I remember years ago when we would order tickets they would sometimes offer us tickets printed for other theatres that had errors on them or they had gone out of business.
Richard
I have to ask you about Technicolor. I have a friend who has some IB Tech prints. Gone With the Wind, Meet Me in St Louis and a John Wayne movie filmed in Hawaii that I cant recall the name of. I have mentioned on here that recent DVD restorals of GWTW and St Louis look nice but they dont have that rich dripping Technicolor look that the prints do. Someone responded that Technicolor was not supposed to have that “Gaudy” look and that those prints may have been run off wrong. Is this true? I saw GWTW in an archive 35mm IB print in LA that had deep vivid color just like the 16mm IB print my friend has. Even the Metro color prints I recall seeing in the early 70’s re-release had rich color. (not the 70mm one at the Rivoli, that one looked dull). In the 1970’s the Regency ran a brand new print that had been struck at the Tecnicolor lab of The Gang’s All Here. I can’t even begin to tell you how incredible that film looked shown in tech. The banana dance with Carmen Miranda was so deep and rich in color. No video or Deluxe color print could match that. The point im getting at is that on the DVD release of the restored Meet Me in St Louis the color seems toned down to me. It’s the best it’s ever looked on video but if you saw my friends 35mm print you would be blown away. Rich blues, deep blood reds it just has that drenched in color 1940’s Hollywood look.
Richard
Thanks so much for explaining the difference to me about Cinerama. I have to get myself to LA again when they are screening “This is Cinerama”.
Having only seen 70mm single camera Cinerama, can someone tell me why it is considered so inferior to the earlier three projector process? I thought that it was almost as big a picture? Was the depth not as great?
Richard
I remember those days when you had a choice of Cinema Village, Regency, Theatre 80 St Marks, Elgin, Thalia, Carnagie Hall Cinema, New Yorker, Bleecker and more to see classic film. What a pity they are all gone or showing conventional films.
Many collectors have IB prints. One of my friends has an IB GTWT in 16mm. A few times he had prints I wanted to show at Cinema Village so I would book the film the regular way but use his prints.
It’s amazing with the burned out abandoned parts of Brooklyn they have to close another theatre. Brooklyn has lost so many theatres the last couple of years.
I remember years ago when we would order tickets they would sometimes offer us tickets printed for other theatres that had errors on them or they had gone out of business.
That’s a great old night shot
2005 is another bad year for classic theatres closing. It’s very sad.
Did they open the King’s for people to get proposals for redevelopment?
I think this theatre stands a good chance of making it with good bookings and management. It’s a free booking zone and can play anything.
I wonder why my above introduction was edited after all this time?
I was in this a few times when Cineplex was running it. I think it was a twin then.
Thats it Donovans Reef, early 60’s I think with awesome Technicolor.
Richard
I have to ask you about Technicolor. I have a friend who has some IB Tech prints. Gone With the Wind, Meet Me in St Louis and a John Wayne movie filmed in Hawaii that I cant recall the name of. I have mentioned on here that recent DVD restorals of GWTW and St Louis look nice but they dont have that rich dripping Technicolor look that the prints do. Someone responded that Technicolor was not supposed to have that “Gaudy” look and that those prints may have been run off wrong. Is this true? I saw GWTW in an archive 35mm IB print in LA that had deep vivid color just like the 16mm IB print my friend has. Even the Metro color prints I recall seeing in the early 70’s re-release had rich color. (not the 70mm one at the Rivoli, that one looked dull). In the 1970’s the Regency ran a brand new print that had been struck at the Tecnicolor lab of The Gang’s All Here. I can’t even begin to tell you how incredible that film looked shown in tech. The banana dance with Carmen Miranda was so deep and rich in color. No video or Deluxe color print could match that. The point im getting at is that on the DVD release of the restored Meet Me in St Louis the color seems toned down to me. It’s the best it’s ever looked on video but if you saw my friends 35mm print you would be blown away. Rich blues, deep blood reds it just has that drenched in color 1940’s Hollywood look.
Richard
Thanks so much for explaining the difference to me about Cinerama. I have to get myself to LA again when they are screening “This is Cinerama”.
Having only seen 70mm single camera Cinerama, can someone tell me why it is considered so inferior to the earlier three projector process? I thought that it was almost as big a picture? Was the depth not as great?
Richard
I remember those days when you had a choice of Cinema Village, Regency, Theatre 80 St Marks, Elgin, Thalia, Carnagie Hall Cinema, New Yorker, Bleecker and more to see classic film. What a pity they are all gone or showing conventional films.
Was this still showing only newsreels when it closed?
Was the Stanley very run down in it’s last years as a movie theatre? I assume it was on the RKO grind run by then.
Many collectors have IB prints. One of my friends has an IB GTWT in 16mm. A few times he had prints I wanted to show at Cinema Village so I would book the film the regular way but use his prints.
When I was in San Francisco, the only place I saw a movie was at the Castro. I wish now I had caught one at the Coronet as well.
Theres a few more Im sure that will close soon also. Anybody driven by the Marboro? That too will wind up just another plex.
Is that Myrna Loy?
Here are pictures of this drive-in including it’s legendary screen
www.capital.net/com/jaytp/CINEDRIV.HTM
www.onstagenow.com/OurTheatres/Canon.html
There is some history and photo’s here
There is an interesting timeline here about the sad destruction of the Keith’s
www.queenslibrary.org/central/longisland/manuscripts/?f=JPWatts+f..
There is a cartoon here that was drawn to promote RKO theatres.
www.cartoonresearch.com/vanbeuren.html
There is a picture here of one of the organists playing at the Brooklyn Paramount.
www.saengeramusements.com/music/rosario/rosario.htm
It’s amazing with the burned out abandoned parts of Brooklyn they have to close another theatre. Brooklyn has lost so many theatres the last couple of years.
There is a picture of the Neptune marquee at
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