.
There is a new building on the site of the Town Theatre as viewed in January 2005. The MacDonald’s has gone and the new build is called Silver City. I’m not sure what it is though, maybe a casino or offices, hard to tell just looking at it?
The office building built on the site is the fabulous art deco styled William Fox Building, built in 1932 which was the base of the Fox movie theaters empire.
The address of the Palace Theater is 318 W. 7th St.
Joe;
You are correct, it is the building across the ally at the rear of the Loew’s State Theater. The brickwork on the ally side of the building does look very old and original. The building is currently in retail use as a GNC General Nutrition Center store. A false ceiling has been hung inside the building and there are no signs of its past use, but it is definately the original building.
The address given in Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 is 242 W. Federal St. and the seating capacity is 1,506.
The address given in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 is East Main Street, Patchogue, NY (listed under Long Island)
The address of the State Theater is 213 W. Federal Street. The seating capacity given in the Film Daily Yearbook’s , 1941 and 1943 is 1,500. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y.B. it is listed as having 2,000 seats.
TJ and RobertR;
A search on IMDB reveals Jack Wrangler is still around, born 11th July 1946 (son of television producer Robert Stillman). Wrangler and Margaret Whiting were married in 1994, still married!
MagicLantern:
When you go and take ‘tea’ there next weekend, can you count the seating capacity for us please, projection facilities, and other features not covered in the above postings(ok>>>well check them out too, just make sure we have all our facts right)!
On my recent visit to the city I only had time to photo the exterior (too many theatres, too little time).
moviemanforever;
A correction to your first posting on here(17th Feb).
The name ‘tea room’ is a gay slang term used in the USA since the 1960’s(that I know of) for public restrooms where gay men have annonimous sex (ie tea room trade)
In the UK, gay slang for a public convenience is a ‘cottage’(in use since the 1950’s). So named after the many public loos built in parks etc in the Edwardian era and 1920’s that were designed to look like mini cottages, so that they didn’t look so offensive and hid their real purpose. Some of them are now Listed Grade II buildings!
As for the rest of Europe, I don’t know what words would be used in French, Spanish, German, Italian etc.
Manwithnoname;
I have a twin set up here, the living room screen 1 has a 32inch widescreen LCD flat panel monitor screen (all aspect ratio’s are available), THX and Dolby Pro-Logic surround, and a 3 seater black leather sofa (kinky). The bedroom screen 2 has a small tv and bog standard mono sound and at least room for 3 but who cares once the lights go out.
The End!
LOL; longislandmovies.
A Night at the Adonis (1977) is listed on The Internet Movie Database (you have to add your preference to do an ‘adult’ search to view it and the review).
Being the person who added this theatre to the site, I have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of in the context of the aims and goals of this site, which is to document and discuss buildings that are used for showing movies, commonly known as theatres/theaters or cinemas. I simply report and add a theatre because it is a theatre, not shying away because the morals of the patrons of a particular building offend me.
The Aquarius/Tea Room Theatre has been in operation as a movie theatre for over 30 years, which is longer than some ‘regular’ theatres on the site.
Are we to have a form of censorship that bans certain types of theatres from qualifying for the site because they don’t ‘fit’ into the general idea of what a theatre is? or the types of people who attend them offend certain members of society?
To be banned???;
Storefront theatres; most early nickelodeons were these.
Non purpose built theatres; because they are not proper theatres, just conversions.
Negro theatres: because they were exclusive to a certain race of people.
3rd run flea-pit dumps; because they deserved to close down and were an embaressment to the nearby movie palaces.
Theatres that had been used for porn; this would mean most of 42nd St and 8th Ave NYC theatres would be taken off not to mention theatres such as the Vista, E. Hollywood, CA which actually showed hard core gay movies for a while, but has now been lovingly restored back to its 1926 Egyptian style and sceens general release movies again.
To be banned?? I don’t think so!
I personally have spent over 35 years in cinema and ‘legit’ theatre management here in the UK and have worked in buildings contrasting from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to West End Theatres, to circuit general release movie theatres, to straight porn XXX cinemas (not all in that order) LOL So I can speak from much experience in working in all types of ‘theatre’ buildings.
