The last film shown on the Clyde Theater’s single screen was Disney’s “No Deposit, No Return” in February 1976. It re-opened three months later in May 1976 as a twin theater, the Quimby Village 1&2.
I saw David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers” at the Gramercy on a rainy Friday afternoon in September 1988. A pair of red velvet curtains hanging in front of the screen parted when the house lights dimmed and the feature began. That showing remains one of my favorite NYC movie memories.
While this photo does show the interior of Fort Wayne’s Southtown Mall, it’s actually a view looking toward the Sears wing. The General Cinemas theaters were located in the Montgomery Ward (later a Kohls) wing.
On a very chilly afternoon in January 1991, I saw David Cronenberg’s “Naked Lunch” at the Movieland 8th Street. I was one of about twelve other people in the theater for that matinee. Of that group, six of us were die-hard Cronenberg weirdos and the other six were just regular weirdos. We all loved the film.
I stood in a very long line on opening night, August 12th, 1988, to see Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” at the Ziegfeld. It was hot, humid, and protestors from the Legion of Decency condemned the film as blasphemous from across the street. A contingent of local media interview interviewed people lining 54th street to see the film—including 1960s pop-star Tiny Tim, who stood not far behind me and spoke to a reporter from WABC.
The first film I remember seeing at Northwood (back when it was a General Cinema theater) was “Jaws” in June of 1975. I was unable see it on my first attempt back then, as all shows were sold out, so I had to return the following day—heralding the dawn of the summer blockbuster.
The last film shown on the Clyde Theater’s single screen was Disney’s “No Deposit, No Return” in February 1976. It re-opened three months later in May 1976 as a twin theater, the Quimby Village 1&2.
I saw David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers” at the Gramercy on a rainy Friday afternoon in September 1988. A pair of red velvet curtains hanging in front of the screen parted when the house lights dimmed and the feature began. That showing remains one of my favorite NYC movie memories.
While this photo does show the interior of Fort Wayne’s Southtown Mall, it’s actually a view looking toward the Sears wing. The General Cinemas theaters were located in the Montgomery Ward (later a Kohls) wing.
On a very chilly afternoon in January 1991, I saw David Cronenberg’s “Naked Lunch” at the Movieland 8th Street. I was one of about twelve other people in the theater for that matinee. Of that group, six of us were die-hard Cronenberg weirdos and the other six were just regular weirdos. We all loved the film.
I stood in a very long line on opening night, August 12th, 1988, to see Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” at the Ziegfeld. It was hot, humid, and protestors from the Legion of Decency condemned the film as blasphemous from across the street. A contingent of local media interview interviewed people lining 54th street to see the film—including 1960s pop-star Tiny Tim, who stood not far behind me and spoke to a reporter from WABC.
The first film I remember seeing at Northwood (back when it was a General Cinema theater) was “Jaws” in June of 1975. I was unable see it on my first attempt back then, as all shows were sold out, so I had to return the following day—heralding the dawn of the summer blockbuster.