Bob
I remember that also all the Paramount films opened there, I miss the State a lot I always felt it was the one theatre that was not ruined when they twined it. Rob
Nice pic Warren look at the little round signs advertising the wide vision screens. Remember “It’s a Wonderful Life” also went public domain and somehow they got it back to being licensed.
Movie Playing at Whitestone Bridge Drive-In
Original caption: 6/13/1951-New York: A general view of the Whitestone Bridge Drive-In Movie Theater. The theater, one of two in the Greater New York area, sprawls over 22 acres accomodating up to 1,200 cars. The screen is four times the size of an ordinary screen, and there are two projectors.Drive-in theaters are growing increasingly popular. Today there are 3,000 such theaters in the U.S., 800 more than there were just a year ago. View link
Crowd Sitting in Theater Auditorium
Original caption: The movie goes on as usual at 1:00 p.m. in the Utopia Theater at Flushing-Hillcrest, on Easter Sunday, a few hours after the Christ Lutheran Church held Easter services there. Church officials have used the theater for Easter services for the past three years to take care of the overflow crowd. The church seats 240 persons, the theater 600. The altar, pulpit and lectern, and the new church organ were moved into the theater for the occasion. View link
Joan Crawford Surrounded by Fans
Actress Joan Crawford is surrounded by fans as she hands out autographed photographs of herself to early arrivals at the premiere of her film Sudden Fear, in the lobby of Loew’s State Theatre in New York City.
Awesome news, I wish someone would take a chance and open one on Long Island again.
Vincent
You bring up a good point, Godfather should have been roadshow. Was there ever any discussion about it?
I wonder why they let this theatre go to hell, it was a busy theatre in a busy area?
Bob
I remember that also all the Paramount films opened there, I miss the State a lot I always felt it was the one theatre that was not ruined when they twined it. Rob
Here is an ad mentioning the world premiere of “The Godfather” in State 1 & 2.
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In 1964 the Cinemart was part of this huge neighborhood run of “Mad Mad World”.
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Nice pic Warren look at the little round signs advertising the wide vision screens. Remember “It’s a Wonderful Life” also went public domain and somehow they got it back to being licensed.
More opera at the Madison, this time on screen. Can you imagine something like this opening today?
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More opera at the Madison, this time on screen. Can you imagine something like this opening today?
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Another of Shelly’s AIP efforts that opened at the Madison.
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This 1959 double-bill seems so lurid for it’s time, but would probably get a G rating today.
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Summer 1967 “Zhivago” on a neighborhood run
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This story from 1964 talks about opera at the Madison. It seems so unreal now if you saw the area.
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Two years ago it was being kept up very nice, I have not been there since.
Ah thanks
What happened to the air conditioners in the Jersey City?
Yes I heard they started out at the Bushwick and then moved to the Gates.
talk about propaganda
Here is a pic of the grand entrance
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Here is a 1933 photo
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Movie Playing at Whitestone Bridge Drive-In
Original caption: 6/13/1951-New York: A general view of the Whitestone Bridge Drive-In Movie Theater. The theater, one of two in the Greater New York area, sprawls over 22 acres accomodating up to 1,200 cars. The screen is four times the size of an ordinary screen, and there are two projectors.Drive-in theaters are growing increasingly popular. Today there are 3,000 such theaters in the U.S., 800 more than there were just a year ago.
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Crowd Sitting in Theater Auditorium
Original caption: The movie goes on as usual at 1:00 p.m. in the Utopia Theater at Flushing-Hillcrest, on Easter Sunday, a few hours after the Christ Lutheran Church held Easter services there. Church officials have used the theater for Easter services for the past three years to take care of the overflow crowd. The church seats 240 persons, the theater 600. The altar, pulpit and lectern, and the new church organ were moved into the theater for the occasion.
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The thought that this was torn down is an absolute crime
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We will never see days like this again. Taken in 1955
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Joan Crawford Surrounded by Fans
Actress Joan Crawford is surrounded by fans as she hands out autographed photographs of herself to early arrivals at the premiere of her film Sudden Fear, in the lobby of Loew’s State Theatre in New York City.
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