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guarina commented about Cine Capitolio on May 12, 2015 at 7:08 pm

This movie theater was located between Teniente Rey and Dragones streets, one block south of the “Payret”, across from the National Capitol building.

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guarina commented about Cine Accion on May 12, 2015 at 7:02 pm

This theater has the same address as the Payret, it is not listed in the 19th Annual Edition of the Cuban Cinematographic and Radial Directory published in 1959 and it does not appear in the April 1958 telephone directory of Havana. It may have been just a branch of the Payret.

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guarina commented about Cine Payret on May 12, 2015 at 1:59 pm

This theater was inaugurated on 21 January 1877, owned by opulent Catalonian Joaquín Payret, trying to rival Teatro Tacón. It was consecutively known as Teatro de la Paz and Coliseo Rojo. It is purportedly the first theater in the country to show movies, in 1897. It was located on Paseo del Prado between San José and Teniente Rey, across from the National Capitol building, one block north of the “Capitolio” theater. It was rebuilt in 1951. I saw Mexican film “Canaima” there with Jorge Negrete and Charito Granados. The theater is incorrectly positioned on the street map.

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guarina commented about Teatro Raul Aparicio on May 11, 2015 at 6:57 pm

This theater was named after Cruces' native writer Raúl Aparicio Nogales. It is located opposite Martí park.

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guarina commented about Cine Romelio Cornelio on May 11, 2015 at 4:07 pm

The Gran Teatro was inaugurated on that site in 1840, it collapsed in 1901. This theater was named after farmer Romelio Cornelio Pérez who died in September 1962.

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guarina commented about Teatro Milanes on May 11, 2015 at 7:51 am

Cuba became an independent republic on Tuesday, May 20, 1902. On Sunday, January 1st, 1899 at 12:00 noon the U.S. occupation started.

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guarina commented about United Palace of Cultural Arts on May 9, 2015 at 9:07 pm

Tinseltoes, Then it must have been the RKO Coliseum. I remember Broadway was blocked by the snow, it was February 1st, we took a taxi coming out of the theater, but the driver stopped in front of the Presbyterian Medical Center and told us to get off, he couldn’t go on.

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guarina commented about United Palace of Cultural Arts on May 9, 2015 at 9:03 pm

How depressing! I think I saw “Giant” with Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor there in an early February, there was a heavy snowfall.

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guarina commented about United Palace of Cultural Arts on May 9, 2015 at 9:02 pm

I remember Loew’s 175th from 1951 and it was still a theater in 1957. The “Big Three” railroad-car style diner was across 175th Street, there was a photo studio across Broadway. My cousin worked as an usher there while in high school.

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guarina commented about Teatro America on May 9, 2015 at 7:40 pm

This theater is located at Galiano #253 between Concordia and Neptuno in downtown Havana, it is erroneously positioned on the street map in El Cerro. I remember it was one of the first movie theaters, if not the first, with air conditioning in Havana, they kept their doors to the lobby open and you felt the cool air when you walked by it. I saw “Baby Doll” with Karl Malden there and “A Face in the Crowd” with Andy Griffith.

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guarina commented about Caibarien Cinema on May 9, 2015 at 5:17 pm

The architect of this theater was Silvino Payrol, it was the last one built in the municipality, by Alvarez y Cía., the master builders were Pompello Prida and Francisco García. It underwent major repairs in the 80’s.

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guarina commented about Astral Theatre on May 9, 2015 at 4:30 pm

I remembered I also saw in that theater “Top Banana” in 1954 with Phil Silvers and Rose Marie. I used to eat ice-cream bon-bons off the vending machine.

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guarina commented about Cine La Rampa on May 9, 2015 at 4:11 pm

The lobby was wallpapered in a realistic knotty-pine design. This theater is erroneously positioned on the street map in El Cerro, it was located on 23 Street between O and P in Vedado.

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guarina commented about Cine Caribe on May 9, 2015 at 3:54 pm

The caption under the photographs says, “It does not now function as a movie theater, it has no roof, they only use the entrance of the location as a ‘culture house’.”

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guarina commented about Lane Theatre on May 9, 2015 at 3:48 pm

The ticket window was to the right of the entrance, there was a stairway to the left before the doors to the lobby at street level, going down to the orchestra seats. The R.K.O. Coliseum was also another nearby theater.

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guarina commented about Cine Moderno on May 9, 2015 at 12:00 pm

I remember seeing James Cagney and the Bowery Boys movies there as a child. Admission was all of 30¢. The theater was right next door to the 11th Police Station, it is erroneously positioned on the street map at Serrano and Santos Suárez streets.

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guarina commented about Cine Apolo on May 9, 2015 at 10:51 am

I read yesterday that this theater had air conditioning back in the days, and that they sold popcorn in the lobby; I don’t recall either thing.

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guarina commented about Cine El Nacional on May 8, 2015 at 7:46 am

Fomento was considered the geographical center of the Island.

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guarina commented about Cine-Teatro Baroja on May 6, 2015 at 7:23 pm

It was located just a few yards from the Marruco theater, which showed Spanish films, and they co-existed.

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guarina commented about Cine Serafin Sanchez on May 6, 2015 at 3:18 pm

The theater stands across the Park of the same name.

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guarina commented about Cine Ma'Ra on May 5, 2015 at 9:04 pm

The nearby theaters were Los Angeles, Santos Suárez, Santa Catalina, Alameda and Apolo.

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guarina commented about Cine Nuevo on May 5, 2015 at 7:45 pm

Aguacate is to the east of the capital city,

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guarina commented about Cine Marien on May 5, 2015 at 7:44 pm

The Naval Academy was in Mariel, on the North coast.

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guarina commented about Cine Prado on May 5, 2015 at 8:49 am

This movie theater was inaugurated on July 19, 1913, initially named Trivoli Gardens, later el Abanico and finally Cine Prado.

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guarina commented about Cine-Teatro Luisa on May 5, 2015 at 8:46 am

This movie theater was inaugurated on September 2, 1911, originally for live theater. It was named after actress, singer Luisa Martínez-Casado y Muñoz. It started showing films in 1913.