Lindenhurst Theatre
20 E. Montauk Highway,
Lindenhurst,
NY
11757
20 E. Montauk Highway,
Lindenhurst,
NY
11757
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Hey Wally75! Been gone from these parts a while, but I’m getting back into the swing of things. My old work email is no longer active (which is what you had), but please click on my profile name below and you will find my email address. If you’d like to send me those pics, I’ll gladly put them up in my photobucket account and post them here.
I went by today….boat still on roof with we moved signs..also a sign said [available] 631 928 2100….yet on the other side same sign but had a [leased] over it…i will call today…i took pictures
will pick up today… would like to post if someone tells me how..
Mean time…where the screen would be is a large roll up door..
West side has big show case windows [ that could be bricked up]
Loge is still there..only thing missing, ticket both and snack bar..
oh yeah seats…
What is happending to the property now? I heard that the building can be restored back to a theatre. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
Went by it today 12/3 all boats are gone with a we moved sign..
but did still has a boat on roof..
I was a kid and went to see Funny Face the Astaire/Hepburn musical. As an adult now I appreciate the old film but back then as a kid I hated it. When the musical number “I Like Pink” came on I had enough and asked for my money back. The lady in the ticket booth was a very old and grouchy woman. “No! No refunds!” Then she pointed her finger at me “Ain’t you the one we threw out last week?” I was. I ran out of there fast and didn’t go back for months after.
Re a 2005 posting the old theatre, the Wellwood, was actually in town. It is in the directory. It was destroyed by fire. A year or two before the Lindenhurst closed, they, too, had a fire but the cause of their demise is the one plaguing all single screen theatres and, lately some of the multiplexes.
I’m glad there’s a visual of the theatre. It looked small from the outside but was surprisingly large inside. I remember a plaque over the refreshment stand which stated it had won some sort of designing award.
Not living in Lindenhurst, I went there once and only once in the summer of 2000 and saw “Frequency”. I figured the place was on it’s way out cuz the staff was unorganized and I was able to walk in without a ticket.
Orlando is doing fine and working hard at the Loews Paradise in the Bronx.
What ever happened to ORLANDO?
The theatre is closed, but the building is still standing and is presently a marine supply store.
Just about 50+ years ago I worked as a maintenance “man” at the Lindenhurst when I was 15yrs old. I had come out of the city for the summer and was enjoying the good life of Lindenhurst.
I was also sparking the beautiful “Beverly” and living life to it’s fullest. The Theater was in it’s prime and so was she.
God chose to take her early in life and now the theater is falling to “Greed”.
The owner may want to examine the following quote from Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson
“ You cannot do a kindness too soon
For you never know how soon
it will be too late!"
Consider giving back the "Heart” to the community.
The beauty of having a movie theatre in town was its convenience. We kids didn’t have to wait for our parents to “drive” us to movies. We were able to walk by ourselves or ride our bikes to the Lindenhurst. In those days you didn’t need a parent to occupany you to most movies anyway. There used to be a children’s section policy but that was given up and a kid could sit anywhere. You were allowed to sit through two or three showings. Smoking was allowed in the balcony and looking up at the cloud of smoke was awesome from below. I loved it when the gold curtain opened as the titles began and closed on the words The End at the percise moment. I will miss this theatre. Something could have been done to have at least The Studio Theatre find a home there, but no, it stays in that upper story clap trap with poor access for the handicapped and escape for patrons. Live and Learn.
Sounds like a great day……..
Sounds like a great day……..
Twelve people are signed up for the Lindenhurst/Babylon Theatre tour on Sept. 11, 2005. There is room for another twelve. The neon Lindenhurst name on the marquee is soon to be taken down, this will be your last opportunity to see it in place. E-mail me ASAP if you’re interested in attending by clicking my e-mail address several comments above this posting.
Sounds like a great day……..
P.S.S. This tour is open to all Cinema Treasures and THSA members.
P.S.S. This tour is open to all Cinema Treasures and THSA members.
P.S. We will get indoor tours of the Lindenhurst, South Bay Theatre and Babylon if I get access. The South Bay Theatre is a certain, a lot of improvements here. The Babylon Theatre has the Beekman Theatre seats (NYC) which I sat in last week.
Ooops!, sorry about the “ message. I am planning a tour of the Lindenhurst and Babylon area theatres on September 11 2005, on a Sunday. It will start at 10:30 Lindenhurst LIRR and end at the Babylon LIRR station with a BBQ lunch at my house and slide lecture on the area’s theatres. We will see Washington Hall (circa 1916), the Studio Theatre, the old National/Welwood/Lindenhurst site and the current Lindenhurst Theatre conversion, almost completed. BBQ lunch from 12:00 – 3:00 with slide show. Then the RKO Babylon Twin site, South Bay Theatre (1967), the Capitol/Babylon theatre (only working vertical sign in use in all Long Island, and the Alhambra and first Babylon Theatre site. You may depart from Babylon LIRR a 30 second walk from the last theatre site at approximately 6 PM. Open to the first 25 people to respond to:
This will be my first tour as New York Director of New York City of The Theatre Historical Society Of America. I will be planning more. RSVP to my website by August 31, 2005.
If you read the previous comments you wouldn’t have had
to waste your money on a phone call.
If you read the previous comments you wouldn’t have to waste your money on aphone call
talked with the lindenhurst mayors office…. lindenhurst theater is going to be a marina and boat shop.
Let’s see ‘em
I met up with Orlando during this summer’s conclave in L.A. and he showed me heart breaking, gut wrenching photos of the destruction of this once proud theatre.