Also being a founder member of the Cinema Theatre Association (founded 1967) and being their Visit Co-ordinator for eight years (organising over 80 visits for members, 5 of them International) and made a Life Member a couple of years ago for my services to the Association, I can vouch my sincerity in my detailed research of theatre and cinema buildings which I have been sharing with this site in the over 600 postings I have made about the buildings, data and history.
Now let us all get off our moralistic ‘high horse’ and get back to giving the Cinema Treasures site an input into the theatre buildings whatever their condition, operational woes/needs, style, size etc.
They ALL deserve our attention,and research so others can share them with us for generations to come.
Jeff;
Thanks I will mail you. I have a couple of photos in the book ‘American Theatres of Today’ Vol 1 which shows the exterior facade and an auditorium shot taken in c.1926. I can scan and send to you.
To my knowledge there were no other theatres close by.
The header above needs to be ammended to: Status: Closed/Renovating
Function: Performance/Exhibition space.
The address of the Loew’s State Theatre 4 is: 1540 Broadway, New York, NY. 10036
The lobby and auditorium can be viewed in later scenes in the 2002 comedy movie “The Guru”.
Also earlier in that movie can be seen exteriors of the RKO Keith’s Richmond Hill Theatre, to which the filmakers did a restoration of the marquee.
The marquee of the RKO Keith’s, Richmond Hill was restored by the filmakers of the 2002 comedy movie “The Guru”. It can be seen several times in the movie and also what appears to be what could have been the former manager’s office above the lobby which in the movie serves as the appartment Jimi Mistry moves into on his arrival in New York.
Later in the movie, you can see scenes that were shot in the lobby and auditorium of Loew’s 175th St.Theatre, Manhattan, NYC.
Joe;
We need that address to track down the Admiral Theatre. I have run out of options in my collection here. Anyone out there with any past Los Angeles newspaper with theatre listings over the years which has the S. Main St. Admiral Theatre, please let us know. Thanks
I have just posted up all missing theatres downtown on Main, Spring, Broadway and Hill Streets on this site that I know about.
MagicLantern;
My e-mail is on my profile.
Good detective work there Jeff. Looking at the building you would never belive it had ever been a theatre. I have passed it many times, knowing that it was the location of the Oriental/Granada, but never thought to go inside.
The header needs to be up-dated to : Status: Closed. Function: Retail
lostmemory…No addresses given in any of the F.D.Y.B. I have. Seating is still given as 550 in 1943 but it has risen to 600 in the 1950 edition!
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 gives a seating capacity of 550.
The header needs changing to: Function: Retail. aka: Chinatown Theatre.
There are still a few remains of the original decor to be seen inside the building.
The headers need to be changed for this theatre: Status: Open, Function: Live performances (Chinese)
Current Name: Great Star Theatre
I have a San Francisco Chronicle advert dated November 1976 for the Great Star screening “Oriental Playgirl”
Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 have a seating capacity of 1,033. The F.D.Y. 1951 gives a seating capacity of 873 with the address at 720 Mattison Ave.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 gives a seating capacity of 355.
There is a new building on the site of the Town Theatre as viewed in January 2005. The MacDonald’s has gone and the new build is called Silver City. I’m not sure what it is though, maybe a casino or offices, hard to tell just looking at it?
The office building built on the site is the fabulous art deco styled William Fox Building, built in 1932 which was the base of the Fox movie theaters empire.
The address of the Palace Theater is 318 W. 7th St.
Joe;
You are correct, it is the building across the ally at the rear of the Loew’s State Theater. The brickwork on the ally side of the building does look very old and original. The building is currently in retail use as a GNC General Nutrition Center store. A false ceiling has been hung inside the building and there are no signs of its past use, but it is definately the original building.
The status of the Cozy needs to be changed to ‘Closed’. Function ‘Retail’. Other name ‘Astro’
The building appears to have been built in the 1920’s
The status of the Central needs to be changed to ‘Closed’. Function ‘Retail’
It still remains, although the All in Bridal & Tuxedo shop has now closed as seen in January 2005.
Joe;
You are correct, it is located almost next door to the historic Bradbury Building which has a #304 address.