Paramount Columbus Circle
15 Columbus Circle,
New York,
NY
10019
15 Columbus Circle,
New York,
NY
10019
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I saw The Graduate here for the first time, during a revival run. I left the theater wanting to tell everyone about this great movie that I’d just seen, but of course the picture was already decades old and there was no one to tell.
The address posted in another sub as 15 Columbus Circle is the correct address for this theatre. I show 535 seats for this theatre as posted above by Warren.
I saw The Exorcist at it’s NY premiere there.
Here are a few of the 1989 bookings when it was the Paramount
5/5 Lost Angels
5/19 Roadhouse
6/9 Star Trek V
6/16 Vampires Kiss
6/30 Great Balls of Fire
7/14 Dead Poets Society
9/1 Shirley Valentine
10/20 Fat Man & Little Boy
11/17 Steel Magnolias
1/12/90 Music Box
2/16 Stanley & Iris
Sorry, the bank teller comment was directed to Andy T, not David S.
Warren, David S, look it up? I did just that an hour ago! “Cria!” opened at the Plaza on East 58th Street and was reviewed in the New York Times on May 19, 1977. Subsequently it expanded to the Paramount at Broadway and 61st Street, and by the time I saw it at the Paramount on June 22, 1977, it was playing at BOTH theatres. Must have done good business because of the rave reviews. David, if you don’t believe me, check the New York Times for June 22, 1977 and you will see a “Cria!” ad shared by both theatres.
Now, with regard to that bank teller, I hope you restored the money. If not, perhaps you could send it to me instead.
Easy there Gerald. I remember a bank teller avering that they didn’t make mistakes at that bank. I walked out with an extra $100 in my pocket.
Davids, I do not confuse. “Cria!” played at the Paramount, not at the Studio, and I noted it in my log and journal. Art films may have been unusual for this venue, but “Cria!” did have a run there.
David S you’re right…The Paramount pretty much daydated with the Sutton for most of its life…occasionally with other Loews Eastside theatres and occasionally with the Coronet/Baronet…the opening attraction was Catch 22…The Great Gatsby did a reserved seat run there daydating with Loews State 1 and Loews Tower East on General Admission not that anyone was breaking down the doors
Gerald, I think u confuse the Paramount with Cinema Studio, located few blocks further up, on broadway & 66th. CRIA! was an art film, the kind of films they used to show at the studios (2 screens).I remember seeing at the Paramount movies such as RAGING BULL (‘80), THE IN-LAWS (firsr version) and TOOTSIE ('82). I m pretty sure. I lived in that area back then.
in the exact space under the now Trump International Hotel and Tower stands an under ground parking garage where the theatre stood.
The only time I was in that theatre, and I remember it well, was to see Carlos Saura’s haunting CRIA! (Cria Cuervos) an the late 70s.
I remember the original electronic marquee Cinema 5 had was screwed up alot and either had old titles flashing or nothing at all. They later redid it with a better electronic/conventional one. I am not sure if Cinema 5 did that or Loews.
This was actually a fun place to see a movie when I was a kid…starting with a ride down the escalator and the circular grey and black corridors…Opened as a Paramount showcase and operated by Rugoff/Cinema 5 before switching to Loews in the late 80s.
I remember seeing Little Big Man, Murder on the Orient Express, Eight Men Out and a revival of The Manchurian Candidate here
The theatre was also known as the Loew’s Paramount theatre.