I’m curious what the layout will be here. It seems there is some original orchestra space left and then all of the balconies. How ornate was this theatre originally? I was never inside.
Benjamin
Thanks for all this great information. The only time I was ever backstage was during one of those tours. You really got an insiders look. One thing about those light bulbs, I remember they used to be sold with the bottom painted so the light shined upward. I dont know if they still make them but I have seen them up close years ago.
I left the business in 1995 but have stayed connected through alot of friends I made in the business over the years. I ran the Cinema Village on and off for a few months at a time over the years. I was mainly operating the theatres we used to have in Queens. I did also run the DW Griffith and the Columbia also.
Thanks Tony
Remember also in the lobby we had the podium where you could write film reqests? The downstairs which is now a theatre was where the candy stand was and all the little tables and chairs.
CConnolly
Sad the Guild could not have stayed open. It was a good house but had gotten run down. After the Music Hall stopped showing movies they picked up alot of the Disney Films.
The blockbuster building most definately looked like a theatre building. I asked my mother who grew up in the neighborhood. She never remembers a theatre there but she is 68. She has a friend in her early 80’s who still lives in the area I will ask her. That means this theatre and the Glenwood were very close to each other almost right across the street diagonally.
When Thalia Soho first opened I think it was all 16mm for a short time and then converted to 35mm. Maybe Richard took the projectors from the Thalia downtown when the uptown theatre closed.
Check the pictures on this site of the Capitol. It shows how they could raise and lower the drapes in the balcony when they played Cinerama. I look at these pictures and cant believe they tore this magnificent place down.
I am involved with Flushing Meadows also, small world.
I just e-mailed you with my information.
I’m curious what the layout will be here. It seems there is some original orchestra space left and then all of the balconies. How ornate was this theatre originally? I was never inside.
Benjamin
Thanks for all this great information. The only time I was ever backstage was during one of those tours. You really got an insiders look. One thing about those light bulbs, I remember they used to be sold with the bottom painted so the light shined upward. I dont know if they still make them but I have seen them up close years ago.
As much as I cant wait to see the Aviator, I would not have wanted to see it at the Angelika. Oh by I miss the Syosset 150.
Count this and Cinema 1-2-3 as goners.
I left the business in 1995 but have stayed connected through alot of friends I made in the business over the years. I ran the Cinema Village on and off for a few months at a time over the years. I was mainly operating the theatres we used to have in Queens. I did also run the DW Griffith and the Columbia also.
Thanks Tony
Remember also in the lobby we had the podium where you could write film reqests? The downstairs which is now a theatre was where the candy stand was and all the little tables and chairs.
Taxi Driver/Mean Streets was a revival staple here. We played it at least twice a year and it always filled the house.
Was this a roadshow house? Does anyone know what big films played here hard ticket?
CConnolly
Sad the Guild could not have stayed open. It was a good house but had gotten run down. After the Music Hall stopped showing movies they picked up alot of the Disney Films.
Rob
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That circular auditorium was awesome, another NY treasure ground into dust :(
It’s great this place has survived although I often wonder how long it will survive. This property must be among the most prized in the city.
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Look at the incredible picture of the Center auditorium here.
The blockbuster building most definately looked like a theatre building. I asked my mother who grew up in the neighborhood. She never remembers a theatre there but she is 68. She has a friend in her early 80’s who still lives in the area I will ask her. That means this theatre and the Glenwood were very close to each other almost right across the street diagonally.
The last time this theatre was maintained was when it was a Reade theatre. The Embassys were barely cleaned and zero renovating took place.
When Thalia Soho first opened I think it was all 16mm for a short time and then converted to 35mm. Maybe Richard took the projectors from the Thalia downtown when the uptown theatre closed.
Check out the great pictures of the State on this site
http://www.moviepalaces.net/
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Check the pictures on this site of the Capitol. It shows how they could raise and lower the drapes in the balcony when they played Cinerama. I look at these pictures and cant believe they tore this magnificent place down.
That one is not listed on Cinema Treasures yet.
Truely when it was the Showplace of the Nation, in the heart of Rockefeller Center. :)
It seems bizarre for a theatre in Beverly Hills to be a dollar house.
The Jerry Lewis Cinema was near here too right?
Next time I am in San Francisco I will go see a movie there. I hope it survives.