Comments from Al Alvarez

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Al Alvarez commented about Radio City Music Hall on May 26, 2020 at 8:01 pm

The Broadway League announced today that they do not expect to be back on stage before January. If so, and RADIO CITY follows that, sadly, there will be no Xmas show this year, for the first time.

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Al Alvarez commented about Bay Harbor 4 Theatres on May 26, 2020 at 1:38 pm

aeterna, it was twinned in 1980.

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Al Alvarez commented about Odeon Luxe London Leicester Square on May 14, 2020 at 6:53 am

I doubt it. There will always be a need for the shared communal experience. Cinemas will always exist in some form, as will pubs. I was often asked why I was going into a dying industry when I started as a cinema manager in 1974.

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Al Alvarez commented about Adonis Theatre on May 2, 2020 at 9:16 am

That seventies 3D process did not require any equipment. It used a silver screen and blue and red tinted glasses that cleared the overlapped images that were blurry when viewed without them.

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Al Alvarez commented about Adonis Theatre on May 2, 2020 at 6:34 am

I found this book link that refers to a 3D gay-porn film called “HEAVY EQUIPMENT” playing at the Eros. https://books.google.com/books?id=VKhqh3HFH8AC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=3d+gay+film+heavy+equipment&source=bl&ots=h8c4jeLlNJ&sig=ACfU3U1ECbQDbcTFKv0hWgy1mX-HxLR1TA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqxe2gpZXpAhX-mHIEHZVHD9wQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=3d%20gay%20film%20heavy%20equipment&f=false

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Al Alvarez commented about Jerry Lewis Cinema on Apr 18, 2020 at 7:46 pm

The Queens location is the Surfside Twin. I tried to link the CT page here for it but I got a SPAM alert.

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Al Alvarez commented about Gala Twin Cinemas on Apr 15, 2020 at 7:50 pm

As Teatro Cuba it only presented live shows according to El Nuevo Herald.

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Al Alvarez commented about Gala Twin Cinemas on Apr 13, 2020 at 6:42 am

I don’t think this was ever a Jerry Lewis Cinema. The nearby Astor and Miller Road were.

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Al Alvarez commented about Varsity Six on Apr 7, 2020 at 7:48 pm

This was the home of Phil Singleton’s AMC manager training academy in Florida.

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Al Alvarez commented about 170th Street Cinema on Mar 30, 2020 at 6:46 pm

GCC took over Loews in Florida in 1973 with the exception of the Bay Harbor and 167th St. Twins. Those two locations had a partner who refused to go along with the sale. Those two locations remained Loews.

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Al Alvarez commented about 170th Street Cinema on Mar 30, 2020 at 7:47 am

No one seems to have been charged with a crime.

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Al Alvarez commented about 170th Street Cinema on Mar 30, 2020 at 5:48 am

Police suspected that chemicals in a second floor print shop at the shopping center started the fire.

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Al Alvarez commented about 170th Street Cinema on Mar 29, 2020 at 7:31 pm

ridethectrain, it did re-open after that as a short-lived six-plex.

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Al Alvarez commented about New York Theatre on Mar 25, 2020 at 8:55 pm

Poman, I can second your “Cine 43” claim in 1982-1983, it is in the DAILY NEWS archives. I have not yet found a Nuevo Cine listing. Were the films in Spanish?

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Al Alvarez commented about Biscayne Park Theater on Feb 28, 2020 at 7:50 pm

I found a Miami Herald ad for the Grand Opening January 15, 1926 for a live review called ‘FOUNTANIA AT MIAMI SHORES’ at East Dixie Highway and 125th Street, the inaugural attraction at the ‘newest amusement theatre". This seems to have been quite a fancy and sprawling amusement location with lots of bells and whistles I have yet to find any signs of movies having been shown.

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Al Alvarez commented about Apollo North on Feb 15, 2020 at 12:33 pm

This was opened by an independent operator who also ran the other Apollo, Aladdin, America and Ambassador.

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Al Alvarez commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Feb 6, 2020 at 6:13 pm

I bought a DVD of “NORWAY” back in London that was probably a bootleg. The DVD had no ending but the film was dreadful anyway.

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Al Alvarez commented about Sutton Theater on Feb 1, 2020 at 8:23 pm

“THE BLUE MAX” in the photo section.

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Al Alvarez commented about Palm Springs Twin One & Two on Feb 1, 2020 at 3:10 pm

rivest, the closest thing to an opening ad for the twin is in the November 21, 1973 Miami Herald, with SALTY the seal and his trainer appearing in person.

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Al Alvarez commented about Rex Art Cinema on Jan 26, 2020 at 9:03 am

Rivest, the Little River was the 79th Street Twin (Bard).

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Al Alvarez commented about Strand Theatre on Jan 25, 2020 at 1:30 pm

That older Strand was on Flagler Street and Miami Avenue.

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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.

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

Check out page 4, bigjoe.

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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.”

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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.