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Orlando commented about Empire Theatre 10 Ralph Avenue, 1940s on Nov 17, 2018 at 8:28 am

It is 110 years old, listed as closed but I believe its a house of worship.

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Orlando commented about Empire Theatre 10 Ralph Avenue, 1940s on Nov 17, 2018 at 8:27 am

Older marquee, the original white on black?, I could be wrong. I’m curious to the interior, must visit soon. It’s been around for at least 100 years and still in use.

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Orlando commented about Empire Theatre 10 Ralph Avenue, 1940s on Nov 17, 2018 at 8:23 am

New marquee, back on white, probably second marquee. Still at 10 Ralph Avenue. I should check the inside next time when yn that hood.

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Orlando commented about 1956, Mayfair marquee on the right in black. on Nov 16, 2018 at 10:32 am

It looks like the Loew’s name has been taken down and Brandt had the Mayfair, it became the DeMille in 1959, give or take a year. The RKO Palace hab a B type movie with 8 BIG ACTS on stage changing weekly for a while before going into Reserved Seats policy. PS Short was “March of Time”.

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Orlando commented about Broadway Theatre on Nov 16, 2018 at 10:22 am

The Crystal Palace catering hall is not the Broadway Theatre, the building on the corner with the bank at the corner is the Broadway theatre with the covered over facade. The supermarket was never on this corner, the theatre was. Today’s posting should clear everything up. The addressess never lie but are misprinted in many theatre manuels and even phone books. A theatre is a theatre is a theatre by site, you also step back a few blocks and look at the roof, a dead giveaway.

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Orlando commented about Canoe Theatre on Nov 15, 2018 at 7:16 am

Below the second floor windows is the form of a “canoe” or am I imagining this? The least known of any Pitkin Avenue theatre address, when did this surface… the Canoe that is…

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Orlando commented about Granada from 1940 tax photos on Nov 13, 2018 at 1:53 pm

I’m on a faulty library computer, Flatbush Branch.

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Orlando commented about Granada from 1940 tax photos on Nov 13, 2018 at 1:53 pm

I’m on a faulty library computer, Flatbush Branch.

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Orlando commented about Granada from 1940 tax photos on Nov 13, 2018 at 1:53 pm

I’m on a faulty library computer, Flatbush Branch.

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Orlando commented about Granada from 1940 tax photos on Nov 13, 2018 at 1:52 pm

What joy! Thank You MATT11209! That’s my baby, my Cinema Paradiso! Is 11209 your zip code? I’d like to take you to lunch! My treat for my birthday present.

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Orlando commented about Granada from 1940 tax photos on Nov 13, 2018 at 1:52 pm

What joy! Thank You MATT11209! That’s my baby, my Cinema Paradiso! Is 11209 your zip code? I’d like to take you to lunch! My treat for my birthday present.

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Orlando commented about Granada from 1940 tax photos on Nov 13, 2018 at 1:52 pm

What joy! Thank You MATT11209! That’s my baby, my Cinema Paradiso! Is 11209 your zip code? I’d like to take you to lunch! My treat for my birthday present.

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Orlando commented about Granada from 1940 tax photos on Nov 13, 2018 at 1:52 pm

What joy! Thank You MATT11209! That’s my baby, my Cinema Paradiso! Is 11209 your zip code? I’d like to take you to lunch! My treat for my birthday present.

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Orlando commented about Loew's 46th Street Theatre on Nov 8, 2018 at 8:18 am

I also got pictures (over one hundred) of the reliefs behind the furniture store walls were taken out. They were in great shape as well as the interior exit doors and signs. All the exit doors were differently decorated plaster works of art. Unfortunately, there will be no book or uploading of the photos. Sorry.

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Orlando commented about Loew's 46th Street Theatre on Nov 8, 2018 at 8:01 am

This theatre was not torn down, it was gutted andthe facadestill exists. The 47th Street fire escapes have been removed and storefronts and above that apartment windows exist. I repeat the facade and original 4 wall and roof exist. The discription should be changed to Gutted and it is now the 46th Street Apartments or Condos. I’ll let you know soon.

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Orlando commented about Loew's 46th Street Theatre on Nov 8, 2018 at 7:56 am

When you look out these windows, you see the New Utrecht Avenue El. These had been bricked up by the late 1960’s. This was a wonderful theatre, Brooklyn’s first atmospheric!

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Orlando commented about Loew's 46th Street Theatre on Nov 8, 2018 at 7:53 am

I saw all of this in person, but long after the building closed. Remember Jason?

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Orlando commented about Miami Theatre on Nov 8, 2018 at 7:48 am

The movie “Lady Ice” on DVD in Widescreen shows the Miami Theatre during a jewelry store hiest. The marquee name is draped over with a black fabric but there is no mistaking it for the Miami Theatre. The features are “MELINDA” with Calvin Lockhart & “Come Back, Charleston Blue” as the co-feature. In a long shot of the marquee across the street, a garbage trash bin says “KEEP CHICAGO CLEAN”! What a hoot… The movie stars Donald Sutherland and Jennifer O'Neill. (Filmed in 1972-1973). You can’t fool me, I know my theatres. The first time DVD release is available at your Brooklyn Public Library. See it, it’s fun.

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Orlando commented about New marquee debut on Nov 1, 2018 at 10:17 am

I like it very much!

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Orlando commented about 1966 photo via Joe Howard. on Nov 1, 2018 at 10:12 am

Here as Iris Theatre

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Orlando commented about Palace Theatre on Oct 31, 2018 at 8:14 am

The opening date an ad on Loew’s Palace in the above post which I omitted, Oops! TheCapital entrance was cinder-blocked in and derelict.

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Orlando commented about Palace Theatre on Oct 31, 2018 at 8:12 am

I have a photo taken in the late 1990’s or early 2000’s of Miller’s Capital Theatre engraved on the dirty concrete name plate on the facade. I can’t tell you if it was Capitol or Capital but I think it was the former. Has anyone found an ad or true opening date. I know I listed 1918 in a post 14 years ago but now would like to see an ad. It’s opening eluded me in my search, it just popped up in 1918 without opening fanfare.

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Orlando commented about Louisville Palace Theatre on Oct 31, 2018 at 7:48 am

To Andy Callahan, Major Major,

Even though your post was from 8 years ago, it still put a smile on my face today!

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Orlando commented about Fox Theatre on Oct 31, 2018 at 7:29 am

Wrong drawing for this Fox Theatre. I believe it’s for another theatre.

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Orlando commented about Hillside Theatre on Oct 30, 2018 at 10:28 am

The Canal and Hillside had been divested by Loew’s by this time.