Is there anyway to report incorrect placement of locations on the map, or move them to the correct place? I’ve noticed that the map pins for two cinemas in Nuneaton, England (the Scala and Palace) are not in the correct places on the map - just a minor move to the correct location in both cases.
I’m enjoying going through the old Nuneaton Tribune newspapers at the moment, from Dec 1976-Jan 1985, and there seems to have been a third screen in operation at the Ritz, running from mid-December 1981 (starting with a re-issue of “Superman: The Movie” followed by “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”) as you can see in the newspaper advertising from that time, and after. Could a 3rd screen have been created from dividing Screen 2 into two parts? Interesting that only two weeks after “screen 3” films had started to be advertised, they stopped for a few weeks. I wonder if that was because of the fire that is mentioned above?
Can anyone confirm the third screen, please? Thanks!
I’ve done a bit of detective work this evening on the internet, and it isn’t that location either, Ed. The “Prospect” cinema/theatre as seen in Lucio Fulci’s “New York Ripper” (1982) was actually located on the West side of Prospect Avenue in The Bronx, and is listed on this site as the “Olympic Theatre”. You can tell it was that location as the Google street view clearly shows the distinctive steps up to the train station from the street, and you can see them in the film as well (actress Almanta Keller walks down them and then past the building in one scene towards the end of the film.)
My cousin, a projectionist at this lovely cinema (he had worked in the industry since the early 1960’s) invited me to the final day of it’s operation at the tail end of 2001. It was a very sad day for the staff, but nice to be there. I saw several films there over the years, my favourite event was going to see six “Star Trek” films play together in early 1992.
Is there anyway to report incorrect placement of locations on the map, or move them to the correct place? I’ve noticed that the map pins for two cinemas in Nuneaton, England (the Scala and Palace) are not in the correct places on the map - just a minor move to the correct location in both cases.
I’m enjoying going through the old Nuneaton Tribune newspapers at the moment, from Dec 1976-Jan 1985, and there seems to have been a third screen in operation at the Ritz, running from mid-December 1981 (starting with a re-issue of “Superman: The Movie” followed by “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”) as you can see in the newspaper advertising from that time, and after. Could a 3rd screen have been created from dividing Screen 2 into two parts? Interesting that only two weeks after “screen 3” films had started to be advertised, they stopped for a few weeks. I wonder if that was because of the fire that is mentioned above?
Can anyone confirm the third screen, please? Thanks!
I’ve done a bit of detective work this evening on the internet, and it isn’t that location either, Ed. The “Prospect” cinema/theatre as seen in Lucio Fulci’s “New York Ripper” (1982) was actually located on the West side of Prospect Avenue in The Bronx, and is listed on this site as the “Olympic Theatre”. You can tell it was that location as the Google street view clearly shows the distinctive steps up to the train station from the street, and you can see them in the film as well (actress Almanta Keller walks down them and then past the building in one scene towards the end of the film.)
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The Loew’s State theatre, Times Square. From Series 1 / Episode 6 of Marvel’s “The Incredible Hulk”, first broadcast in March 1978.
I love “Halloween III”, and this photo is brill! Wonderful to see it being shown at a cinema back in late 1982. :D
This cinema closed in the early 1960’s and became the “Healey International Sports Car Centre”.
My cousin, a projectionist at this lovely cinema (he had worked in the industry since the early 1960’s) invited me to the final day of it’s operation at the tail end of 2001. It was a very sad day for the staff, but nice to be there. I saw several films there over the years, my favourite event was going to see six “Star Trek” films play together in early 1992.