Comments from PKoch - Cinema Treasures

PKoch commented about Garden Theater on Jun 5, 2006 at 10:35 am

That’s true, Bway. I suppose that was also partly true of the Valencia.

PKoch commented about Loew's Gates Theatre on Jun 5, 2006 at 9:00 am

Thanks, Lost Memory. I’ve seen that vintage photo. It looks east on Gates Avenue from Ralph Avenue to Broadway.

It goes hand in hand with another old photo I’ve seen looking north on Ralph Avenue, from Gates Avenue to Broadway, showing the Empire Theater on the left, near the intersection of Ralph and Lexington Avenues and Broadway. That photo also shows the Lexington Avenue el turning out from the Bway el.

Bway, good question, as you have taken and posted some excellent photos of the exterior of Loews Gates as it is now.

PKoch commented about RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theatre on Jun 5, 2006 at 8:55 am

Thanks, Bway.

klass, isn’t a “brain freeze” what you end up with if you spend too much time on this site ?

PKoch commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on Jun 5, 2006 at 8:15 am

It seems from what you’ve written, Warren, that, in 1934, Jamaica needed a new store more than a new theatre.

PKoch commented about Embassy Theatre on Jun 1, 2006 at 1:33 pm

robbie dupree, thank you for posting that. That is exactly what has happened on the Ridgewood Theater page (# 4021 on this site)for people from Ridgewood.

PKoch commented about RKO Alden Theatre on Jun 1, 2006 at 12:10 pm

Thanks, EdSolero ! “only the bottom half of this double bill was playing” : So the double bill was topless, eh ?

Vampire Playgirls ? Like Gay Dracula, I suspect that blood is not all that they suck. Yes, it must have wound up in at least one 42nd Street grind house.

PKoch commented about Century's Prospect Theatre on Jun 1, 2006 at 8:34 am

Thanks, EdSolero. At the same time “Porky’s” came out, there was a Moral Majority Quiz in Mad Magazine, one question being, “When you shower, do you soap the faucet so you don’t accidentally see yourself nude ?”

PKoch commented about Century's Prospect Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 1:02 pm

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Thanks, perhaps I will. Here’s a link to those scenes.

PKoch commented about Century's Prospect Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 12:49 pm

Thanks, I just answered my own question by looking in Celebrity Movie Archives. One sees her bare butt, but not her breasts. Yes, I know she was one of the four ferocious sex kittens in “Sex and the City”. Thanks for the recommendation of “Porky’s”. Hollywood should keep on doing what it does “breast”(best).

PKoch commented about Casino Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 12:32 pm

OK, Lost Memory, I’ll wait for an expert to wade in with a few pithy phrases.

PKoch commented about Century's Prospect Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 12:29 pm

At the risk of “the wrath of Warren”, how does Kim Cattrall look in the nude in this one ?

PKoch commented about Casino Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 11:19 am

Lost Memory, how does the Marr & Colton theater organ compare with a Wurlitzer ?

PKoch commented about Embassy Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 10:44 am

Yes, that IS sad, and, no I don’t know what’s there now.

PKoch commented about Parthenon Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 10:42 am

Thanks, Lost Memory. I’ve never checked the Google map for the Parthenon, but I’m not at all surprised that it’s wrong.

Thanks, Warren, for the references and explanation.

PKoch commented about Parthenon Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 9:38 am

Lost Memory, are you posting from personal experience of the Parthenon ?

PKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 9:33 am

Thanks for all this interesting info, Warren. I wonder if the Ridgewood’s cooling system still draws water from a subterranean spring, rather than NYC water supply.

PKoch commented about Garden Theater on May 31, 2006 at 9:26 am

Thanks, Warren. Interesting that Richmond Hill once had its own telephone exchange, in addition to the VI(ctoria)(84) exchange.

PKoch commented about RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 9:23 am

You’re welcome. Have you been to the Richmond Hill Historical Society’s website ? If not, perhaps Bway could direct you.

I remember reading that Teddy Roosevelt once campaigned for President from the elevated platform of the Richmond Hill LIRR station, then went across Myrtle Avenue to the upstairs floor of the Triangle, changed his clothes, then headed into Manhattan, early in the 20th century.

PKoch commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 9:18 am

You’re welcome, robbie dupree. My pleasure. Bway has many interesting things to say and show about the Broadway Theater, which once stood at the southwest corner of Bway and Myrtle Avenue, and which dates back to the late 19th century. I think there’s a page on it on this site.

Thanks, Warren, for all the info on the early and small cinemas of downtown Jamaica.

PKoch commented about Parthenon Theatre on May 31, 2006 at 9:07 am

Good points, Lost Memory. Thanks.

PKoch commented about Parthenon Theatre on May 30, 2006 at 1:39 pm

Thanks, Warren, for this info. I never knew that the Parthenon had “taken over” for the Ridgewood Theatre in this way, in the summer of 1930. How do you know this ?

PKoch commented about Chopin Theatre on May 30, 2006 at 12:42 pm

Any ideas, even speculation, as to what might next occupy said premises ?

PKoch commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on May 30, 2006 at 11:36 am

No, the scenes at the abandoned movie house were filmed at the RKO Bushwick. “Bway” on this site has ample proof and documentation.

PKoch commented about Chopin Theatre on May 30, 2006 at 11:33 am

Thanks, RobertR. I’ll check it out on the IMDb.

PKoch commented about UA Crossbay I on May 30, 2006 at 11:29 am

ShortyC, I agree with you. BTW, that’s Modell’s, not Models/