Cinema 3

2 W. 59th Street,
New York, NY 10019

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DonRosen
DonRosen on March 6, 2005 at 1:43 am

I remember the odd booking of “Jetsons: the Movie” which played for a few weeks. The theatre name “Cinema 3” must have ticked off the Cinema 1 & 11 when they had to name their third theatre “Cinema 3rd Ave.”

RobertR
RobertR on December 7, 2004 at 11:02 am

Wow, I had forgotten about the phone reservations. I am trying to remember I think at the very end they did sell concessions here.

br91975
br91975 on August 24, 2004 at 2:23 pm

The former Cinema III space is now occupied by a restaurant of some sort.

Michael Furlinger
Michael Furlinger on August 24, 2004 at 2:18 pm

The only theater in NEW YORK not to have a candy stand sold no food or drinks of any kind. RKO / CINEPLEX ALWAYS HELD THERE MANAGER MEETINGS HERE.

fornasetti
fornasetti on August 17, 2004 at 11:49 pm

I worked here from 1977 to 1981. It was the first NYC theatre to take phone reservations when Julia opened in late ‘77. Donald Rugoff still owned the Cinema 5 chain at the time and it was a class act. It showed big releases alternating with quality “art” fair.
People always confused it with the Plaza Theatre on 58th street and with Cinema 1 and 2 on 3rd and 59th street.
Celebrities liked it since there was a private entrance through the hotel.

SethLewis
SethLewis on March 19, 2004 at 3:56 am

This theatre replaced a space that was a well-known revue theatre in the Plaza the Plaza 9 maybe…This was as close to a private screening room feel as we had in Manhattan…wide deep seats…no popcorn and generally not much company…The opening attraction was Alain Resnais' Providence…The listing in adverts was always Cinema III or Cinema 3 with just beneath it in the Plaza Hotel so not to confuse with Cinema I and II or even the Plaza a block away
Eventually Rugoff/Cinema 5 started day dating this with the Sutton or Cinema I mainly on Fox pictures Julia, Robert Altman’s A Wedding, High Anxiety offering reserved seating

Remember seeing A Wedding, Moonlighting, Broadcast News, Field of Dreams here

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on March 18, 2004 at 2:04 pm

I saw several films here during the theatre’s modest life. THE CONSEQUENCE by Wolfgang Peterson was one. Pier Paolo Pasolini’s astonishing ARABIAN NIGHTS was another.