I was trying to get over to a theater on the West Side once when I was new to LA. The directions indicated that I should take Beverly Boulevard. I consulted my trusty Thomas Guide, and it told me to take the 60 east and get off on Atlantic Boulevard, which of course put me on E. Beverly Boulevard in East Los Angeles. If you’re trying to get to the New Beverly, this is not the way to go.
The entrance was on the White Horse Pike. The marquee was out on the Pike as well. There was a narrow two lane road that led to the ticket booth about a hundred yards back from the street. From there you would park your car and enjoy the show.
My drive-in in Absecon, NJ had train tracks behind the theater. We used to sit on the tracks and watch the films for free. You could even hear the sound from the paying customer’s clip-on speakers.
This year’s New Directors/New Films series will test the mettle of potential audiences by offering Edgar Reitz’s ‘'Heimat,’‘ a German film that spans 63 years in the life of a fictional German village. ’‘Heimat’‘ is 16 hours long – yes, 16 hours. It will be shown in four four-hour segments in the Museum of Modern Art’s Titus 1 Theater over two successive weekends, beginning April 6-7; it will also be shown twice, in two eight-hour segments, in the smaller Titus 2 auditorium on the same dates. The New Directors series begins on March 29 and runs through April 14.
A Staten Island Premiere
Staten Island, not often a site for movie premieres, will be host to the opening engagement of Sandy Tung’s ‘'Marriage’‘ today since Mr. Tung is a native son. In addition to the Amboy Twin on Staten Island, the film opens at the Embassy 72d Street theater in Manhattan today.
Mr. Tung made his largely autobiographical film about a marital breakup on Staten Island, and shot much of it in his own apartment. The film had a budget of $125,000, and was pretty much financed by the director himself. He has already visited the Amboy Twin to provide it with handbills about his film, and he concedes he’s a little worried. ‘'The film isn’t high-concept,’‘ he says. ’‘It doesn’t have a lot of sex and violence, it doesn’t have big stars and it has what you could call a grown-up theme. I think people in the suburbs might be interested in it, since that’s where the characters are from. But I go the movies in the suburbs all the time, and the average audience can’t be older than 18.’'
It appears that a restoration effort is under way:
http://bonyardartpark.com/
I was trying to get over to a theater on the West Side once when I was new to LA. The directions indicated that I should take Beverly Boulevard. I consulted my trusty Thomas Guide, and it told me to take the 60 east and get off on Atlantic Boulevard, which of course put me on E. Beverly Boulevard in East Los Angeles. If you’re trying to get to the New Beverly, this is not the way to go.
A Christian porn film?
The entrance was on the White Horse Pike. The marquee was out on the Pike as well. There was a narrow two lane road that led to the ticket booth about a hundred yards back from the street. From there you would park your car and enjoy the show.
My drive-in in Absecon, NJ had train tracks behind the theater. We used to sit on the tracks and watch the films for free. You could even hear the sound from the paying customer’s clip-on speakers.
Will do.
Here is a closeup of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/29x2by
Or maybe not. It should be on the Superior page.
Here is a photo of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/29x2by
Is anyone familiar with this theater? I don’t think we have any twins listed in Eau Claire:
http://tinyurl.com/29npm8
Looks like architects were Jack Liebenberg and Seeman Kaplan:
http://tinyurl.com/2v7og9
Now playing:
http://www.companyoffools.org/
This 10/7/07 article presumably refers to the Mandan as the other theater on Main Street is still open:
http://tinyurl.com/2ag5g8
Not especially timely, but here is a June 2006 article about the theater from a local perspective:
http://tinyurl.com/37x3jp
The portholes remind me of the Vern Theater on Olympic in Los Angeles.
There are some vintage photos on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/ywc6qc
I don’t remember what my source was when I added the theater. I can’t tell you if it was N. or S.
There is a photo of the Hollywood marquee on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2cgjv9
There is a photo of a building at 311 N. Polk on this site. I don’t know if it’s the former Capitol:
http://www.sealing.com/locations/
According to this September 2007 newsletter, the Cinema III is being converted to a community theater:
http://tinyurl.com/yp6w4l
Wal-Mart and urban sprawl in Salida, circa 1994:
http://tinyurl.com/26v6hr
Here is a photo of the former Grove:
http://tinyurl.com/3xcqlr
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3b8k2d
Here is the website. Looks like it’s showing first run movies now:
http://www.elginoperahouse.com/
This is from the NY Times, dated 2/22/85:
‘Heimat’ Clocks 16 Hours
This year’s New Directors/New Films series will test the mettle of potential audiences by offering Edgar Reitz’s ‘'Heimat,’‘ a German film that spans 63 years in the life of a fictional German village. ’‘Heimat’‘ is 16 hours long – yes, 16 hours. It will be shown in four four-hour segments in the Museum of Modern Art’s Titus 1 Theater over two successive weekends, beginning April 6-7; it will also be shown twice, in two eight-hour segments, in the smaller Titus 2 auditorium on the same dates. The New Directors series begins on March 29 and runs through April 14.
A Staten Island Premiere
Staten Island, not often a site for movie premieres, will be host to the opening engagement of Sandy Tung’s ‘'Marriage’‘ today since Mr. Tung is a native son. In addition to the Amboy Twin on Staten Island, the film opens at the Embassy 72d Street theater in Manhattan today.
Mr. Tung made his largely autobiographical film about a marital breakup on Staten Island, and shot much of it in his own apartment. The film had a budget of $125,000, and was pretty much financed by the director himself. He has already visited the Amboy Twin to provide it with handbills about his film, and he concedes he’s a little worried. ‘'The film isn’t high-concept,’‘ he says. ’‘It doesn’t have a lot of sex and violence, it doesn’t have big stars and it has what you could call a grown-up theme. I think people in the suburbs might be interested in it, since that’s where the characters are from. But I go the movies in the suburbs all the time, and the average audience can’t be older than 18.’'