Alas, in the U.S. we have the Bush/Cheney Patriot Act which means theatres can search as they please or toss your ass out.
Still, I recently saw a movie at the AMC Empire in New York along with a howling cat, property of a fellow patron with enough bags for a week’s travel.
The Biscayne Twin operated in 1980-1981 as a first run location. I remember seeing a weird little movie called “HAPPY BIRTHDAY,GEMINI” which starred Madeline Kahn and Rita Moreno and had its exclusive Miami run here.
I also remember The theatre failed to provide the advance required for “FLASH GORDON”, their Christmas 1980 film, and Universal did not deliver their print.
Louis, the Center and the Parkway are on CT. I actually went to the Parkway as a kid. It was a wonderful Wometco art house with art exhibits in the lobby but it has since been demolished.
I have not listed the old Miami because my brother (who still lives in Miami) insists that the old MIAMI building was not the same as the Town location and that it is still there today.
I actually worked out of the Ziegfeld for years when it was Cineplex Odeon and once had a good look at Fanny’s shoes.
I have been in the industry my whole life and I know the drill. You get a call a day before a premiere from a distributor flunky telling you they want the theatre a day early for a technical run-through. You tell them it is too late to change the schedule and they need to come in overnight instead. They argue the point and some New York studio hotshot throws a tantrum and calls LA to complain. Someone from LA calls Clearview headquarters in New jersey and plays the Hollywood ‘friend’ card.
If the operations guys at Clearview have no balls, the distributor bullies get their way and the Ziegfeld’s dwindling customers get screwed yet again. You then put an hourly staff member up front to issue refunds for rickets sold and take the abuse for your failure to play the movie you falsely advertised.
We were able to stop this most of the time when I was there since the media used to jump all over Cineplex Odeon so head office backed us up. (We had faces then!)
Howard, as I always do, I checked both the Clearview site and Movietickets.com and both showed the movie as playing this morning. Both were updated this afternoon.
Not being a particularly avid “STAR TREK” fan I decided to go see it anyway since it has received good reviews and it was soon leaving the one remaining large single screen cinema in New York.
Since I live just west of 42nd Street, as usual, I bypassed the two busy multiplexes on that street, with their comfortable chairs and staggered show times, in order to support the Ziegfeld. For the third time this year I was let down. All advertised showings of “STAR TREK” have been cancelled for the remainder of the week and a new film opens Friday.
I have been happily walking that extra New York City mile and bypassing AMC and Regal for two years. It will not happen again.
“Forrest Gump” covers MY generations with live clips, I think that defines time capsule.
The character is “Network” was killed for good ratings, not bad, just like the contrived divorce happening on a current reality show.
The Film Forum has not discovered a major new director in over fifty years since they rarely premiere new films these days and just get new prints of classics or run mediocre made for video documentaries.
Two views of the Airdome:
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Note the two different spellings (AIRDROME and AIRDOME) used at the entrance. I have submitted “Airdome” as that was the most common listing.
A few views of the Hippodrome here:
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Correction, The Mank did show films in 1926-1928 but was mostly legitimate theatre.
I just found some new information.
The downtown Strand in the photo above indeed predated this Strand and was operating in 1914.
The Park Theatre in this photo below was also known as the Mank theatre and did not show films.
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Since the Curzon Soho down the street with constant rumbling tube noise is also THX certified, what does that really mean?
Alas, in the U.S. we have the Bush/Cheney Patriot Act which means theatres can search as they please or toss your ass out.
Still, I recently saw a movie at the AMC Empire in New York along with a howling cat, property of a fellow patron with enough bags for a week’s travel.
The Biscayne Twin operated in 1980-1981 as a first run location. I remember seeing a weird little movie called “HAPPY BIRTHDAY,GEMINI” which starred Madeline Kahn and Rita Moreno and had its exclusive Miami run here.
I also remember The theatre failed to provide the advance required for “FLASH GORDON”, their Christmas 1980 film, and Universal did not deliver their print.
El Palacio, 1960.
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The Cutler Ridge opens with “THE BIRDS”.
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I think this may have been an older, pre-1918 Strand. That same photo site also has a Star Theatre in Miami that I have never heard of.
The Center and Parkway are on CT already.
Louis, the Center and the Parkway are on CT. I actually went to the Parkway as a kid. It was a wonderful Wometco art house with art exhibits in the lobby but it has since been demolished.
I have not listed the old Miami because my brother (who still lives in Miami) insists that the old MIAMI building was not the same as the Town location and that it is still there today.
At the Victory in 1956.
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At the Florida in 1966.
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This photo would imply that the Coral Gables Theatre (Famous players/Lasky 1500 seats)open in 1926 indeed became the Gables in 1936.
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Nice Strand shot here:
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How the boxoffice used to face:
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Vintage shot of the Olympia marquee circa 1928 (BEAU BROADWAY):
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The mezzanine of the Olympia:
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Fairfax interior view:
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There are several views of the Normandy here:
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Was that the same entrance used for the Cine?
I actually worked out of the Ziegfeld for years when it was Cineplex Odeon and once had a good look at Fanny’s shoes.
I have been in the industry my whole life and I know the drill. You get a call a day before a premiere from a distributor flunky telling you they want the theatre a day early for a technical run-through. You tell them it is too late to change the schedule and they need to come in overnight instead. They argue the point and some New York studio hotshot throws a tantrum and calls LA to complain. Someone from LA calls Clearview headquarters in New jersey and plays the Hollywood ‘friend’ card.
If the operations guys at Clearview have no balls, the distributor bullies get their way and the Ziegfeld’s dwindling customers get screwed yet again. You then put an hourly staff member up front to issue refunds for rickets sold and take the abuse for your failure to play the movie you falsely advertised.
We were able to stop this most of the time when I was there since the media used to jump all over Cineplex Odeon so head office backed us up. (We had faces then!)
This customer will now be missing.
Howard, as I always do, I checked both the Clearview site and Movietickets.com and both showed the movie as playing this morning. Both were updated this afternoon.
Not being a particularly avid “STAR TREK” fan I decided to go see it anyway since it has received good reviews and it was soon leaving the one remaining large single screen cinema in New York.
Since I live just west of 42nd Street, as usual, I bypassed the two busy multiplexes on that street, with their comfortable chairs and staggered show times, in order to support the Ziegfeld. For the third time this year I was let down. All advertised showings of “STAR TREK” have been cancelled for the remainder of the week and a new film opens Friday.
I have been happily walking that extra New York City mile and bypassing AMC and Regal for two years. It will not happen again.
The word is “cliche”, not “clique”.
“Forrest Gump” covers MY generations with live clips, I think that defines time capsule.
The character is “Network” was killed for good ratings, not bad, just like the contrived divorce happening on a current reality show.
The Film Forum has not discovered a major new director in over fifty years since they rarely premiere new films these days and just get new prints of classics or run mediocre made for video documentaries.
“The Hospital” was a far bigger hit than “Marty”.
So whose comment have the most watery feces?