Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre
707 7th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10036
707 7th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10036
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Well they have taken the front plexglass panel from the marquee off and they also have stripped the the interworking of it too. If you stand under it you can look straight up through it to the support beams.
Al, I do not know for sure who controls the Liberty theater space. It might be the Hilton Hotel or it might be the 42nd Street Development Corp. I’m going to do a little research and report back what I find out. What I do know is that it is sitting empty behind all of the 42nd St. retail spaces. Why couldn’t ONE old palacae be restored back into a theater actually showing movies?
Here is a December 1931 ad from the NYT:
http://tinyurl.com/2g3v6l
Behind the wooden wall at the Embassy 2,3,4 they have put in a new retail glass doors and windows and replaced those odd shaped window to the left of the marquee with clear glass. They have been in there during the week and sometimes you can see in alittle.
LuisV, do you know who is in control of the Liberty?
That’s painful to hear. That’s too bad. It was one of the few remaining palaces that was still standing in a frozen semi ruined state. I think the only remaining hidden theater is The Liberty on 42nd St which is aparently cocooned somewhere under the Hilton and behind the Ripley’s Museum. The Times Sqaure Theater will reeemerge shortly as a retail space.
That’s what I read on here somewhere. They gutted the theater to it’s foundations…….
Is that what happened?
Why did they go in and destroy what was left of the theater then?
I want to say that that’s probably good news!
I walked by last week as saw no apparent activity.
Does anyone know the latest with this theater? Back in October there were comments about a sleazy electronics store moving into the space, but there have been no postings about it since. I believe the For Rent sign was taken down from the theater many months ago. Any info would be appreciated.
It is just bad information delivered with a bad attitude.
“Gentleman’s Agreement†opened on November 11 for a regular run, not just qualification as that deadline was still two months away and most major markets were showing it by then.
Based a best seller, the film was an immediate hit in major markets, a fact that delayed the neighborhood runs for several months at a time when hits were nurtured for long runs at top prices.
When the film finally won the Oscar nominations in March of 1948 it had already won most major awards and made most of its money with the Oscar creating a slight boost. Even after it won the Oscar, Fox kept the run limited. The wide release into small markets in the summer of 1948 was as expected, weak, and even the New York neighborhood run was a quick one week event at RKO with a second feature.
I have never heard of any exhibitor booking a film due to good reviews. In 1947 exhibitors booked them based on star power, box office potential and distributor affiliation. Exhibitors have always been businessmen first.
I “wonder” why there’s so much “rancor” over “nothing.”
How many people recognzed Dean Stockwell as the boy without reading the credits? I had a hunch but I had to peek.
A good film. I always thought Peck’s character was a little naive, even for 1947 (“Shocked! Shocked to find anti-Semites in Connecticut!).
Thanks, Ken. What a classy ad (for a classy picture).
Here is a November 1947 ad from the NYT:
http://tinyurl.com/35p554
Ok…I’m stupid. I figured it out, that it was the Embassy I. Sorry guys.
I think I’m confused. Am I correct in thinking that the Embassy is on the North east corner of 47th, but the theater being used as a visitor’s center is on the south side of 47th? If so what is the former theater being used as a visitor center? I am curious, as inside they told me it was the embassy, but either they, or I, may be mistaken.
It’s hard to believe that this was the same theatre for major world premieres!
Since they took the banner off the marquee a few weeks ago. That marquee might be coming down soon. They put new steel roll down gates on the three store front areas and that old wooden door is useless now and they took the old store signage off those stores to the left and right of the marquee.
some exterior shots of the canopy taken nov 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007785357/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007796849/
detail of exterior ornamental stonework
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007790725/
distance shot of whole building
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007803795/
no building work going on at the time
The problem has been no one was willing to pay the amount of rent the the landlord want for the property. So the theatre has sat for those years unused. Our company looked at it back in 2002 and it needed alot of work to make it work. The landlord was asking about a million a year in rent for it.
The idea of one of those sleazy electronic stores possibly moving into the DeMille/Embassy space makes my stomach churn, Warren. Gutting a classic, 98-plus year old cinema for something so useless is truly regrettable.