RKO Warner Twin Theatre
1579 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
1579 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
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1955 photo added via Al Ponte’s Time Machine-New York Facebook page.
The Earl Carroll Theatre now has it’s own listing here. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/56980
To Vindanpar. I enjoyed Ice Station Zebra. It was a very good film and the 70mm Cinerama aspect was not a waste. But both Dr. Doolittle which I saw in 70mm at the 5th ave in seattle was a waste of time & money. Camelot was god awful. I saw ISZ at the Cinerama in Providence. I’m glad I never `paid to see Camelot in a theatre.
stevenotero, It was the Earl Carroll Theatre. It was torn down in 1990.
This is to hardbop question about a theater where the old Woolworth’s was on 50 St & 7 Ave. Yes there was a theater there from Aug 1931 until Dec 1934. I have found the NYC Certificate of Occupancy & sent them to Cinema Treasures .
Funny coincidence that you mention Camelot tonight as I spent New Years Eve eons ago at the Strand.
Had Camelot been a hit the Strand would have not been twinned as early as it had been. Probably the same for Dr Dolittle and Loew’s State.
Though where would 2001 have gone after the Capitol was torn down? Straight to showcase? And what about Ice Station Zebra, a waste of Cinerama if there ever was one. Where would that have opened?
There’s a new retrospective article out on “Camelot” which gives an overview of its roadshow run (including mention of its engagement here) and a historian interview.
July 13, 1960 actor David Hedison was at the Warner Theatre for the world premiere of “The Lost World”. He signed autographs and gave out free Lost World comic books to the children. (see Photo section pictures of this) This world premiere can also be seen on a Fox Movietone News Reel which is included in “The Lost World” home DVD special features.
1964 photo as Warner’s Cinerama added via Scott Cisco. “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World marquee and billboard.
February 26th 1940 photo added credit Duke University Collection.
No…it did start at that point, referenced by Cue magazine and newspaper ads.
The 9:30am shows ran from April 16 to 24. The shorter running time may have started even before then as it would allow out of town church and school groups to get back home at more reasonable hours and Roadshows always counted heavily on group sales.
Al Alvarez…I acknowledge your earlier info, but bigjoe apparently wanted more than the month, which I had. With our info it’s now known here that the original length played for 8 weeks.
You may be on to something, bigjoe. By mid-April 1965 they added a third showing at 9:30am daily for Easter week.
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to patryan6019 thanks for the info. as i said i saw TGSET twice during its 42 week roadshow run at this theater but have no idea when. i might have seen the 3hr. 19min. cut. both times. so if i understand your info correctly the original 3hr. 45min. cut was used for a short period of time.
which prompts another question. the film was still going to be on a 2 performance a day roadshow run so what was the point of tweaking it? i wonder what was in the approx. 26 mins. that was cut. the cut of Cleopatra that opened at the Rivoli June of 1963 was 4hrs. 5 mins. it was tweaked while still in its roadshow run. but at least Fox kept the trims from the premiere 4hr. 5min. cut which looks !WOW! on blu-ray disc. i don’t suppose United Artists kept the approx. 26 mins. of trims from TGSET.
Why is this listed as the Strand. I thought policy was the last name used.
bigjoe59…If you saw it Palm Sunday or before it was the uncut version.
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i saw The Greatest Story Ever Told twice during
its 42 week roadshow engagement “in Cinerama” at
this theater. now while I enjoyed the film I
have no recollection of what cut i saw. so was
the only cut this theater ever used the 3hr. 19min. one used for the blu-ray disc? or was the longer
3hr. 45min? cut ever shown during the 42 run?
I guess you would choose the version you’d want to see based on how long a nap you needed…
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William, thank you for mentioning “Porgy and Bess” and “Camelot”. I attended the World Premiere of “The Greatest Story Ever Told” at the Warner on Monday, 15 February 1965 and the Los Angeles premiere at Pacific’s Cinerama Theatre on Wednesday, 17 February 1965. The film was an extraordinary cinematic work of art when seen in the curved screen 70mm Ultra Panavision process for Cinerama. My notes at the time clocked the film in at 221 minutes and a 15 minute intermission The running time was the same for the UA pre-screenings at the Warner even with the Alfred Newman (composer) music deletions and Handel and Verdi substitutes. The first edit-down was requested by UA in April 1965 (197 minutes) and UA made a final “bastardized” version March 1967 (141 minutes).
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The Greatest Story Ever Told began its reserved seat run at this theater on Feb. 15, 1965. said engagement ran 42 weeks if I am not mistaken. to which my question- was the original 3hr. 45min. cut of the film ever used during said 42 week run? or was it only used for trade/press screenings and on opening night?
Remember seeing FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE, THE JERK, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, THE BLUES BROTHERS, ROCKY III among others when it was the RKO Cinerama Twin. Saw SUDDEN IMPACT here as the RKO Warner along with GREMLINS and ALIENS, both in 70MM.
Brief video of Broadway in late 1929, beginning with a shot of the Embassy Newsreel and proceeding up the street to the Strand. Go here <warning: autoplay audio>, click on “Sound”, find “Noise Abatement Commission” in the far right column toward the bottom and click there.
I saw Hello Dolly revival there and it was awesome on that huge cured screen as was Fame when it moved from the Ziegfeld.