I don’t know why I entered single screen when the name says twin. There had to be two screens at the end. In 1963, the name was Starlight Drive-In, probably a single. Car capacity was 500. Owners were J. Rubin and E. Floyd, who also owned the Starlite Drve-In in Fargo.
It could be Loews Broadway, but I have no way to check. You may be right on the porn theater. It could be a new aka for some older house in Brooklyn. Probably not one of the storefront porno places if it was part of a chain.
That’s a good question. The Sept. 07 link stated that the old marquee was gone. Perhaps they put it in storage, or they created a lookalike. I don’t know the answer to that one.
Well, that picture has gone to internet heaven. The 1967 FDY shows the Pix Theater as part of the Mercy & Sons chain, Partners were Michael, Fred Jr., Edgar and Paul Mercy. Mercy & Sons also owned the Liberty at the time, along with a number of other Washington houses.
M&R Amusement Companies was headquartered in Chicago in the late sixties. Co-owners were Raymond J. Marks and Martin G. Rosenfield. M&R also ran the Sunset Drive-In in Skokie as well as theaters in several other Illinois towns.
The 1967 FDY lists the Ector as part of H&H Theaters. The manager was H.J. Hodge, Jr. Other Odessa theaters in the chain at the time were the Broncho Drive-In and the Lyric Theater.
The 1967 FDY lists the Palace as part of the Island Theater Circuit, as Orlando pointed out back in 2004, along with the Majestic, Banco, Starr, Kent and Graham, all in Brooklyn. All these theaters are listed on CT with the exception of the Banco, which doesn’t turn up as an aka either. Anyone heard of that theater?
Thanks. I see that you mentioned the San Juan aka back in April 2005, but it wasn’t added as an aka. You also mentioned the Beverly Hills as an aka for the Audubon.
It seems like we have an exhaustive list of theaters in NYC and Brooklyn. However, I looked for the other four theaters in the Harris chain on CT and didn’t see any of them under their current or former names. I saw a Sunset Theater in Brooklyn but not NYC. There was also the Loew’s Broadway in NYC, but I wasn’t sure if that was the one that Harris was running in 1967. I’m not familiar with NY theaters, so if someone could fill me in I would appreciate it.
Wikipedia says “Hometown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1399 at the 2000 census.” You’ll have to read the entire entry if you need to more about these CDP towns.
The Ideal was part of the Olson Circuit in the early sixties. Owner was N. James Olson. At that time, this circuit also ran theaters in Gaylord, Houghton Lake, Rosebush and West Branch, MI.
Verona Lanes was on the Black Horse Pike shortly after you got out of Pleasantville going towards AC. I used to go there and also to Absecon Lanes, which is now some kind of chain restaurant in Absecon.
My 1967 FDY shows the Beach as a Milgram theater, along with the Charles.
My 1967 FDY shows the Coliseum as operated by the Gross Circuit, headquartered in Juneau. President and GM was Zelma Gross. Other Alaska theaters in the circuit at the time were the Coliseum in Haines, the Coliseum in Ketchikan, the 20th Century in Juneau, the Coliseum in Petersburg and the Coliseum in Skagway.
My 1967 FDY lists the Hunts Theaters at that time as follows: Cape May – Beach, Liberty. Stone Harbor – Harbor, Park. Wildwood – Blaker, Casino, Ocean, Shore, Regent, Starlight Ballroom, Strand.
I don’t know why I entered single screen when the name says twin. There had to be two screens at the end. In 1963, the name was Starlight Drive-In, probably a single. Car capacity was 500. Owners were J. Rubin and E. Floyd, who also owned the Starlite Drve-In in Fargo.
So it’s probably the old marquee.
It could be Loews Broadway, but I have no way to check. You may be right on the porn theater. It could be a new aka for some older house in Brooklyn. Probably not one of the storefront porno places if it was part of a chain.
And if the dead return, do they have to buy another ticket?
That’s a good question. The Sept. 07 link stated that the old marquee was gone. Perhaps they put it in storage, or they created a lookalike. I don’t know the answer to that one.
This was part of the Mercy & Sons theater chain in the late sixties.
Well, that picture has gone to internet heaven. The 1967 FDY shows the Pix Theater as part of the Mercy & Sons chain, Partners were Michael, Fred Jr., Edgar and Paul Mercy. Mercy & Sons also owned the Liberty at the time, along with a number of other Washington houses.
M&R Amusement Companies was headquartered in Chicago in the late sixties. Co-owners were Raymond J. Marks and Martin G. Rosenfield. M&R also ran the Sunset Drive-In in Skokie as well as theaters in several other Illinois towns.
The 1967 FDY lists the Ector as part of H&H Theaters. The manager was H.J. Hodge, Jr. Other Odessa theaters in the chain at the time were the Broncho Drive-In and the Lyric Theater.
The 1967 FDY lists the Palace as part of the Island Theater Circuit, as Orlando pointed out back in 2004, along with the Majestic, Banco, Starr, Kent and Graham, all in Brooklyn. All these theaters are listed on CT with the exception of the Banco, which doesn’t turn up as an aka either. Anyone heard of that theater?
This theater shows mostly first run American films, with subtitles.
It’s a team effort.
I added the Sunset at the 125th Street address.
Paging Lost Memory – a little help with the organ question here?
Sure thing, Rodney. “I told my wife I wanted her to talk to me during sex. She said OK. Next night, she called me from a motel”. Ba dum bum.
Thanks. I see that you mentioned the San Juan aka back in April 2005, but it wasn’t added as an aka. You also mentioned the Beverly Hills as an aka for the Audubon.
It seems like we have an exhaustive list of theaters in NYC and Brooklyn. However, I looked for the other four theaters in the Harris chain on CT and didn’t see any of them under their current or former names. I saw a Sunset Theater in Brooklyn but not NYC. There was also the Loew’s Broadway in NYC, but I wasn’t sure if that was the one that Harris was running in 1967. I’m not familiar with NY theaters, so if someone could fill me in I would appreciate it.
Wikipedia says “Hometown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1399 at the 2000 census.” You’ll have to read the entire entry if you need to more about these CDP towns.
The Ideal was part of the Olson Circuit in the early sixties. Owner was N. James Olson. At that time, this circuit also ran theaters in Gaylord, Houghton Lake, Rosebush and West Branch, MI.
This was a Milgram theater in the late sixties.
By 1967 the Milgram chain had taken over this theater.
This was a Milgram theater in 1967, per the FDY of that year.
Verona Lanes was on the Black Horse Pike shortly after you got out of Pleasantville going towards AC. I used to go there and also to Absecon Lanes, which is now some kind of chain restaurant in Absecon.
My 1967 FDY shows the Beach as a Milgram theater, along with the Charles.
My 1967 FDY shows the Coliseum as operated by the Gross Circuit, headquartered in Juneau. President and GM was Zelma Gross. Other Alaska theaters in the circuit at the time were the Coliseum in Haines, the Coliseum in Ketchikan, the 20th Century in Juneau, the Coliseum in Petersburg and the Coliseum in Skagway.
My 1967 FDY lists the Hunts Theaters at that time as follows: Cape May – Beach, Liberty. Stone Harbor – Harbor, Park. Wildwood – Blaker, Casino, Ocean, Shore, Regent, Starlight Ballroom, Strand.