Dubya" I loved the old Rogers-=———-It was my favorite Saturday Afternoon theater, especially when there was Yhe Durango Kid westerns showing————I went there from about 1947 until 1952 or so—————Didn’t you have sawdust on the floors and cats in the theater?————-I recall that very well, along with an Ice Cream Vendor———-Joe From Florida
To JoeB—-aka—-lovetheoldtheaters——————Besides myself, you don’t know how many folks were looking foward to seeing uour photo of the Rogers Theater——-Many are members of the BushwickBuddies.com website which also post here & at NYCSubway.Org———-Can I invite you to visit BushwickBuddies.com and check out the History & photo sections where we have been talking about the Rogers, Alba, Sun & all of your old favorite theaters besides our old neighborhood———I still have not lost hope that someway & someday you will be able to post or mail a copy of the photo to somebody who can post it here & at BushwickBuddies.com for all of us oldtimers to see once more———-Please reply——-Thanks JoeB————Joe From Florida
To: lovetheoldtheaters—-Joe: Contact Joe Salvia direct and he will try to walk you through on how to post the photo——-e-mail him at ———-To do it through this website would clog up this Rogers Theater site——-Joe is OK and from our old neighborhood in Brooklyn——-He will be waiting for your e-mail——-Thanks again Joe———-JoeR
Thanks Joe: I have e-mailed JoeS, but he is either not home or busy with other things; but I am sure that one of the guys will reply and soon they will be able to help you———-I am completely PC illiterate, as all I know how to do is push buttons, or I would be very happy to help you—————Luckily I can still push buttons——-JoeR
Joe: Sit tight………I’ll contact JoeS who has done transfers for me, plus any of the regulars who see your message will reply———-It is Sunday so many of them are probablt out and about———Nobody wants to see it as much as I do, if you read my past posts———JoeR from Florida
It’s excellent———-I believe that it’s still in print in soft cover——also any reference book by WK Everson is highly recomended——-Just ask ItalianGerry who also posts here about WK Everson———Gerry is the Ultimate Authority on International films, especially Italian of course———and Everson wrote books on all genre os films——He was excellent and I have many of his books——-Joe From Florida
I only have reference books and of his, “The Little Rascals—The Life and Times of Our Gang” is excellent, as it covers every short from the silents until the end at MGM————Joe From Florida
First question is that one individual in England started amassing the vast amount of information, and I cannot recall his name———-Then other were hired to assist him———-I do not know much else about it’s roots except that it did start in the UK———On Maltin, he was a regular contributor to IMDB——aka, facts, figures & reviews of Motion Pictures——-and he was receiving a salary from them as I recall—————What I heard from other sources at IMDB is that Amazon wanted him to give favorable reviews to titles released on dvd & videos that Amazon was selling and that Leonard took exception to that and resigned taking alot of his reviews with him————-They are a Gift to all Movie Buffs & Historians, but they do make mistakes, and when they are told about them, they do not correct them————Joe From Florida
You hit the nail on the head BWAY——IMDB started to go downhill when Amazon.com purchased them——a few of my early reviews still are at IMDB——I used sasheegm as my user id there——-I left those because there were no other reviews at the time and because they were personal favorites of mine——but I only did Classic Film reviews———-I still purchase from Amazon.com, it’s the idiots who are running their IMDB site that have no Moderators at their Forums that I have issues with———Joe From Florida
Hi Pete: They are thick headed————Leonard Maltin left them at about the same time I did————I took most of my posts & reviews with me as Leonard did——-also IMDB’s Main Office is in London even though they are owned by Amazon.com, and Amazon wanted Maltin to give their new dvd & video releases favorable reviews which he refused to do——————-I left because their Forum had become a Porno Post as various Genres were taken over by punk kids——and since it has no warning to anyone logging in, I felt it was time to get off of a sinking ship——-After I alerted Time-Warner(A close friend of mime is VP of Community Relations in Central Florida), he got involved and they cleaned house——-Amazing what a warning from AOL-Time Warner could do at that time———Joe From Florida
Read your response to Tonino Warren———I do the same with Classic Films as I have found more errors at IMDB and they never correct them———what you do with the Theaters, I do with researching Classic Films——-I have over 100 reference books by various Film Historians, with WK Everson being the most reliable———-Joe From Florida
To Joe—-lovetheoldtheaters: If you could manage to do that, it would be great, as I spent many happy times at that old place———Joe From Florida——-PS: If you cannot get it through, maybe you can make a copy & send it to Lost Memory and he can post it for all of us old guys who would love to see the old place again, just once!
