Century's Plainview Theatre

Thanks. The Wikipedia page addresses those places being a part of Oyster Bay, but it does not address why the ‘60s era newspaper ads listed the PLAINVIEW in Hicksville.

Michael,perhaps this will help
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainview,_New_York – 36k

Yes Michael the theatre was in Plainview. I worked there for a while and lived in nearby Hicksville.
There also seems to be some confusion over the D-150, which is listed as Syosset but in fact was located ib Woodbury. In addition there was of course the Syosset theatre located in Syosset. The two theatre were located very close to one another but in two different towns. Hope that helps

Hey Bob, I remember working the booth as relief projectionist for Ben Hur and later worked full time during 1970s.
It was a great theatre to work, friendly staff. Working for Century was top of the hill in those days.

It was my pleasure to work at the Plainview Theatre for 10 years (from 1965 to 1975) as an usher and marquee changer. I worked there while I was in college and part-time there after. My first film was My Fair Lady. After that we had several other hard ticket 70mm films such as; The Sand Pebbles, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Oliver and the re-releases of Ben-Hur and Gone With the Wind. The theatre had 1582 seats, with a balcony, lodge and ochestra. It was a fun time and to this day I still keep in touch with some of my Plainview Theatre alumni.
Best wishes to any other alumni out there
Posted by BobLamelle on March 26, 2006 at 11:46 am

We spent many a night hanging out in the parking lot doing things our post war parents could not even imagined (or at least, that’s what we thought). We did things inside that are now foder for legends. Regardless, we had fun. The Century Cinema in Plainview was a big part of my coming of age memories. We had no idea ho lucky we were to be in a “selected preview” city. I remember, like it was yesterday, a friend of mine escorting Brooke Shields to the preview of Blue Lagoon…just because he had the right look and worked at the right theatre at the right time in the right city…go HOWIE! We had no idea that we were a part of history. I feel fortunate to look back and see what a lucky person I was to have grown up where I did.

Gulls fly higher….Rich Rogers – Plainview Old Bethpage High School class of 1981

I went here for the first and only time to see “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” in September, 1981 and it seemed like the theater was gone soon afterwards, so it must have closed in late 1981 or early 1982. The building was rapidly converted into yet another bland suburban office building along South Oyster Bay Road. The first of the Plainview theaters to close, the other three would also be gone by the end of the 1980s.

It was interesting to read on that new 70mm site how many big pictures opened here in 70mm.