Loew's Jersey Theatre
54 Journal Square,
Jersey City,
NJ
07306
54 Journal Square,
Jersey City,
NJ
07306
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That’s been floated from time to time. The latest proponent of it is Mark Cuban, who owns the Landmark Theatres chain well as High Def satellite services and other things. It’s a foolish idea and most likely won’t happen with mainstream films, but for some of the lower-level art films it might happen.
Has anybody heard anything about film producers who are now talking about releasing films simultaneously in theaters, on DVD and/or Pay Per View? Saw this on a theater chat line.
LOL :)
LOL :)
Well RobertR you certainly have catholic tastes.
I would love to see a double bill of Grease and Saturday Night Fever.
Dr. Zhivago
Farewell to Arms (Rock & Jennifer version)
Here’s my two cents on a possible program schedule for the Loews Jersey in the upcoming season. Do a weekend of all classic Rock and Roll films. Like:
‘Help!’ and/or ‘Hard Day’s Night’-Beatles
‘The Girl Can’t Help It’-Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell w/Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, etc.
‘Loving You’ Elvis Presley (his first color film. ‘Jailhouse Rock’ might be a more obvious choice, but Loews Jersey showed that last season)
Another good choice might be ‘Mr. Rock and Roll’ with Alan Freed
Hey Loews Jersey staff…are you listening? Check it out. Let’s rock out at the Loews Jersey!!!
Or how about “Mutiny on the Bounty” with Gable and Laughton and “The Caine Mutiny” with Bogart. I like sea adventures.
Brucec.. Another great double feature “ Master and Commander+ with Russell Crowe AND "Captain Horatio Hornblower” with Gregory Peck.
Re the posts on Sinatra films. I!m not really a fan of his( More my fathers generation) but with the fairly recent re make of “ Oceans 11. and its unnecessary sequel Ocaans 12”, prehaps people might want to see the real deal. Probably not a great film. but at least it has soul- and a great cast too. EO 11!
Bruce, picking double features is nice work if you can get it, eh?
Here are a couple of suggestion for good double bills
Just a couple of double bills from different decades.brucec
Therefore Robin would be in true widescreen covering a third less screen space than High Society in Vistavision which today is not really widescreen at all. Just another 1:85 aperture.
Which is why if they get a 70mm projector it would be wonderful if they got a larger screen expanding rather than reducing the screen size. And yes I know they are not going to do it due to money and logistics.
RobertR — the idea of widescreen is appealing, but as you may recall at this theatre the widescreen has actually less square footage than flat screening, (today’s flat, not Academy ratio) because here they lower the masking for widescreen, rather than expanding the sides.
Bob to be perfectly honest the two films I mentioned are not among my favorites either but they would be great at the Loew’s.
I get the impression they don’t like musicals at the Loew’s. I’m still waiting for my double bills of Singin in the Rain and Funny Face and Bye Bye Birdie and Viva Las Vegas.
Those two bills would be spectacular.
I guess in another life.
I’d say that was a very bad decision on the Director’s part, considering how many Frank Sinatra fans there are in neighboring Hoboken (his birthplace) alone, not to mention the rest of North Jersey and Manhattan too.
The echo is always great, but it really added a special dimension to the presentation of “Ben-Hur”.
I remember seeing that trailer as well but thinking it odd that they didn’t schedule a showing of the film itself.
You know another thing I love about this theater is the slap. It reminds me of going to the theater as a kid and hearing that echo which was never bothersome.
Love the idea, and both in widescreen :)
The Jersey was planning a Sinatra festival a couple of years ago but it never came about (unless I just missed it). I remember them showing the trailer for “Robin and the 7 Hoods”.
I have had another stroke of programming genius which will of course be ignored by everyone but considering that Sinatra hearing Crosby sing at this theater had an influence on his career how about a double bill of Sinatra and Crosby?
Robin and the Seven Hoods and High Society.
Would Nancy or Tina like to attend?
Well go ahead and laugh but I think it would be terrific.
Lostmemory;
Thank you very much.
TC;
I checked the site and could not find the Bergen Record listed.
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Be sure to click on the link to the Bergen Record article about the 75th anniversary.
Does anyone know who I can contact about filming inside. I am doing a documentary on the Loew’s Kings in Brooklyn. I would like to show what a restored Loew’s looks like.