Vincent
I think that the Virgina played Hello Dolly in 35mm becuase by the time it hit Atlantic City on June 24, 1970, it was not doing well in the rest of the country becuase of the bad reviews. Also, that summer the other movies houses along with the Virgina showed Dolly as a regular continuous performance show. The show played in Phila(center city) in 70 mm at the now long gone Randolph (which is where I saw it on their cinerama screen) and in NYC at the Rivoli also in 70 mm.
Does anyone else feel like I do about filme not being made in the 70mm format? I hate it. I think the last movie I remeber advertised in 70mm was Titanic at the Astor Plaza.
William and Vincent
I spent 13 years during the summer in Atlantic City. Yes, the Virgina was the big 70mm, reserved seat house. The last film to play there in 1973 the last year the theater operated was the re release of The Sound Of Music. In 1969 they showed Krakatova East of Java in 70 mm not cinerama. I think that was the last cinerama film made. In 1970 theyshowed Hello Dolly in 35mm.
Even though I never went to this theater, I grew up in the burbs of Phila and was a big movie buff even as a kid. The one thing I do remember is they had the exclusive reserved seat engagement in the 60’s of the Steve McQueen movie, The Sand Pebbles. It was interesting that it didn’t play center city. I also remember the Lane theater in Cherry Lane. They showed mostly art fims.Itlater became a porno theater. The last I was up that way which was in the 80, it was a Datsun car dealer
I would love to know how Vincent saw Throughly Modern Millie at the Astor Plaza when the movie came out in 1967 and the theater didn’t open until 1974.
I agree with other comments. Someone should buy the old Demille/Embassy234 and restore it.United Artists should have bought it when they lost the Criterion. It saddens me that all the theaters in the Times Square area are almost gone. Loews should reconsdier closing the State if they are really going to loose the Astor Plaza.
I grew up in Phila and remeber the Sameric well. What I can’t remeber is them ever showing Cinerama movies. Can anyone give me anymore information about what films played there in Cinerama. It is a shame that all the center city theaters are gone. It started in 1969 when the Randolph closed. The last showing was Tora Tora Tora. Than the Stanley went next a year later. There last film was Viva Max. RKO had promised to build a twin theater,but that never happened. The theater sat empty for many years. I think the next theater to go was the Arcadia which became a Roy Rogers hambugers joint In the early 80’s the Fox, Milgram(formally the RKO Stanton) and Stage Door Cinema closed. After I loved to Florida in 1983, the
rest of the center city theaters disapeared.I think the last one to go was the Midtown which is now the Prince Art theater.
New York had a great Cinerama theater from the 60 until the middle 80’s when it like most times square theaters was torn down to make way for a hotel.I remember going there for the first time in the late 70’s to see Hello Dolly which was presented just as it was originally in 1969 when it opened. I remeber being amazed at the curved screen. RKO kept the cinerama screen until it closed the theater in the 80’s.
Vincent
I think that the Virgina played Hello Dolly in 35mm becuase by the time it hit Atlantic City on June 24, 1970, it was not doing well in the rest of the country becuase of the bad reviews. Also, that summer the other movies houses along with the Virgina showed Dolly as a regular continuous performance show. The show played in Phila(center city) in 70 mm at the now long gone Randolph (which is where I saw it on their cinerama screen) and in NYC at the Rivoli also in 70 mm.
Does anyone else feel like I do about filme not being made in the 70mm format? I hate it. I think the last movie I remeber advertised in 70mm was Titanic at the Astor Plaza.
William and Vincent
I spent 13 years during the summer in Atlantic City. Yes, the Virgina was the big 70mm, reserved seat house. The last film to play there in 1973 the last year the theater operated was the re release of The Sound Of Music. In 1969 they showed Krakatova East of Java in 70 mm not cinerama. I think that was the last cinerama film made. In 1970 theyshowed Hello Dolly in 35mm.
Even though I never went to this theater, I grew up in the burbs of Phila and was a big movie buff even as a kid. The one thing I do remember is they had the exclusive reserved seat engagement in the 60’s of the Steve McQueen movie, The Sand Pebbles. It was interesting that it didn’t play center city. I also remember the Lane theater in Cherry Lane. They showed mostly art fims.Itlater became a porno theater. The last I was up that way which was in the 80, it was a Datsun car dealer
I would love to know how Vincent saw Throughly Modern Millie at the Astor Plaza when the movie came out in 1967 and the theater didn’t open until 1974.
I agree with other comments. Someone should buy the old Demille/Embassy234 and restore it.United Artists should have bought it when they lost the Criterion. It saddens me that all the theaters in the Times Square area are almost gone. Loews should reconsdier closing the State if they are really going to loose the Astor Plaza.
I grew up in Phila and remeber the Sameric well. What I can’t remeber is them ever showing Cinerama movies. Can anyone give me anymore information about what films played there in Cinerama. It is a shame that all the center city theaters are gone. It started in 1969 when the Randolph closed. The last showing was Tora Tora Tora. Than the Stanley went next a year later. There last film was Viva Max. RKO had promised to build a twin theater,but that never happened. The theater sat empty for many years. I think the next theater to go was the Arcadia which became a Roy Rogers hambugers joint In the early 80’s the Fox, Milgram(formally the RKO Stanton) and Stage Door Cinema closed. After I loved to Florida in 1983, the
rest of the center city theaters disapeared.I think the last one to go was the Midtown which is now the Prince Art theater.
New York had a great Cinerama theater from the 60 until the middle 80’s when it like most times square theaters was torn down to make way for a hotel.I remember going there for the first time in the late 70’s to see Hello Dolly which was presented just as it was originally in 1969 when it opened. I remeber being amazed at the curved screen. RKO kept the cinerama screen until it closed the theater in the 80’s.