I have an advertisement dated November 24, 1980 when it was known as the Westworld All Male Entertainment Center. Open 24 hours. Featuring 4 XXX all male films (new films begin every Monday). A quote from HIM magazine states ‘It’s about time Greenwich Village had it’s own Gay Neighborhood Theatre’.
I am shocked and saddened by this news. I first met Robert Nudelman in 2001 when I was making preparations for the Cinema Theatre Association (CTA-UK) visit I was planning to the cinemas & theatres of Los Angeles in October 2002. Robert assisted in making just about all the many contacts he knew in Hollywood theatres aware of our visit and arranged for our group to tour their buildings. He also led the group along Hollywood Bouevard, pointing out other historic buildings and telling stories of their past history.
Three years later, when I was co-director of the Theatre Historical Society of America (THSA) Conclave to Southern California, which we were planning for June 2005, Robert again pulled out all the stops to assist the group to gain access to the buildings. I also spent many hours with him, going through my visit notes that I had prepared for the previous CTA-UK visit, which I made available to THSA members. Robert was a wealth of information and offered to check the 160 page document page-by-page for corrections and additional information. It was a real pleasure working with him and tapping into his ‘vast mind of information’, something he really enjoyed doing was sharing with others.
Robert will be greatly missed by all who knew him and came into contact with him.
In the 1941 and 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook there is a 200 seat Dream Theatre listed for the town. The Onalaska Theatre is listed in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y.
It could be ‘California Street’ as that maps ok, and it is close to El Camino Real. However in the 1952 edition of Film Daily Yearbook, the Redwood Theatre is listed at California & Montgomery. I can’t seem to map a ‘Montgomery’ in that area.
An article on the Al-Hambra Cinema, by Najwa Najjar, a director/producer film maker who made a 45-minute documentary film “Quintessence of Oblivion” (2001), which tells the story of the cinema: View link
The Tower Cinemas were given this name as in 1865 a navigational light beacon stood on the hill behind the complex. The cinemas stand on the site of a coal mine, which opened in 1825, the first commercial coal mine in Australia.
On the official business card handed to me by the ‘operations manager’, when I was setting up my Cinema Theatre Association visit to New York in November 2007, has the name printed:
Christ United Church – The Palace Cathedral
A January 2007 photograph of Kino Komuna’s neon sign at night:
http://flickr.com/photos/hardyr/353758840/
A vintage photograph taken in May 1985 after closing as The Londoner Cinema:
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A set of 3 photographs of the Classic Moulin from 1984-85:
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A May 2007 photograph of the Villa Marina, which contains the Broadway Cinema:
http://flickr.com/photos/ausschussware/496436681/
A panoramic view of the street facade of the Villa Marina:
http://flickr.com/photos/vicsomerset/1374706248/
I have an advertisement dated November 24, 1980 when it was known as the Westworld All Male Entertainment Center. Open 24 hours. Featuring 4 XXX all male films (new films begin every Monday). A quote from HIM magazine states ‘It’s about time Greenwich Village had it’s own Gay Neighborhood Theatre’.
Listed in the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook as the 590 seat New Hudson Theatre and in the 1930 edition with the same name and 500 seats.
I am shocked and saddened by this news. I first met Robert Nudelman in 2001 when I was making preparations for the Cinema Theatre Association (CTA-UK) visit I was planning to the cinemas & theatres of Los Angeles in October 2002. Robert assisted in making just about all the many contacts he knew in Hollywood theatres aware of our visit and arranged for our group to tour their buildings. He also led the group along Hollywood Bouevard, pointing out other historic buildings and telling stories of their past history.
Three years later, when I was co-director of the Theatre Historical Society of America (THSA) Conclave to Southern California, which we were planning for June 2005, Robert again pulled out all the stops to assist the group to gain access to the buildings. I also spent many hours with him, going through my visit notes that I had prepared for the previous CTA-UK visit, which I made available to THSA members. Robert was a wealth of information and offered to check the 160 page document page-by-page for corrections and additional information. It was a real pleasure working with him and tapping into his ‘vast mind of information’, something he really enjoyed doing was sharing with others.
Robert will be greatly missed by all who knew him and came into contact with him.
A vintage photograph of the Gaumont St. Peter Port in 1949:
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Playing the ABC circuit release in January 1971:
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A May 2008 photograph of the Regent Cinema, Marple:
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In the 1941 and 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook there is a 200 seat Dream Theatre listed for the town. The Onalaska Theatre is listed in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y.
It could be ‘California Street’ as that maps ok, and it is close to El Camino Real. However in the 1952 edition of Film Daily Yearbook, the Redwood Theatre is listed at California & Montgomery. I can’t seem to map a ‘Montgomery’ in that area.
Scroll three-quarters way down on this page for some details (in English) on the Cinema El Dorado:
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Scroll half-way down this page for a photograph and some details (in English) on the Hollywood Cinerama:
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An article on the Al-Hambra Cinema, by Najwa Najjar, a director/producer film maker who made a 45-minute documentary film “Quintessence of Oblivion” (2001), which tells the story of the cinema:
View link
Daytime views of the Harbour Lights Picturehouse:
http://flickr.com/photos/tico24/52455657/
http://flickr.com/photos/walking-distance/4205444/
http://flickr.com/photos/parksy/427117092/
Night-time views:
http://flickr.com/photos/abirkill/375828441/
http://flickr.com/photos/aspender/282554102/
http://flickr.com/photos/garthimage/37751592/
http://flickr.com/photos/fergusmcneill/2380402191/
http://flickr.com/photos/fergusmcneill/2378527288/
http://flickr.com/photos/duncanholley/396693757/
Here is a set of 17 vintage photographs of the Premier/Curzon Cinema, Harringay:
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A set of 18 vintage photographs of the former Ritz Cinema:
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An exterior photograph of the Corn Exchange Theatre in January 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/361626926/
Auditorium in January 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/361626925/
The Tower Cinemas were given this name as in 1865 a navigational light beacon stood on the hill behind the complex. The cinemas stand on the site of a coal mine, which opened in 1825, the first commercial coal mine in Australia.
Two exterior photographs of the Dukes Theatre Cinema:
October 2004:
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August 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/lancashire/1184636416/
On the official business card handed to me by the ‘operations manager’, when I was setting up my Cinema Theatre Association visit to New York in November 2007, has the name printed:
Christ United Church – The Palace Cathedral
A December 2006 photograph of the Sunflower Theatre:
http://flickr.com/photos/25679810@N00/631490448/
Exterior photograph from August 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/88613268@N00/503082772/
Detail on facade:
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/503082666/
An exterior photograph of the Kings Theatre in February 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos//98029370@N00/405999281/
Another view from April 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/tatraskoda/2409457427/
Details on facade:
http://flickr.com/photos/98029370@N00/405999279/
http://flickr.com/photos/tatraskoda/2410290138/
The New RKO Roxy/RKO Center Theatre/Center Theatre has its own page here:
/theaters/564/