No, Bob Furmanek, I don’t know if advance tickets are being sold. I usually bought my tickets one show in advance when I went there. Sometimes that wasn’t soon enough, as for the 1931 “Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde” in spring 1988 or “Plan 9” in summer 1988.
Thank you, LuisV. Where was the Lefferts Theater ? At Lefferts Blvd. and Liberty Avenue, at the end of the el ? What number pages are the Lefferts and Farrell Theatres on this site ?
LuisV, what was your personal experience of the Park Theatre, if any ? Was it named after Baisley Pond Park to the southeast ?
Yes, the inside was beautiful : the arches, tiled floors, balcony railings, domed ceilings, Moorish motifs : beautiful archutecture. I was only in there once, the last Sunday in February 1987, to see “Star Trek IV” (the one with the whales) but I got a good look at the interior. Even divided into three cinemas, the place was so huge, each of those three cinemas was a good size.
Because of the Moorish motif, a friend I was with for the Star Trek movie thought the building had originally been a Muslim mosque. She was unfamiliar with such grandiose and splendid NYC theater architecture.
Thanks, Ron Stork. It’s OK to exaggerate. Yeah, I’ll bet the Grandview was GREAT in the summer. Thanks for sharing your memories. I hope you continue to post here.
Thanks for the Martin-Lewis filmography. I have “At War With The Army” at home, but haven’t watched it. Perhaps my wife and / or my son have. It’s more to their taste than to mine.
I’m not a fan of rap either, so Polish rap wouldn’t appeal much to me either.
You’re probably right, Lost Memory. Perhaps it’s time to start checking the release dates of those Martin / Lewis movies on the IMDb or similar on-line resource.
Yes, Lost Memory, Polish rap at night, as related to me by a 29-year old co-worker and colleague of mine, who lives with her husband and parents on Grove Street near Forest Avenue. It’s probably due to the recent influx of Polish immigrants to Ridgewood. They’ve been priced out of Greenpoint, which has become the new Greenwich Village, with all the young artists and musicians now living and working there. There are many Polish stores on Forest Avenue now between Myrtle Avenue and the el station, and probably north of there to Metropolitan Avenue. St. Matthias R.C. Church now has a Polish pastor.
BTW, Lost Memory, will you join me, BrooklynJim and Bway at the Ridgewood Theatre next month for a movie and eats ? And whatever happened to mikemovies ?
It would depend on how noisy the neighborhood was. “Upper” Ridgewood in the late 1950’s near the Grandview was probably very quiet at night, as opposed to nowadays, where you can hear Polish rap at night, if you listen.
I think it was more like 1957 that you saw those Dean Martin / Jerry Lewis outdoor movies at the Grandview. Half a century ago rather than a whole century.
Understandably so, Ron Stork, thanks for your post. How about giving us the approximate date that you saw those Dean Martin / Jerry Lewis movies at the Grandview ourdoor in the summer ? I don’t think it was 1907.
When the Stones do “Little T & A” they’re a menace to society, but when it’s a number in “A Chorus Line”, it’s “that heartwarming Bway musical : bring the family !” Double standard.
No, Bob Furmanek, I don’t know if advance tickets are being sold. I usually bought my tickets one show in advance when I went there. Sometimes that wasn’t soon enough, as for the 1931 “Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde” in spring 1988 or “Plan 9” in summer 1988.
Welcome Peter L. My dad (born 1919) remembers Schmeaman’s, and its cream crumb cake. What cross street was Schmeaman’s closest to ?
Will there be intermissions ?
Thank you, LuisV. Yes, Warren, I know about the search engine. It doesn’t always work, though. The theater # ALWAYS works.
Thank you, LuisV. Where was the Lefferts Theater ? At Lefferts Blvd. and Liberty Avenue, at the end of the el ? What number pages are the Lefferts and Farrell Theatres on this site ?
LuisV, what was your personal experience of the Park Theatre, if any ? Was it named after Baisley Pond Park to the southeast ?
Could there have been two theatres, the Park Theatre, and another one, similar to it, adjacent to each other on this stretch of Rockaway Blvd. ?
