If you look at the block ad here for New York Cinemas they were booking one screen of the old Film Forum. I thought at one time it may even have been booked by Walter Reade. The old FF deserves it’s own listing since it was a totally seperate house. View link
In between art films the Cinema Manhasset would play a mainstream movie, but always a top notch film. In later years the policy would become a lot of average commercial things.
1954 was a good year for Shelly Winters, she has three films in release at the same time. On the RKO run, “Cry of the City” and in Loew’s theatres “Saskatchewan” and “Tennessee Champ”. View link
There is a small ad for the Stoddard from 1954 on the bottom of this page. They have a double bill of “Escape From Ft. Bravo” and “Give a Girl a Break" View link
There is an ad here from March of 1955, the Roxy had “Untamed” with Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward
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Jan of 1976 they were playing “Snow White"
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In 1976 it was called Quickway Cinema
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This ad from 1/76 shows a holiday re-issue of “Snow White” at the Rivoli.
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If you look at the block ad here for New York Cinemas they were booking one screen of the old Film Forum. I thought at one time it may even have been booked by Walter Reade. The old FF deserves it’s own listing since it was a totally seperate house.
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Seems this theatre was also known as Totowa Twin as seen in a 1982 ad.
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I find a listing in 1982 for a theatre in Newburgh called the Mid Valley Twin. Was it another name for this theatre?
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According to this 1982 ad the re-release of the House of Wax played the Cinerama in 70mm.
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In 1982 the Festival was playing the acclaimed “Atlantic City”.
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1982 the Criterion had “Making Love” in the main house.
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Warren thats a great old picture with all the sailors and their girls :)
I believe the Harem was always porno, as long back as I remember. Does anyone know if that’s the original name or was it called something else before?
Here is a great night shot of the Criterion in 1972 showing “The Possession of Joel Delaney"
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In between art films the Cinema Manhasset would play a mainstream movie, but always a top notch film. In later years the policy would become a lot of average commercial things.
1954 was a good year for Shelly Winters, she has three films in release at the same time. On the RKO run, “Cry of the City” and in Loew’s theatres “Saskatchewan” and “Tennessee Champ”.
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This 1954 ad for the Brandt Yonkers mentions “formerly Loew’s"
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1954 saw the serious Gregory Peck film “Night People” playing along with Cinemascope shorts.
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1954 Lucy & Desi in “Long Long Trailer"
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There is a small ad for the Stoddard from 1954 on the bottom of this page. They have a double bill of “Escape From Ft. Bravo” and “Give a Girl a Break"
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1954 “Rhapsody” starring Elizabeth Taylor and the next feature “Rose Marie”.
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In 1954 the Rivoli revived “Lost Weekend” but this time on the Giant Miracle Screen.
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1957 “Search for Paradise"
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This 1957 block ad for the Rugoff Theatres shows Cinema Manhasset playing Vittorio De Sica in “It Happened in the Park"
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The 1970 matinee re-issue of “Wizard of Oz” played here
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