Joyce Theater
175 8th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10011
175 8th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10011
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I went to the Elgin many times during the 70s to watch Buster Keaton movies. There’s nothing like it!
I miss the Elgin terribly. As a teenager, I would go at least once per week, and I sat through “The harder they come” many a time because I was too stoned to leave (one smoked grass in the theater without any harassment). They had a wonderful selection of films, and some interesting characters in the audience (there was one fellow who would wear a samurai sword to the Toshiro mifune films). I was so sad when it was turned into a useless prance venue (there are enough of those in NYC).
A 1971 (January 5) interior photo of the Elgin Theater (attributed) appears in the new Diane Arbus photography monograph ‘Revelations’ on page 215.
I remember attending a midnight showing of “The Harder They Come” here with a girlfriend. And it was part of a triple feature if you got there early enough!
When the Elgin Theatre opened it seated 600 people.