Would love to see a photo of this old Theater that was a mainstay in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, NY for so many years——-All I can see is one at nycsubway.org of it’s facade above the Flushing Ave El station of the Broadway BMT……………Joe From Florida
Hi PKoch: I wish somebody would come up with a photo of the Rogers, other then the baroque facade that you can see at the Flushing Ave station of the BMT Broadway line————As a kid, that was my favorite movie theater———Westerns is what they showed primarily in the late 40s and early 1950s———-While the Parthenon was wide & spacious with comfortable seats, the Rogers was narrow with only a center isle and wooden seats as I recall——-Oh yes, and plenty of sawdust on the floors, i guess to keep candy & other goodies from sticking to the floor——also they had cats roaming about——but really we should go to the Rogers page to discuss it———The Parthenon was a Palace in comparison——lol——Joe From Florida
Hi Warren: You and Ed are probably right, but their screen was nice and bright———-When In had my 16mm set up, I had an Anamorphic Lens and used the brightest lamp I could get for my Singer Insta-Load & Kalart=Victor 70-15 Projectors———-While the screen was good and bright, it still could not compare with my buddy Sid’s 35mm set up————-So while the screen at the Parthenon appeared to be 70mm, it probably was 35mm Anamorphic with a very good lens & one heck of a bright lamp to go with it———-Would love to hear from anyone else who saw Widescreen films at the Parthenon in the 50’s———and thanks for the correction guys———I guess I should have just said “Widescreen” rather then use the term 70mm———-I am certainly not a technical wizzard———Joe From Florida
Hi Ed: I collected 16mm films for years before video tape came out, and I had 16mm Anamorphic prints——They were no where near as sharp as 35mm Anamorphic prints and the same for 70mm———-Now the Parthenon could have had a 35mm projector and showed widescreen that way, but I remember the screen being very clear & bright——-and that is something you needed a very bright Lamp to project——-Plus it was big————The Screen was a wide as its stage———-I can’t swear that they had a 70mm Projector since I never saw the Projection booth———I’m going by what I recall over 50 years ago, and their screen was as bright as any other of the Chain Theaters like the Tilyou for example or the Madison———-It was excellent——The Widescreen that is——-Joe From Florida
Yes…..and it was one of the best screens also————-Most of the 2nd run houses had to get the wider screens since Hollywood was Producing Widescreen films at a rapid pace back then to compete with TV————My Father was working sewing the screens for many of the theaters in the area, and I went with him to the RKO Tilyou in Coney Island when they installed their Cinemascope screen and saw The Robe there on a test run———————-However as a youngster, my favorite “Itch” theater was the Rogers on Broadway under the El———Too bad nobody can find an old photo of that place, except for the facade that was above the Jamiaca EL at the Flushing St. station————Joe From Florida
I guess it was “Battle Cry” which I saw there in Cinemascope———-The Parthenon had a very big Cinemascope screen as I recall, and the theater had perfect lighting for the 70mm films———That probably was in 1955———-Joe From Florida
Hi Warren: I went to the Parthenon many times in the 1950s———The film that was playing at the Grand Opening was “Outside The Law”—1920 starring Lon Chaney Sr & Wheeler Oakman————-Oakman went on to appear in Warner Bros 1st all Talkie film in 1928, “Lights of New York”———-Joe From Florida
Hi Guys: I think I, among others, affectionatly called the Decatur, Rogers, & the Monroe, the “Itch” theaters in Bushwick, Brooklyn———-but they sure kept us kids entertained——-My Mother used to tell me not to use the bathrooms in any of them…..and if you ever went into one of the rest rooms you would know why—-WHEW!————I don’t recall the Decatur having cats running around inside, but I do remember the Rogers had plenty of them patrolling the aisles———the best seats of all three was at the Monroe——at least they were padded——The Decatur had wood seats and after a Saturday Matinee, everyone would have sore butts———-Joe From Florida
I really appreciate all of the hard work all of you put into this website——Being housebound, it’s a treat for me to see the old theaters again and to read your articles——-I wish sombody could come up with a photo or more info on the Old Rogers theater on Broadway under the Jamaica Elevated near the Flushing Ave entrance in Brooklyn, NY——-If you read some of the posts, you can see how many of us kids from the 40s and 50s loved that old place——-Joe From Florida
Dubya" I loved the old Rogers-=———-It was my favorite Saturday Afternoon theater, especially when there was Yhe Durango Kid westerns showing————I went there from about 1947 until 1952 or so—————Didn’t you have sawdust on the floors and cats in the theater?————-I recall that very well, along with an Ice Cream Vendor———-Joe From Florida
