Ridgewood Theatre

PKoch on February 22, 2007 at 4:18 am

Sir Peter ! I’m honored, BklynJim ! Who knighted me ? You ? Thanks !

Thanks for the brief on 1955’s “Creature With an Atom Brain”, and its original Bushwick – Ridgewood run.

Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy ? That’s what you lost a molar to at the Bushwick, right ?

“We’re gonna taste Turkish Taffy ! Hey ! … it’s de-lish !”

If, like Milk Duds, it’s so hard to get out of your teeth, (blowtorch required, as suggested by George Carlin) maybe it should be used as temporary filling material.

Where was the Peerless Theater ?

I last walked by the Ridgewood this past Feb. 9th 2007. I wanted to go in and see “Hannibal Rising” but the theater wasn’t open yet, and I had other business to tend to.

Thanks for the update, AL, however dismal, and thanks for continuing to try.

After the spring thaw ? We’ve got about a month of winter left, but the snow and sleet of last week’s Valentine’s Day storm has been melting and evaporating rather rapidly since it fell.

George Zucco … not to be confused with George Cukor !

Up next …. “The Job That Ate My Brain”, with guest appearance by Benny And The Bureaucrats ….

Anyone remember Leslie Banks ? Edna West ? Nova Pilbeam ?

BrooklynJim on February 21, 2007 at 12:59 pm

Don’t own either “Caltiki…” or “The Flying Serpent,” guys, but I have scored on eBay recently with a dubious classic on DVD from 1955: “Creature With an Atom Brain,” starring Richard Denning. Hoots galore and a great Columbia print from Bad Brains Video. Ha! Sorry to have missed it on its original run at the Peerless, Ridgewood and the RKO Madison and Bushwick Theaters, as it would’ve been jujubes, Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy and soda cups being tossed at the screen time by us esrtwhile subdued street urchins.

And yes, Sir Peter, the Ridgewood IS immortal! (Almost.) Hope to see you all there after the “spring thaw.”

PKoch on February 21, 2007 at 12:10 pm

Good for you, frankie ! How’s “The Flying Serpent” ? Does George Zucco look as immortal as ole Quetzlcoatl himself ?

I remember reading about this movie, along with many others like it, a long time ago, in “Famous Monsters Of Filmland” magazine.

Published by the “immortal” Forrest J. Ackerman !

PKoch on January 29, 2007 at 9:30 am

Yes, aud, and each has a page on this website.

PKoch on January 22, 2007 at 9:54 am

Bway, if they have any patience or sincere interest at all, I think they will be intrigued, rather than scared off, especially if they are ex-Ridgewoodites like ourselves, and will find this page interesting, if not fascinating, rather than monstrous.

PKoch on January 22, 2007 at 9:24 am

Cinema Treasures is also mentioned in the “Our Neighborhood The Way It Was” column of the current on-line issue of The Times Newsweekly (former Ridgewood Times).

NativeForestHiller on January 17, 2007 at 9:07 pm

Hi Antony! I haven’t had any communication with the owner. I prefer composing the RFE (Request For Evaluation) report on my own, and then I will gladly share it with fellow members for any additional input. From experience, it is better to work that way in most cases.

AntonyRoma on January 17, 2007 at 6:11 pm

LM….and then there were none!

Oops,life should be so easy. When “you” are down two, all we can say is …..“and then there were five”.

Street fighters never were very good at arithmetic.

Shalom, ciao, and excelsior
‘Tonino Kojak Civility Temperance Roma
Ever vigilant to the needs of the oppressed.

Ed Solero on January 17, 2007 at 4:44 pm

Warren… maybe now you can post those interior images of the Ridgewood Theater from 1913 and 1930 you vowed not to share on this page due to all the bilge? One good turn deserves another, after all. That might do well to put the conversation back on track here. It certainly would serve that purpose better than any attempts to bait mikemovies with sarcasm.

Mikemovies… Here’s a suggestion: Write a blog regarding your thoughts on the moviegoing experience and post it as a news item here. Include comments on your interest in purchasing genre movies at discount prices and invite feedback. I’m sure all the regulars here at the Ridgewood page would join in and check off the notification box so that the off-topic conversation can continue unfettered and ad-infinitum and wihout the stigma of OT Bilge! I’d defintely join in on the fun, should you decide to do so.

Bway on January 17, 2007 at 5:24 am

Mike, that would be unfortunate, but I guess it’s your choice to make.

mikemorano on January 17, 2007 at 4:55 am

Perhap’s I will join BrooklynJim and take a hiatus from this website. I no longer feel welcome here. The constant bickering grates on your nerves over time. I will come here to check on the land mark procedure and will help with it if I possibly can.

Bway on January 17, 2007 at 3:51 am

Interesting idea. I think the Ridgewood page is at this point to far gone to ostart that anyway, but I do see both sides of this. Obviously there is a need and want for this type of discussion, and as mentioned, what are theaters anyway without the movies – just buildings of bricks, concrete and plaster. That being said, yes, the Ridgewood page is hard to read, especially for a newcomer to the site seeking information about the Ridgewood Theater. In fact, it would take someone days to catch up, or sift through the information (and there is still lots of valuable imformation on thi9s page mixed in). The Ridgewood Theater will get lots of people coming to it because, well, it’s still open as a theater, and has a lot of historical importance. The Ridgewood is perhaps one of the most important theaters in Queens or Brooklyn because of it’s status as one of the last old theaters operating. Even the RKO Madison is less important as it’s gutted.
Now don’t get me wrong, I like (and even email) with a lot of the people on this page, and enjoy their “company” very much….but at the same time, I do understand what others are saying too.
I probably wouldn’t want to have come to this page for the first time, and try to sift through it to get useful and valuable information about the Ridgewood (which definitely is on this page if you want to sift through it).
We must also remember that now that the Ridgewood is fastly approaching a crossroads, and may or may not be in it’s final hours, many more reporters, historians, newswriters, etc MAY be coming to this page to seek information. A google search for the Ridgewood Theater very quickly leads to this page. You will not be having such important activity in theaters such as the Madison or Parthenon.

PKoch on January 16, 2007 at 12:11 pm

Ciao, BklynJim. Thanks for stopping by.