The Katheral Event Center has set up a 40' screen pop up drive-in in conjunction with the Eagle. Tickets are $25.00 per car and can only be purchased online.
I’ve tried, unsuccessfully, to get an actual seating count but it is apparent from the comparison of the interior images as a Post theater and as a convention center auditorium that everything is the same except the color scheme. I don’t really remember much about the interiors of the old “military style” theaters (an example of which is in the photos section) except that at, what we called, Theater 2 the wainscoting in the men’s room was identical to the Formica on my kitchen table at home.
At the Joint Base theater which now services McGuire AFB- Dix – Lakehurst (on the McGuire property) the Adult admission is $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for children and more for 3D. Theater is obviously closed because of the pandemic.
According to the Base Directory this is listed as the JB McGuire Movie Theatre (JB standing for Joint Base). It serves the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst complex and is located at 2909 Tuskegee Airmen Avenue, McGuire AFB, NJ 08641. Tuskegee intersects with East Arnold listed in the basic information. Phone is 609-723-8320. Theatre has been updated for 3D (from the price schedule) and is currently closed because of the pandemic restrictions.
FYI McGuire AFB was originally part of Ft. Dix in the days when there was no separate Air Force but rather the Army Air Corps.
It’s going to be interesting to see which theaters actually survive the pandemic. I’ve seen reports of AMC ones with expired or expiring leases will not. The possibility that AMC as a totality would go out of business was also mentioned.
Unlike the other boroughs of New York City where references are to the such and such section, Queens has maintained community identities in every day references and specifically designated Post Office Identities. If it’s good enough for the US Postal Service it should be good enough for Cinema Treasures. So let it be.
Also, isn’t it easier to find something with a community name than the borough name? Did you ever see how many entries there are for Brooklyn?
And let’s not even get into the fact that Manhattan is the borough name but it is New York County, Staten Island is the borough name but the County is Richmond, and the borough of Brooklyn is Kings County. The Bronx and Queens only have the one identity.
bigjoe if you’d input Flushing, NY you would have been given a page showing two open theaters. If you went for the prompt for all theaters you would have been given nine, one of which is the RKO Keith’s Theatre (which is how you would have had to enter it by it’s name). When circuit names are involved it can be tricky. Best bet is my city name.
According to an article in the Miami Herald-Record of July 13, 1906 the Opera House, made of Miami stone was erected in 1901 at a cost of $18,000 and had seating for 700. I have uploaded a postcard image.
If according, to dallasmovietheaters, the temporary Mystic was located on the site of the former Electric, that would make it’s location as being on Main Street.
Uploaded the enlargement of a photo of Main Street, Picher showing the Electric Theatre as well as the postcard image of Main Street from which it was taken. Courtesy of Pat Waddle.
According to an article by the Sausalito Historical Society the opening date was May 28, 1915. At that time Bridgeway was known as Water Street. Presumably the street number would have been different. When it opened it featured electrically run projectors while the competing Swastika had hand driven ones.
At the time it opened the address was 815 Water Street. Today that would be 621 Bridgeway. Early on it faced competition from the nearby Princess Theater which opened in 1915 and had electric powered projectors while those of the Swastika were hand cranked. To up their game they did a renovation and reopened on June 18, 1915. Despite this they couldn’t survive and the space was used for lectures and other events. They tried to reintroduce movies in 1917 but gave up after only being opened for 3 days. The building was subsequently used for other purposes and is not Angelinos Restaurant.
Prior to the rise of Hitler the Swastika was a symbol of good luck and happiness. More on the Swastika, the symbol and the theater, can be found in an article published by the Sausalito Historical Society call The History of the Swastika in Sausalito.
It’s interesting that the opening ad read “Hampton’s” when the pylon and subsequent ads read “Hamptons”.
Kelli Rippa, on her show, often mentions the Echelon Mall and attending movies there.
The Katheral Event Center has set up a 40' screen pop up drive-in in conjunction with the Eagle. Tickets are $25.00 per car and can only be purchased online.