To JoeB—-aka—-lovetheoldtheaters——————Besides myself, you don’t know how many folks were looking foward to seeing uour photo of the Rogers Theater——-Many are members of the BushwickBuddies.com website which also post here & at NYCSubway.Org———-Can I invite you to visit BushwickBuddies.com and check out the History & photo sections where we have been talking about the Rogers, Alba, Sun & all of your old favorite theaters besides our old neighborhood———I still have not lost hope that someway & someday you will be able to post or mail a copy of the photo to somebody who can post it here & at BushwickBuddies.com for all of us oldtimers to see once more———-Please reply——-Thanks JoeB————Joe From Florida
To: lovetheoldtheaters—-Joe: Contact Joe Salvia direct and he will try to walk you through on how to post the photo——-e-mail him at ———-To do it through this website would clog up this Rogers Theater site——-Joe is OK and from our old neighborhood in Brooklyn——-He will be waiting for your e-mail——-Thanks again Joe———-JoeR
Thanks Joe: I have e-mailed JoeS, but he is either not home or busy with other things; but I am sure that one of the guys will reply and soon they will be able to help you———-I am completely PC illiterate, as all I know how to do is push buttons, or I would be very happy to help you—————Luckily I can still push buttons——-JoeR
Joe: Sit tight………I’ll contact JoeS who has done transfers for me, plus any of the regulars who see your message will reply———-It is Sunday so many of them are probablt out and about———Nobody wants to see it as much as I do, if you read my past posts———JoeR from Florida
Thanks for the compliment Tonino; but no———It’s strictly a hobby with me——Joe From Florida
It’s excellent———-I believe that it’s still in print in soft cover——also any reference book by WK Everson is highly recomended——-Just ask ItalianGerry who also posts here about WK Everson———Gerry is the Ultimate Authority on International films, especially Italian of course———and Everson wrote books on all genre os films——He was excellent and I have many of his books——-Joe From Florida
I only have reference books and of his, “The Little Rascals—The Life and Times of Our Gang” is excellent, as it covers every short from the silents until the end at MGM————Joe From Florida
First question is that one individual in England started amassing the vast amount of information, and I cannot recall his name———-Then other were hired to assist him———-I do not know much else about it’s roots except that it did start in the UK———On Maltin, he was a regular contributor to IMDB——aka, facts, figures & reviews of Motion Pictures——-and he was receiving a salary from them as I recall—————What I heard from other sources at IMDB is that Amazon wanted him to give favorable reviews to titles released on dvd & videos that Amazon was selling and that Leonard took exception to that and resigned taking alot of his reviews with him————-They are a Gift to all Movie Buffs & Historians, but they do make mistakes, and when they are told about them, they do not correct them————Joe From Florida
You hit the nail on the head BWAY——IMDB started to go downhill when Amazon.com purchased them——a few of my early reviews still are at IMDB——I used sasheegm as my user id there——-I left those because there were no other reviews at the time and because they were personal favorites of mine——but I only did Classic Film reviews———-I still purchase from Amazon.com, it’s the idiots who are running their IMDB site that have no Moderators at their Forums that I have issues with———Joe From Florida
Hi Pete: They are thick headed————Leonard Maltin left them at about the same time I did————I took most of my posts & reviews with me as Leonard did——-also IMDB’s Main Office is in London even though they are owned by Amazon.com, and Amazon wanted Maltin to give their new dvd & video releases favorable reviews which he refused to do——————-I left because their Forum had become a Porno Post as various Genres were taken over by punk kids——and since it has no warning to anyone logging in, I felt it was time to get off of a sinking ship——-After I alerted Time-Warner(A close friend of mime is VP of Community Relations in Central Florida), he got involved and they cleaned house——-Amazing what a warning from AOL-Time Warner could do at that time———Joe From Florida
Read your response to Tonino Warren———I do the same with Classic Films as I have found more errors at IMDB and they never correct them———what you do with the Theaters, I do with researching Classic Films——-I have over 100 reference books by various Film Historians, with WK Everson being the most reliable———-Joe From Florida
Tonino: Anything on the old Rogers theater would be appreciated———Joe From Florida
To Joe—-lovetheoldtheaters: If you could manage to do that, it would be great, as I spent many happy times at that old place———Joe From Florida——-PS: If you cannot get it through, maybe you can make a copy & send it to Lost Memory and he can post it for all of us old guys who would love to see the old place again, just once!
