Eagle Theatre

Posting a photo of a NY Times ad from June 27, 1975 listing the Eagle as showing The Godfather Part II, a little over 6 months after its premiere at other exclusive-run theaters in Manhattan.

Now for $5.00 you can’t get any ONE of the above.

I remember going there with my mom when I was a child… for all the events !

I remember the Eagle Theatre was the place to go as a child, where one can see the main feature, a grade-B movie, a comedy, and a cartoon … all for 35 cents. Those were the days!

was this theater ever known as the Metro ?

Can you see any ornamentation in the store itself? The photo linked above is of the balcony view, but that’s only a warehouse I think.

We went to the Eagle Theater three weeks ago and saw what’s remaining. They nicely reused the space and preserved a lot of things including plaster works on walls and ceiling. They are using both orchestra floor and balcony for retail so you can easily walk in. There are also two old Peerless projectors still remaining in the projector room.
Nice visit and the managers were friendly too. Let’s take a look if you’re in the area !

The Eagle’s Theatre was a place of escape. In the 70’s, I would go to see martial art movies there. Saw “5 fingers of death” and all the Bruce Lee movies that came out back then. Also, Got to see the great YOMO TORO ther. This theater had a balcony, it was fun just to sit there. It was in operation until the 1980-81. Then it became a store called" Hungry Jacks". In 1985, hurricane Gloria blew the EAGLE sign off the building. Recently, I decided to go inside as I Drove by. The stage is still intact. And the balcony, is use for storage. No Renovations were ever done. They just painted it White inside.The buiding still has one the frames where the poster of the movie that was playing went. What a shame!

I went to the old Eagle’s theatre as child with my older brother. The building still stands and was unfortunately was converted into a .99 cents store sometime in the 70’s. I have lots of good memories of the theater. My older brother would take me there in the early & mid 60’s to see movies such as “Godzilla”, “King Kong”, and “Children of the Damn”. (In English) Later in the mid to late 60’s the theater started showing Spanish language films and featuring live concerts. I saw Spanish artist such as “Sandro” and “Rafael” there long before they played Radio City Music Hall or Madison Square Garden. My sitter, who did not speak English and loved the movies, would take me to see the old Mexican cowboy movies, as well as the “Cantinfla” movies staring Mario Moreno. They also showed lots of badly dubbed American films targeted to the Spanish speaking public. The theater closed for good some time in the 70’s. The movie house was known as The Eagles until its closing and kept its art deco “Eagle” signage until the very end. The Theater was located at on Third Avenue between 102nd and 103rd streets in Spanish Harlem better known as El Barrio to the thousands of Puerto Ricans, such as myself who were the resident immigrant group of that time.

The theatre was in operation by 1922.