Opened on 23/5/1951 with “The Petty girl” and “Never a dull moment” opened with 1 screen and 600 cars. 2nd screen opened in 1967 with 1200 cars. Third planned in 1966, but never built. Closed in 1984.
Soft opening (only using 1 screen) on 17/8/2003 with “Spy kids 2” and “The league of extraordinary gentlemen”. Offical grand opening(2 screens) in may 2004 with “Spiderman 2”.
Opened on 8/6/1949 in the Fonda Showgrounds with “Coroner’s Creek” and “Blondie’s secret”. Closed on 26/5/1951 after a fire(at 11.oopm) in the projection booth from an over heated projector during a movie screening(movie being screened unknown?), while 250 people were present. The Fonda Showgrounds are still tnere.
Opened on(different screens) with “An American tail”, “Song of tne south”, “Streets of gold”, “Everytime we say goodbye”, “Crocodile Dundee”, “The color of money”, “Stand by me”, “Eye of tne tiger”, “Tough guys”, “Peggy Sue got married” “The boy who could fly”, “Firewalker”, “The Wraith”.
Closed in 1985. Demolished(except the indoor cinema(and snack bar?)and marquee) in 1986. The multiplex closed in 2007 and demolished in 2008. The site is planned to be condos or townhouses?
The site is now a shopping plaza anchored by Home Depot and Target. There is a Red Lobster on the site where the screen used to be. Why the name Johnny?
Opened on 27/4/1950 with “The Babe Ruth story” and “Blonde dynamite”. Closed in 1963. Demolished to make way for the Hempstead Turnpike/Sea-Ford Oyster Bay Expressway Interchange.
Also known as Skyler Drive-in.
Opened on 23/5/1951 with “The Petty girl” and “Never a dull moment” opened with 1 screen and 600 cars. 2nd screen opened in 1967 with 1200 cars. Third planned in 1966, but never built. Closed in 1984.
Soft opening (only using 1 screen) on 17/8/2003 with “Spy kids 2” and “The league of extraordinary gentlemen”. Offical grand opening(2 screens) in may 2004 with “Spiderman 2”.
Operated by Michael Zala.
The movies screened on the night of the fire were Destination moon" and “Curtain call at Cactus Creek”.
Opened on 8/6/1949 in the Fonda Showgrounds with “Coroner’s Creek” and “Blondie’s secret”. Closed on 26/5/1951 after a fire(at 11.oopm) in the projection booth from an over heated projector during a movie screening(movie being screened unknown?), while 250 people were present. The Fonda Showgrounds are still tnere.
Opened on 2/5/1952 and closed in 1955.
Opened on 15/6/1949 with 2 colour cartoons and “Frontier gal”.
Is this same building called Talk of the town in the movie “Judy”(about Judy Garland)?
Opened on(different screens) with “An American tail”, “Song of tne south”, “Streets of gold”, “Everytime we say goodbye”, “Crocodile Dundee”, “The color of money”, “Stand by me”, “Eye of tne tiger”, “Tough guys”, “Peggy Sue got married” “The boy who could fly”, “Firewalker”, “The Wraith”.
The site is also a BJ’s Warehouse.
Closed in 1985. Demolished(except the indoor cinema(and snack bar?)and marquee) in 1986. The multiplex closed in 2007 and demolished in 2008. The site is planned to be condos or townhouses?
Opened with “The sons of Katie Elder”. Indoor screen(1 screen, 750 seats).
Why the name Smithtown?
There is a small building on tne entrance to the housing development that might be the former ticket booth?
Opened with “The man who Liberty Valance”. The site is now the Country Pointe residential housing development.
The marquee is still there.
The church is St. Peter Lutheran.
The site is now Southport Shopping Center.
750 cars. Clossd in 1988.
The site is now a shopping plaza anchored by Home Depot and Target. There is a Red Lobster on the site where the screen used to be. Why the name Johnny?
Also known as Bethpage Drive-in.
Opened on 27/4/1950 with “The Babe Ruth story” and “Blonde dynamite”. Closed in 1963. Demolished to make way for the Hempstead Turnpike/Sea-Ford Oyster Bay Expressway Interchange.
Also known as Fifth Avenue Bay shore Drive-in.
The site is now Home Depot and Shop Rite Plaza.