I guess you haven’t been to Show World on 42nd street, or 38th street and eighth where there are five porn shops on one block, or the Fair in Queens, or the China Club and brothel on 47th street.
Moved, yes. Destroyed, hardly.
What Guliani (and Cuono) achieved was remove poor “ethnic” audiences from Times Square. It used to be called Urban Re-niggering by the Black Panthers.
Ace, I scanned through my collection of movie time clocks and counted the number of films playing Saturday night at 8:00pm.
In 1989 the Coliseum was either closed all year or playing Spanish language films only and not advertising outside the Spanish language press. Does anyone know?
All the 42nd street theatres were evicted outright against their will.
The Brandt action houses, in particular, proved they were profitable in court. The porno sites were even more profitable, but all lost their court cases. The Guliani administration evicted them and made a deal with the pornographers (Guliani’s buddies) so they could open anywhere in the city as long as they stayed clear of 42nd street.
Both current high-grossing multiplexes lose money and ego will only go so far when the economy is bad.
I did some research and found these multiplexing dates:
Single screen until 1978 when it is remodeled as a triplex.
1981 – Loses a screen and becomes a twin.
1989 – closes
1991 – Re-opens as a Quad.
2001 – closes
2004 – Re-opens as a Quad.
I should also point out that Spyros himself was still head of Skouras Theatres in 1963 and like most Hollywood big shots, he got around any anti-trust actions with creative accounting.
In some cases the anti-trust agreement required that certain distributors not run their theatres. It did keep them from still owning them.
Gotham was an interesting name for a 1920’s theatre since the name originated from early nineteenth century satires of New York and Batman comics (1940)had yet to be written.
The Delmar was still listed as a Harris Theatre in the 1959 edition of the Film Daily Yearbook.
The president and chief stockholder of United Artists Theatres in 1963 was George P. Skouras, who fronted for his brother Spyros when he gained control of Fox.
I guess you haven’t been to Show World on 42nd street, or 38th street and eighth where there are five porn shops on one block, or the Fair in Queens, or the China Club and brothel on 47th street.
Moved, yes. Destroyed, hardly.
What Guliani (and Cuono) achieved was remove poor “ethnic” audiences from Times Square. It used to be called Urban Re-niggering by the Black Panthers.
Featured in a 1920 Paramount Week ad.
The last movie shown here was “Maedchen in Uniform” in 1933.
The Lauderdale Drive-In is already listed in the 1953 Film Daily Yearbook.
The Hi-Way is already listed in the 1953 Film Daily Yearbook.
The city was still trying to close this down in 1995 and may have succeeded then.
The New Embassy 49 name lasted from 1982 to April 1987 when it closed with a re-release of “The Aristocats”.
This was the Embassy 49 for only one year in 1976. By 1977 it was the Pussycat.
Ace, I scanned through my collection of movie time clocks and counted the number of films playing Saturday night at 8:00pm.
In 1989 the Coliseum was either closed all year or playing Spanish language films only and not advertising outside the Spanish language press. Does anyone know?
All the 42nd street theatres were evicted outright against their will.
The Brandt action houses, in particular, proved they were profitable in court. The porno sites were even more profitable, but all lost their court cases. The Guliani administration evicted them and made a deal with the pornographers (Guliani’s buddies) so they could open anywhere in the city as long as they stayed clear of 42nd street.
Both current high-grossing multiplexes lose money and ego will only go so far when the economy is bad.
The seventh screen lasted from 1996 to 2002.
New Carnegie needs to be added as an aka name and the map link now goes to Queens.
I did some research and found these multiplexing dates:
Single screen until 1978 when it is remodeled as a triplex.
1981 – Loses a screen and becomes a twin.
1989 – closes
1991 – Re-opens as a Quad.
2001 – closes
2004 – Re-opens as a Quad.
Nice find. I have only seen photos of this place when it is on fire.
..and those old decaying dumps were all profitable. The two new remaining complexes both lose money.
How do you think that will go on with the new Disneyscape real estate prices?
I can’t find any signs of a twin prior to 1987. It became a triple in late 1993.
This opened in October 1989 with “When Harry Met Sally” and “Welcome Home”.
This theatre was/is located in Manhattan, not The Bronx.
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The RKO Proctor’s 125th street on a postcard view here:
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As the Anderson.
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I should also point out that Spyros himself was still head of Skouras Theatres in 1963 and like most Hollywood big shots, he got around any anti-trust actions with creative accounting.
In some cases the anti-trust agreement required that certain distributors not run their theatres. It did keep them from still owning them.
Gotham was an interesting name for a 1920’s theatre since the name originated from early nineteenth century satires of New York and Batman comics (1940)had yet to be written.
The Delmar was still listed as a Harris Theatre in the 1959 edition of the Film Daily Yearbook.
The president and chief stockholder of United Artists Theatres in 1963 was George P. Skouras, who fronted for his brother Spyros when he gained control of Fox.
Still can be unless MARY POPPINS, “Valentines Day”, Applebees and McDonalds turn you on when it is cold, gloomy and gray.
Perhaps you don’t have the extra $12.50 to see a movie or $130.00 to see a show or the $5.00 it takes to get something awful to eat these days.
Times Square is always bad without money and glorious with it. It is the best example of unbridled capitalism in the world.
By 1942 this theatre was closed.