This theatre was featured in Taxi Driver (1976), where Scorsese shoots a low angle shot of the bumper of Travis Brickle’s cab as it rolls down Broadway. For about two seconds you can see the marquee and it clearly reads “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” with “Return of the Dragon”. Just above the marquee is a neon sign that reads “West”. This all makes sense now (thanks to Warren’s February 2nd, 2007 post). Taxi Driver was filmed in 1975 just when this theatre would have been named either Bryan West or The West and showing these films which were both distributed (and I think owned) by Bryanston Pictures. Thanks so much Warren—I spent days trying to figure out where that marquee was.
This theatre was featured in Taxi Driver (1976), where Scorsese shoots a low angle shot of the bumper of Travis Brickle’s cab as it rolls down Broadway. For about two seconds you can see the marquee and it clearly reads “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” with “Return of the Dragon”. Just above the marquee is a neon sign that reads “West”. This all makes sense now (thanks to Warren’s February 2nd, 2007 post). Taxi Driver was filmed in 1975 just when this theatre would have been named either Bryan West or The West and showing these films which were both distributed (and I think owned) by Bryanston Pictures. Thanks so much Warren—I spent days trying to figure out where that marquee was.