Thank you all. This is good to know.
Thanks, Warren. I’ll go take a look at it.
Thanks for your answer, kong1911.
Thanks, Warren.
Where was the Park Theatre in South Ozone Park ?
Thanks for your post, billmarshal, and for sharing your memories. I remember those Aurora models well.
Yes, the inside was beautiful : the arches, tiled floors, balcony railings, domed ceilings, Moorish motifs : beautiful archutecture. I was only in there once, the last Sunday in February 1987, to see “Star Trek IV” (the one with the whales) but I got a good look at the interior. Even divided into three cinemas, the place was so huge, each of those three cinemas was a good size.
Because of the Moorish motif, a friend I was with for the Star Trek movie thought the building had originally been a Muslim mosque. She was unfamiliar with such grandiose and splendid NYC theater architecture.
Thanks, Warren. Why DID the Crossbay go bankrupt by June 1925 ?
Thanks, Warren. Your answer makes sense.
Thanks, Warren. Do you have any data on how the Depression affected Loew’s Valencia, and the other four “wonder” theaters, in their first few years ?
No, it’s a gvmt. computer system. Super security, Big Bush is watching, might be Al Qaida, etc., yadda yadda.
Hey Vinny Bklyn, I got that image of Loew’s Oriental, printed it, showed it to my dad. He enjoyed it. Thanks again !
Thanks, Ron Stork. It’s OK to exaggerate. Yeah, I’ll bet the Grandview was GREAT in the summer. Thanks for sharing your memories. I hope you continue to post here.
No, Lost Memory, I will try that when I can.
Thanks for the Martin-Lewis filmography. I have “At War With The Army” at home, but haven’t watched it. Perhaps my wife and / or my son have. It’s more to their taste than to mine.
I’m not a fan of rap either, so Polish rap wouldn’t appeal much to me either.
You’re probably right, Lost Memory. Perhaps it’s time to start checking the release dates of those Martin / Lewis movies on the IMDb or similar on-line resource.
Yes, Lost Memory, Polish rap at night, as related to me by a 29-year old co-worker and colleague of mine, who lives with her husband and parents on Grove Street near Forest Avenue. It’s probably due to the recent influx of Polish immigrants to Ridgewood. They’ve been priced out of Greenpoint, which has become the new Greenwich Village, with all the young artists and musicians now living and working there. There are many Polish stores on Forest Avenue now between Myrtle Avenue and the el station, and probably north of there to Metropolitan Avenue. St. Matthias R.C. Church now has a Polish pastor.
BTW, Lost Memory, will you join me, BrooklynJim and Bway at the Ridgewood Theatre next month for a movie and eats ? And whatever happened to mikemovies ?
It would depend on how noisy the neighborhood was. “Upper” Ridgewood in the late 1950’s near the Grandview was probably very quiet at night, as opposed to nowadays, where you can hear Polish rap at night, if you listen.
I think it was more like 1957 that you saw those Dean Martin / Jerry Lewis outdoor movies at the Grandview. Half a century ago rather than a whole century.
Understandably so, Ron Stork, thanks for your post. How about giving us the approximate date that you saw those Dean Martin / Jerry Lewis movies at the Grandview ourdoor in the summer ? I don’t think it was 1907.
When the Stones do “Little T & A” they’re a menace to society, but when it’s a number in “A Chorus Line”, it’s “that heartwarming Bway musical : bring the family !” Double standard.
Thanks, Warren.
Who WAS the Hillside’s new management ?
What “Truths” and “Facts” were parents being urged to bring their sons and daughters to learn ?
Yes, those “World’s 2 Most Amazing Attractions” : it could be a Lenny Bruce bit about T & A : I think he had it down by June 1958 :
“You can’t put that up on a marquee ! That’s dirty !”
“Well, how about ‘tuchuses and nay-nays’ ?”
“or, ‘gluteus maximus and pectoralis majoris’ ? Then it’s dirty to the Romans !”
Thanks for posting the link, VinnyBrooklyn. Unfortunately, it’s blocked at my PC. My headache, not yours.
Thanks, Bloop, for your reminiscence.