Comments from Al Alvarez

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Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about AMC Lincoln Square 13 on Jan 22, 2020 at 7:54 pm

Let’s be fair now. Netflix' takeover of the Belasco and Paris for their own Oscar bait premieres was quite a blast from the past in Showmanship.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Jan 21, 2020 at 3:32 pm

Check out page 4, bigjoe.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about AMC Lincoln Square 13 on Jan 19, 2020 at 8:11 pm

“Lossless” sounds like the same old THX fraud. “If the theatre didn’t pay to keep the noise out, we did our job.”

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Sutton Theater on Jan 16, 2020 at 8:12 pm

Vindanpar, “YOUNG WINSTON” was real classic Roadshow reserved seats at the Columbia.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about New Plaza Cinema on Jan 14, 2020 at 7:25 pm

Actually, this happened once before and this space came back as a cinema.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 10, 2020 at 2:21 pm

bigjoe, Kennedy’s focus was more on the expensive Roadshows that tried to mimic “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” elements and failed. Movies like “STAR!”, “DOCTOR DOLITTLE” and “SONG OF NORWAY” from 1965 to 1972.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 9, 2020 at 7:36 pm

The whole slant of the Kennedy book is that Studios were failing to replicate the box office success of “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” by repeating that standard of sweet corn. In that, he is right.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 8, 2020 at 6:06 am

NY Times, December 28, 1917; MISHAP DELAYS THE RIVOLI’S OPENING. A postponement of the opening of the new Rivoli Theatre, at Broadway and Forty-ninth Street, was made necessary yesterday afternoon by the collapse of a portion of the stage as it was being put into place.

On the following day, a review of the opening night says that “the theatre has a platform rather than a stage”.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 7, 2020 at 6:38 am

The book is about “THE FALL OF THE FILM MUSICALS IN THE 1960’s”, so it makes a negative argument from the start.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Palace Theatre on Jan 6, 2020 at 8:14 pm

The “BEN-HUR” 1969 re-release at the Palace ran for a mere nine weeks.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Cinepolis Coconut Grove on Jan 6, 2020 at 12:57 pm

Currently closed for renovations.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Roxy Cinema Tribeca on Jan 6, 2020 at 11:14 am

This has returned to being the Roxy Cinema again.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rivoli Theatre on Jan 5, 2020 at 7:18 pm

Kennedy’s book is only wrong if you consider what has happened since. His quotes are legitimate from the film’s bad reviews back then. Fair or not, Barbra Streisand was seen as too young for the role and the film’s musical numbers were often reviewed as being severly over-produced.

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Al Alvarez commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Dec 29, 2019 at 7:47 pm

It was in 1976.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Dec 29, 2019 at 7:35 pm

ridethectrain, have you found any pics of the marquee as the Mark Triplex?

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Movieland on Dec 23, 2019 at 7:34 pm

David, the real cinema rarity in those pics is the Cine Lido marquee shot on the second pic. Please post this there.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Pembroke Pines Cinema on Dec 23, 2019 at 5:48 am

This opened in 1989. The UA Movies at Pembroke Pines opened in 1986.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Pembroke Pines Cinema on Dec 22, 2019 at 5:04 pm

This location was a General Cinema house.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Coral Gables Art Cinema on Dec 21, 2019 at 7:30 pm

I worked in the cinema industry in Miami from 1974 to 1990 and I never heard of them. Hornstein was the name I remember for all projection products.

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Al Alvarez commented about Olympia Theatre at Gusman Center on Dec 21, 2019 at 7:13 pm

David, the original HOBO TYPE on the OLYMPIA marquee was the ABC Florida State Theatres' trademark. Just look at the ads from the sixties and seventies.

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Al Alvarez commented about New Plaza Cinema on Dec 15, 2019 at 7:29 pm

Thanks to Facebook contributor Steve Abraham. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/nyregion/new-plaza-cinema-uws.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_191215&fbclid=IwAR1M93M8zH45JrXxe9xWbg4QsSFtmNKj36cL-MSJjYieidUaNo_fxk7xJc0

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Al Alvarez commented about 8th Street Playhouse on Dec 14, 2019 at 10:00 am

It closed in 1992.

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Al Alvarez commented about Fulham Road Picturehouse on Dec 13, 2019 at 7:42 pm

https://www.facebook.com/picturehouses/videos/1049749945357841/UzpfSTY5NzEyODMzNToxMDE1Nzk2ODM5Mzc1MzMzNg/

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Duke of York's Picture House on Dec 9, 2019 at 7:41 pm

Cineworld Picturehouse restore in place.

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Al Alvarez commented about AMC Empire 25 on Nov 20, 2019 at 7:42 pm

I think Disney has their eye on AMC. https://variety.com/2019/film/news/paramount-antitrust-consent-decrees-movie-business-analysis-1203409589/