A friend of mine is in the Hospital on 63 & York so I have been driving by the Beekman a lot lately. There is no reason they could not have built over it. I was also noticing the Gemini seems like the building that was built next store has swallowed up the whole front except the doors and marquee. There are no showcases anymore.
Maybe they shortened it for the ad but when they were playing a Hammer double bill of “Scars of Dracula” and “Horror of Frankenstein” they listed themselves as Candle Pix Drive-In.
In February of 1972 Paramount re-released “The Ten Commandments” again here (as New Forum 47th St.) and Guild 50th. A month later it opened on a wider release and moved over to the Astor, Delancy, Loews 83rd St, Lyric 42, Juliet 1, New Alpine, Roosevelt 145 St. Also a seperate section of the ad announces in Spanish that it is also playing in Spanish language at the Paramount at 61st & Broadway. 6 weeks later when it went on a mass second run it still stayed at the Paramount and Astor.
March 1958 a half page ad in the Times announced the following…“ 8 special engagements of the Ten Commandments will start on Friday April 4th to accomodate the millions of New Yorkers who were unable to attend the unprecedented Broadway showing of Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments. The Criterion Theatres record 70 week showing of this motion picture has been terminated to enable it to be shown in limited engagements in eight specially selected, conviently located theatres throughout greater New York. It will be presented uncut and intact exactly as shown on Broadway to 1,344,016. In Manhattan it played Loew’s 72nd Street and Loews 83rd Street. In Brooklyn at the Paramount, Bronx at Paradise, Queens Valencia, Staten Island Paramount, Long Island at the Calderone and in Westchester at Loews White Plains. The other interesting thing is the manager of each theatre is listed with their phone number to call to arrange groups and theatre parties.
In 1947 the Paramount was showing a re-release of Cecil B DeMilles “Cleopatra” and advertising it “on our giant MAGNASCOPE screen. The second feature was the Technicolor "Tropic Zone” starring Ronald Reagan and Rhonda Fleming. No stage show was advertised.
When Bwana Devil left Loew’s State it moved here to the Fox with shows starting daily at 9am. As an added bonus on the program was a Disney featurete called “Alaskin Eskimo”.
In April 1953 when Bwana Devil was playing at Loew’s State something called “Triorama 3 Dimension” released by Panorama films was playing here. The ad had a scantily clad beauty on a trapeze flying out of the screen over the audience. Anyone know what this was?
This looked incredibly run down even in the 40’s.
A friend of mine is in the Hospital on 63 & York so I have been driving by the Beekman a lot lately. There is no reason they could not have built over it. I was also noticing the Gemini seems like the building that was built next store has swallowed up the whole front except the doors and marquee. There are no showcases anymore.
Whats up with the triplex?
I found this theatre in an ad for Poseidon Adventure when it went on the neighborhood run.
Can we add Jerry Lewis Cinema to the list of previous names?
In 1972 this theatre was open when the Poseidon Adventure went on a huge neighborhood run.
I find a 1972 listing for a theatre in East Northport called the Larkfield. Is it the Elwood or a totally different house?
Was this the theatre later called Art Jerome? From the 70’s on there was a second run theatre listed this way and I think it might be this one.
Maybe they shortened it for the ad but when they were playing a Hammer double bill of “Scars of Dracula” and “Horror of Frankenstein” they listed themselves as Candle Pix Drive-In.
In February of 1972 Paramount re-released “The Ten Commandments” again here (as New Forum 47th St.) and Guild 50th. A month later it opened on a wider release and moved over to the Astor, Delancy, Loews 83rd St, Lyric 42, Juliet 1, New Alpine, Roosevelt 145 St. Also a seperate section of the ad announces in Spanish that it is also playing in Spanish language at the Paramount at 61st & Broadway. 6 weeks later when it went on a mass second run it still stayed at the Paramount and Astor.
March 1958 a half page ad in the Times announced the following…“ 8 special engagements of the Ten Commandments will start on Friday April 4th to accomodate the millions of New Yorkers who were unable to attend the unprecedented Broadway showing of Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments. The Criterion Theatres record 70 week showing of this motion picture has been terminated to enable it to be shown in limited engagements in eight specially selected, conviently located theatres throughout greater New York. It will be presented uncut and intact exactly as shown on Broadway to 1,344,016. In Manhattan it played Loew’s 72nd Street and Loews 83rd Street. In Brooklyn at the Paramount, Bronx at Paradise, Queens Valencia, Staten Island Paramount, Long Island at the Calderone and in Westchester at Loews White Plains. The other interesting thing is the manager of each theatre is listed with their phone number to call to arrange groups and theatre parties.
Was this ever known as The Grande? I have an ad from 1947 showing a theatre called the Grande at 86 & Lex.
In 1947 the Paramount was showing a re-release of Cecil B DeMilles “Cleopatra” and advertising it “on our giant MAGNASCOPE screen. The second feature was the Technicolor "Tropic Zone” starring Ronald Reagan and Rhonda Fleming. No stage show was advertised.
When Bwana Devil left Loew’s State it moved here to the Fox with shows starting daily at 9am. As an added bonus on the program was a Disney featurete called “Alaskin Eskimo”.
In April 1953 when Bwana Devil was playing at Loew’s State something called “Triorama 3 Dimension” released by Panorama films was playing here. The ad had a scantily clad beauty on a trapeze flying out of the screen over the audience. Anyone know what this was?
This should at least be cross referenced as the Warner, which was it’s last name.
In 1971 this is advertised as the RKO-Stanley Warner Sanford
Brandt was running this in the 70’s,
Is this the only drive-in ever constructed on the top of a parking garage? I have never heard of this before.
In 1971 I show this as a Walter Reade house.
This is a duplicate listing.
When they were showing “Five Easy Pieces” the address was given as Central Park Avenue.
In the seventies this was a UA house.
The first attraction for the newly re-opened Inwood was Charlie Chaplins “Modern Times”.
In the late 50’s this was a Rugoff house.