Carmel Movie Theater
Gleneida Avenue,
Carmel,
NY
10512
Gleneida Avenue,
Carmel,
NY
10512
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I just figured out how to add my photo. Hope it brings back good memories to those who remember the theater.
My grandmother, Kay Somerville, worked at the theater in the 1950’s. My father is Bill Somerville. I have a picture from around 1952 of the block where the theater and Spudnut’s were. I would like to post it here if anyone knows where/how I can do that.
I also remember this theatre in the 50’s. As part of our Xmas party at the Carmel school we would walk to the theatre where we would be given boxes of hard candy (I think Santa may have been there) and then we could watch lots of cartoons. I went to many movies with my parents in the 50’s also. Carole
I think, before the link to that Plan Putnam Online article referred to at the top possibly disappears, the relevant portion should be posted here:
(From “Quonset hut faces final days"
CARA MATTHEWS
THE JOURNAL NEWS
Original publication: March 05, 2001)
[Putnam County National Bank president Dean] Ryder and others remember the vibrant Carmel Movie Theatre of the 1950s. The venue closed in the early 1960s.
“I can remember walking up the street with my nickel in hand to go to the movies,"
said Dean Ryder, 54.
Corn Kemp of Carmel, who is in his 80s, said he remembers there were church
services in the Quonset hut, in addition to movie showings.
His daughter, Pat Kemp, said she was an avid moviegoer in the 1950s, when she
was in grade school. She saw “Tom Thumb” and Disney movies at the theater.
There were live shows before the Saturday matinees, she said, such as
performances by magicians.
“They would have people lined up on the weekends to see the movies,” she said.
This was a favorite Saturday night place for us summer kids from Shenorock (Somers) which, through the 60’s, was basically a summer home community. I remember the quonset hut structure. We had to park behind the jail. Carmel was a “dinky” town in those years. The old Putnam division of the NY Central RR still stopped there.
Karl