RKO Commack Twin
Veterans Highway,
Commack,
NY
11725
Veterans Highway,
Commack,
NY
11725
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D'OH!!!! Sorry, RobertR. Here’s the link:
http://www.commackarena.com/gallery_movies.shtml
I wish this were still open, since my wife and I just moved to Commack right off Commack Rd. near Jericho Turnpike. This would’ve been even closer than the Commack Multiplex.
Cocoon was one of those movies that played for ever as did “1984”
The Mayfair was located in the MAYFAIR center next to a chinese rest.
Theres no link here CaptRonLI.
Here’re some pictures of the RKO Twin back in the 70’s. The RKO always had hits galore. I don’t think I remember the Mayfair theater—was this located in the Mayfair shopping center? LongIslandMovies, do you know when the RKO opened/closed? What the last movie to play there was?
Also check out the drive-in page. Yes! “Freebie and the Bean!”
IT SHOULD READ TWO BOX OFFICE
This theater use to run to box office on fri sat sun as a twin because it was so busy. We would fit as many shows in a day because they would sell out.The auditoriums were very lonnnng.
No long marquee just a pylon (2 sided)
If I remember right this theatre had a long marquee in the front like the RKO Rockville Center, does anyone remember?
Ahhh….the RKO Commack Twin. I saw “Star Wars” for the first time here when I was six and it really changed my perception on how I saw movies from then on. I was watching “Superfriends” one rainy Saturday morning when my father asked me if I wanted to go see “Star Wars.” I didn’t really want to, because I thought it’d be like a World War II movie, so I reluctantly went. From the instant the fan-fare blared and I saw that giant Star Destroyer fill the screen, I was hooked. I made my Dad take me another three times.
I have really vague memories of this place—I remember the bathrooms were kind of shoddy and you could hear the movie next door playing. I also remember the theaters being kind of narrow, but really long. And I still remember those giant buckets of popcorn. My family and I also went to see “Grease” at the drive-in next door. I don’t think I made it past “Greased Lightning” as I fell asleep in the front seat of my Dad’s 1969 Chevy.
Until I came to this website, I always thought that the Commack Multiplex ran the RKO Twin out of business, but I recently discovered that it got closed down due to asbestos. For years, the Twin and the Drive-In (as well as the nearby Commack Arena) sat vacant, until four or five years ago, when the whole area was razed to put a big shopping center there.