It would make my day if they could find a photo as I enjoyed many Saturdays at that old place————Joe From Florida
Would love to see a photo of this old Theater that was a mainstay in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, NY for so many years——-All I can see is one at nycsubway.org of it’s facade above the Flushing Ave El station of the Broadway BMT……………Joe From Florida
Hi PKoch: I wish somebody would come up with a photo of the Rogers, other then the baroque facade that you can see at the Flushing Ave station of the BMT Broadway line————As a kid, that was my favorite movie theater———Westerns is what they showed primarily in the late 40s and early 1950s———-While the Parthenon was wide & spacious with comfortable seats, the Rogers was narrow with only a center isle and wooden seats as I recall——-Oh yes, and plenty of sawdust on the floors, i guess to keep candy & other goodies from sticking to the floor——also they had cats roaming about——but really we should go to the Rogers page to discuss it———The Parthenon was a Palace in comparison——lol——Joe From Florida
Hi Warren: You and Ed are probably right, but their screen was nice and bright———-When In had my 16mm set up, I had an Anamorphic Lens and used the brightest lamp I could get for my Singer Insta-Load & Kalart=Victor 70-15 Projectors———-While the screen was good and bright, it still could not compare with my buddy Sid’s 35mm set up————-So while the screen at the Parthenon appeared to be 70mm, it probably was 35mm Anamorphic with a very good lens & one heck of a bright lamp to go with it———-Would love to hear from anyone else who saw Widescreen films at the Parthenon in the 50’s———and thanks for the correction guys———I guess I should have just said “Widescreen” rather then use the term 70mm———-I am certainly not a technical wizzard———Joe From Florida
Hi Ed: I collected 16mm films for years before video tape came out, and I had 16mm Anamorphic prints——They were no where near as sharp as 35mm Anamorphic prints and the same for 70mm———-Now the Parthenon could have had a 35mm projector and showed widescreen that way, but I remember the screen being very clear & bright——-and that is something you needed a very bright Lamp to project——-Plus it was big————The Screen was a wide as its stage———-I can’t swear that they had a 70mm Projector since I never saw the Projection booth———I’m going by what I recall over 50 years ago, and their screen was as bright as any other of the Chain Theaters like the Tilyou for example or the Madison———-It was excellent——The Widescreen that is——-Joe From Florida
Yes…..and it was one of the best screens also————-Most of the 2nd run houses had to get the wider screens since Hollywood was Producing Widescreen films at a rapid pace back then to compete with TV————My Father was working sewing the screens for many of the theaters in the area, and I went with him to the RKO Tilyou in Coney Island when they installed their Cinemascope screen and saw The Robe there on a test run———————-However as a youngster, my favorite “Itch” theater was the Rogers on Broadway under the El———Too bad nobody can find an old photo of that place, except for the facade that was above the Jamiaca EL at the Flushing St. station————Joe From Florida
I guess it was “Battle Cry” which I saw there in Cinemascope———-The Parthenon had a very big Cinemascope screen as I recall, and the theater had perfect lighting for the 70mm films———That probably was in 1955———-Joe From Florida
Hi Warren: I went to the Parthenon many times in the 1950s———The film that was playing at the Grand Opening was “Outside The Law”—1920 starring Lon Chaney Sr & Wheeler Oakman————-Oakman went on to appear in Warner Bros 1st all Talkie film in 1928, “Lights of New York”———-Joe From Florida
Warren: Nothing came through except Photobucket saying that the page was not found———Joe From Florida
Hi Guys: I think I, among others, affectionatly called the Decatur, Rogers, & the Monroe, the “Itch” theaters in Bushwick, Brooklyn———-but they sure kept us kids entertained——-My Mother used to tell me not to use the bathrooms in any of them…..and if you ever went into one of the rest rooms you would know why—-WHEW!————I don’t recall the Decatur having cats running around inside, but I do remember the Rogers had plenty of them patrolling the aisles———the best seats of all three was at the Monroe——at least they were padded——The Decatur had wood seats and after a Saturday Matinee, everyone would have sore butts———-Joe From Florida
I really appreciate all of the hard work all of you put into this website——Being housebound, it’s a treat for me to see the old theaters again and to read your articles——-I wish sombody could come up with a photo or more info on the Old Rogers theater on Broadway under the Jamaica Elevated near the Flushing Ave entrance in Brooklyn, NY——-If you read some of the posts, you can see how many of us kids from the 40s and 50s loved that old place——-Joe From Florida