I’ve tried, unsuccessfully, to get an actual seating count but it is apparent from the comparison of the interior images as a Post theater and as a convention center auditorium that everything is the same except the color scheme. I don’t really remember much about the interiors of the old “military style” theaters (an example of which is in the photos section) except that at, what we called, Theater 2 the wainscoting in the men’s room was identical to the Formica on my kitchen table at home.
At the Joint Base theater which now services McGuire AFB- Dix – Lakehurst (on the McGuire property) the Adult admission is $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for children and more for 3D. Theater is obviously closed because of the pandemic.
According to the Base Directory this is listed as the JB McGuire Movie Theatre (JB standing for Joint Base). It serves the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst complex and is located at 2909 Tuskegee Airmen Avenue, McGuire AFB, NJ 08641. Tuskegee intersects with East Arnold listed in the basic information. Phone is 609-723-8320. Theatre has been updated for 3D (from the price schedule) and is currently closed because of the pandemic restrictions.
FYI McGuire AFB was originally part of Ft. Dix in the days when there was no separate Air Force but rather the Army Air Corps.
Uploaded a photo when the auditorium sported the original color scheme from the Army days.
I think only the lobby is being retained.
Still broken windows and ragged curtains. BobCat doesn’t seem to have moved. The only change I see is the addition of a Portapotty.
The pandemic is going to play havoc on the number of theaters that will emerge.
It’s going to be interesting to see which theaters actually survive the pandemic. I’ve seen reports of AMC ones with expired or expiring leases will not. The possibility that AMC as a totality would go out of business was also mentioned.
Unlike the other boroughs of New York City where references are to the such and such section, Queens has maintained community identities in every day references and specifically designated Post Office Identities. If it’s good enough for the US Postal Service it should be good enough for Cinema Treasures. So let it be.
Also, isn’t it easier to find something with a community name than the borough name? Did you ever see how many entries there are for Brooklyn?
And let’s not even get into the fact that Manhattan is the borough name but it is New York County, Staten Island is the borough name but the County is Richmond, and the borough of Brooklyn is Kings County. The Bronx and Queens only have the one identity.
bigjoe if you’d input Flushing, NY you would have been given a page showing two open theaters. If you went for the prompt for all theaters you would have been given nine, one of which is the RKO Keith’s Theatre (which is how you would have had to enter it by it’s name). When circuit names are involved it can be tricky. Best bet is my city name.
The theater could not have been stand alone since that address houses an apartment complex.
According to an article in the Miami Herald-Record of July 13, 1906 the Opera House, made of Miami stone was erected in 1901 at a cost of $18,000 and had seating for 700. I have uploaded a postcard image.
If according, to dallasmovietheaters, the temporary Mystic was located on the site of the former Electric, that would make it’s location as being on Main Street.
Uploaded the enlargement of a photo of Main Street, Picher showing the Electric Theatre as well as the postcard image of Main Street from which it was taken. Courtesy of Pat Waddle.
Also uploaded a photo as the Kettle.
Theatre is gradually being upgraded. Uploaded a photo of the existing and projected facade.
Uploaded a photo.
Uploaded photo when live shows were featured.
Uploaded two current photos.
According to an article by the Sausalito Historical Society the opening date was May 28, 1915. At that time Bridgeway was known as Water Street. Presumably the street number would have been different. When it opened it featured electrically run projectors while the competing Swastika had hand driven ones.
At the time it opened the address was 815 Water Street. Today that would be 621 Bridgeway. Early on it faced competition from the nearby Princess Theater which opened in 1915 and had electric powered projectors while those of the Swastika were hand cranked. To up their game they did a renovation and reopened on June 18, 1915. Despite this they couldn’t survive and the space was used for lectures and other events. They tried to reintroduce movies in 1917 but gave up after only being opened for 3 days. The building was subsequently used for other purposes and is not Angelinos Restaurant.
Prior to the rise of Hitler the Swastika was a symbol of good luck and happiness. More on the Swastika, the symbol and the theater, can be found in an article published by the Sausalito Historical Society call The History of the Swastika in Sausalito.
Now called the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center. Currently doing virtual programs until the grand reopening.
At the time of the fire it was the Oak Lanes Bowling Alley. I found a reference which said the date of the fire was April 12, 2019.