I think this programming will work best when there’s no way to replicate the viewing experience at home.
Take the Super Bowl, for example. I’m not a huge football fan, but I bet it would rock to see the game without a couple of hundred other fans. Rowdy, loud… but highly entertaining, and something fans would pay for.
In fact, we encourage free expression on Cinema Treasures as much as possible. Comments don’t need to be “pretty” — if someone has something critical to say about a theater or this website, go for it.
But we have had to close discussions in a couple of cases because disagreements have degenerated into personal attacks and other petty behavior. But we’re only talking about something like half a dozen theaters out of 13,000!
Also… I’ve reopened discussion on the Lawford Theatre for now. Hopefully, things will stay civil!
Again, everyone… let’s keep things civil here. These sorts of discussions really distract from the mission of this website and all of the work that we do here.
It was bitterly cold and I was standing in the median between both lanes of traffic on Broadway. To get this shot, I had to wait until there were no cars or pedestrians in the way… quite a difficult thing to do in Manhattan!
Eventually, someone from the theater came out and started harrassing me for taking pictures of the theater. (They didn’t seem to understand it’s perfectly legal to do so.)
Jake — I think you’re thinking of the Ghirardelli soda shop on 5th Avenue and G Street. It has a marquee and other elements which suggest it was a theater.
Ross and I drove past it last week — I live around the corner, actually — and we both made a comment about it.
(Urban Outfitters is on the same block, but a few storefronts away.)
To all — we have removed all recent comments relating to Paul Warshauer so that we can avoid the flaming and personal attacks that have appeared on other theater pages with similar postings.
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Warren — we post lots of stories that aren’t specifically “news”.
In this example, posting this question to Cinema Treasures is a great way to get everyone involved… and, not surprisingly, it looks the community has identified this theater!
Another thing to add… Cinema Treasures probably wouldn’t exist without the Ziegfeld.
Before moving to New York, I’d spent very little time in anything approaching a movie palace. So the Ziegfeld was a marvel to my eyes. The Thin Red Line. The first showing of the Star Wars: Phantom Menace trailer attached to Meet Joe Black. Solaris. I saw some great stuff there.
A few years later, after I’d hit almost every theater in Manhattan below 96th St, I was hooked. And, by the time I met Ross, well, it all came together — we had to do this project.
While I’m not sure I’d want to see this become a full-blown trend (with all new releases having “exclusive” engagements), this is a great thing for the Ziegfeld.
Too often, that theater has been dangerously empty for weeks at a time. I can’t think of a better movie to bring big crowds back to the Ziegfeld.
That’s a very good theory, Joe. You must be a web developer!
But, actually… the caching system is pretty advanced. Things that need to be dynamic (like Who’s Online, Updated Theaters, etc.) are still dynamic — everything else is cached.
We made a few tweaks yesterday, so that’s probably why I’m not seeing the behavior that Lost Memory described.
• You may wish to postpone adding new theaters until site performance is fully restored. When the site is sluggish, it’s difficult for us to add new theaters.
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On behalf of Cinema Treasures, congratulations, calc!
This is very awesome news. As far as I know, you’re the first member of the site who’s purchased a theater for restoration.
Very cool… Please keep us updated on your progress!
I think this programming will work best when there’s no way to replicate the viewing experience at home.
Take the Super Bowl, for example. I’m not a huge football fan, but I bet it would rock to see the game without a couple of hundred other fans. Rowdy, loud… but highly entertaining, and something fans would pay for.
It’s probably related to the site being sluggish, Bway.
Way to go, guys!
That mistake aside, Jim… it’s certainly a great way to introduce more people to the idea of saving and preserving movie theaters. :)
IMHO, these sets are generally pretty gaudy, but what a great way to celebrate movie theaters!
Thanks for sharing your concerns, Life.
In fact, we encourage free expression on Cinema Treasures as much as possible. Comments don’t need to be “pretty” — if someone has something critical to say about a theater or this website, go for it.
But we have had to close discussions in a couple of cases because disagreements have degenerated into personal attacks and other petty behavior. But we’re only talking about something like half a dozen theaters out of 13,000!
Also… I’ve reopened discussion on the Lawford Theatre for now. Hopefully, things will stay civil!
We’ve reopened comments on this theater. Please remember to keep your comments productive. Otherwise, we’ll have to close the discussion again.
Thanks!
Patrick
Again, everyone… let’s keep things civil here. These sorts of discussions really distract from the mission of this website and all of the work that we do here.
Thanks!
Patrick
We’re drifting off-topic, gentleman. Let’s keep things civil here.
Thanks!
Patrick
Yeah, I remember the night I shot that one.
It was bitterly cold and I was standing in the median between both lanes of traffic on Broadway. To get this shot, I had to wait until there were no cars or pedestrians in the way… quite a difficult thing to do in Manhattan!
Eventually, someone from the theater came out and started harrassing me for taking pictures of the theater. (They didn’t seem to understand it’s perfectly legal to do so.)
Thanks for the comment, anonmie666. I hope everyone will consider donating to the Brattle. This is a wonderful theater!
Jake — I think you’re thinking of the Ghirardelli soda shop on 5th Avenue and G Street. It has a marquee and other elements which suggest it was a theater.
Ross and I drove past it last week — I live around the corner, actually — and we both made a comment about it.
(Urban Outfitters is on the same block, but a few storefronts away.)
Thank you, Patsy!
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Fixed!
To all — we have removed all recent comments relating to Paul Warshauer so that we can avoid the flaming and personal attacks that have appeared on other theater pages with similar postings.
Please remember to keep your comments on-topic, informative, friendly, and — most importantly — free of personal attacks. If you’re unable to do this, your comments will be deleted, and we may consider banning you from this website.
Thanks!
Warren — we post lots of stories that aren’t specifically “news”.
In this example, posting this question to Cinema Treasures is a great way to get everyone involved… and, not surprisingly, it looks the community has identified this theater!
You’re welcome to comment here, Stevebob, but you must do so in a civil manner.
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Thanks,
Patrick
Another thing to add… Cinema Treasures probably wouldn’t exist without the Ziegfeld.
Before moving to New York, I’d spent very little time in anything approaching a movie palace. So the Ziegfeld was a marvel to my eyes. The Thin Red Line. The first showing of the Star Wars: Phantom Menace trailer attached to Meet Joe Black. Solaris. I saw some great stuff there.
A few years later, after I’d hit almost every theater in Manhattan below 96th St, I was hooked. And, by the time I met Ross, well, it all came together — we had to do this project.
Well said, Ed!
While I’m not sure I’d want to see this become a full-blown trend (with all new releases having “exclusive” engagements), this is a great thing for the Ziegfeld.
Too often, that theater has been dangerously empty for weeks at a time. I can’t think of a better movie to bring big crowds back to the Ziegfeld.
Again, the comments counter is only there as a courtesy. We don’t guarantee its accuracy.
Sorry for the duplicate story, folks!
That’s a very good theory, Joe. You must be a web developer!
But, actually… the caching system is pretty advanced. Things that need to be dynamic (like Who’s Online, Updated Theaters, etc.) are still dynamic — everything else is cached.
We made a few tweaks yesterday, so that’s probably why I’m not seeing the behavior that Lost Memory described.
Two other points:
• You may wish to postpone adding new theaters until site performance is fully restored. When the site is sluggish, it’s difficult for us to add new theaters.
• As you may have noticed, we’ve been able to improve the frequency of updates to the Newest Theaters, Recent Comments, and Updated Theaters blocks on each page. These are now generated every five minutes. (We were originally planning to update them only once per hour, but we’ve been able to improve on this.)